# CatPod - Pixel Cat Companion

CatPod is a native macOS desktop pet: a pixel-art cat that lives on your screen, wanders across the desktop, and is fed by a built-in focus timer that turns work sessions into its energy.

- URL: https://swiftfox.studio/apps/catpod
- Price: Pay what you want (suggested $3)
- Category: productivity (Desktop Pet)
- Platform: macOS 14.0 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel
- Version: 1.0.2
- Publisher: Swiftfox Studio (https://swiftfox.studio)

## Your focus keeps the cat purring.

CatPod is a pixel cat that lives in the corner of your screen - its mood and animations shift with its energy and happiness. No account, no ads, no third-party tracking - your cat and stats stay on your Mac. Just a tiny friend that keeps you company while you work.

### How it works

1. Start a focus session and the cat curls up beside you; finishing feeds it energy, and same-day sessions stack a combo.
2. Pet the cat any time for a hit of happiness - a gentle cooldown and daily cap keep it from ever feeling grindy.
3. Pick a preset - Catnap (15 min), Deep Purr (25 min) or Marathon Mew (50 min) - or set the custom slider from 5 to 120.

Native, sandboxed, signed and notarized.

## Features

- A pixel cat with moods and animations
- Its mood shifts with its energy and happiness
- A focus timer that actually feeds your cat
- Presets - Catnap 15m, Deep Purr 25m, Marathon Mew 50m
- Or dial in a custom length from 5 to 120 minutes
- Pet the cat for happiness; sessions build a combo
- Roaming mode - the cat wanders across your desktop
- Daily streaks with milestones and streak freezes

## When to use it

### You bounce off strict productivity tools

Nothing here scolds you. Finishing a session feeds the cat, and that is the entire enforcement mechanism - which is why people keep using it.

### Working alone all day

A small animated companion in the corner of the screen is a low-cost way to make a quiet room feel less empty.

### You are motivated by not breaking a chain

Daily streaks with milestones, and streak freezes so one bad day does not erase a month.

### Your sessions are not always 25 minutes

Presets cover Catnap 15, Deep Purr 25 and Marathon Mew 50, and a custom slider runs from 5 to 120 minutes.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is a desktop pet?

A small animated character that lives on your desktop rather than in a window. CatPod's cat has moods and animations that shift with its energy and happiness, and it can roam across the screen.

### Is a cat on my screen distracting?

Roaming is optional, and the cat can stay in a corner. The animations are deliberately small and quiet - it is company, not a game demanding attention.

### How does the focus timer relate to the cat?

Completing a session feeds the cat energy, and sessions finished on the same day stack a combo. Petting adds happiness, with a cooldown and a daily cap so it never turns into a grind.

### What session lengths are available?

Catnap at 15 minutes, Deep Purr at 25 and Marathon Mew at 50, plus a custom slider from 5 to 120 minutes.

### Where are my stats stored?

On your Mac. There is no account, no ads and no third-party tracking - the cat and its history never leave the machine.

### How much does CatPod cost?

Pay what you want with a suggested price of $3, and that genuinely includes zero.