u/jtapia_dev

https://reddit.com/link/1umpaqf/video/id038h68u2bh1/player

Hi r/macapps,

I built TimeBarX because every Mac timer I tried had the same problem: to know how much time was left, I had to interrupt myself. Click the menu bar icon. Hover. Hunt for a window. Each glance was a tiny context switch and 30 of them a day kills focus.

So I made the timer the menu bar itself. A thin progress bar drains across the top of every connected display in real time. You don't check the time. You see it. Always. Then back to work.

A few things that make it different from the other Mac timers:
- Spans every display, perfectly in sync - one timer, four monitors, no math
- Type it like a sentence: "25 min review PR" - no sliders, no dropdowns
- URL schemes for Shortcuts, Alfred, Raycast - start a focus block with one keystroke
- Survives sleep, restart, even crashes - saves the exact end time and resumes correctly
- Sandboxed Mac App Store app - no analytics, no account, no telemetry

Free forever for the core experience (full-width bar, slider, hotkey, flash completion effect). Pro is a one-time purchase, $3.99 for the first month, $5.99 after, unlocks natural language input, custom colors, all completion effects, transparency, and the automation. No subscription.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6774862177
Site: https://gettimebarx.com

Happy to answer anything, including critical feedback. Built it solo, want to know what's missing.

https://reddit.com/link/1umklbr/video/8cu5u8f50sah1/player

I kept bouncing between Pomodoro apps that either interrupted my workflow or disappeared into the system tray, so I built one that renders as a thin progress bar pinned to the top edge of every monitor. Click-through, always visible, never breaks focus.

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Features (free tier): - Ctrl+Shift+T opens a quick-input window that parses 25m, 1h 30m, 1:30, 2h review PR, half hour, etc. - Auto-hides during fullscreen VLC / mpv / Netflix / Disney+ / Hulu so it doesn't sit over your movie - timebarx:// URI scheme, plugs into PowerToys Run, Flow Launcher, AutoHotkey, or a plain desktop shortcut - State survives restart and sleep/wake - Built in .NET 10 + Avalonia; runs on Windows 10 1809+.

There's a $4.99 Pro tier for color/gradient/custom-presets/always-above-fullscreen — but everything above is free and unlimited. No account, no telemetry, no cloud, no ads.

Trying to submit to the Microsoft Store now; happy to answer implementation questions (click-through overlays over the taskbar were a fight).

Site: https://gettimebarx.com
Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p7b5mkf79dw?ocid=webpdpshare

https://reddit.com/link/1ulc81h/video/8cu5u8f50sah1/player

I kept bouncing between Pomodoro apps that either interrupted my workflow or disappeared into the system tray, so I built one that renders as a thin progress bar pinned to the top edge of every monitor. Click-through, always visible, never breaks focus.

██████████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░

Features (free tier): - Ctrl+Shift+T opens a quick-input window that parses 25m, 1h 30m, 1:30, 2h review PR, half hour, etc. - Auto-hides during fullscreen VLC / mpv / Netflix / Disney+ / Hulu so it doesn't sit over your movie - timebarx:// URI scheme, plugs into PowerToys Run, Flow Launcher, AutoHotkey, or a plain desktop shortcut - State survives restart and sleep/wake - Built in .NET 10 + Avalonia; runs on Windows 10 1809+.

There's a $4.99 Pro tier for color/gradient/custom-presets/always-above-fullscreen — but everything above is free and unlimited. No account, no telemetry, no cloud, no ads.

Trying to submit to the Microsoft Store now; happy to answer implementation questions (click-through overlays over the taskbar were a fight).

Site: https://gettimebarx.com
Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p7b5mkf79dw?ocid=webpdpshare

https://reddit.com/link/1ugowh6/video/ooingnet7q9h1/player

I built TimeBarX because every Mac timer I tried had the same problem: to know how much time was left, I had to interrupt myself. Click the menu bar icon. Hover. Hunt for a window. Each glance was a tiny context switch — and 30 of them a day kills focus.

So I made the timer the menu bar itself. A thin progress bar drains across the top of every connected display in real time. You don't check the time. You see it. Always. Then back to work.

A few things that make it different from the other Mac timers:

• Spans every display, perfectly in sync - one timer, four monitors, no math
• Type it like a sentence: "25 min review PR" - no sliders, no dropdowns
• URL schemes for Shortcuts, Alfred, Raycast — start a focus block with one keystroke
• Survives sleep, restart, even crashes — saves the exact end time and resumes correctly
• Sandboxed Mac App Store app — no analytics, no account, no telemetry

Free forever for the core experience (full-width bar, slider, hotkey, flash completion effect). Pro is a one-time purchase, $3.99 for the first month, $5.99 after, unlocks natural language input, custom colors, all completion effects, transparency, and the automation. No subscription.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6774862177
Site: https://gettimebarx.com

Happy to answer anything, including critical feedback. Built it solo, want to know what's missing.