Day Progress
Time remaining today in your menu bar
Use this as a visual cue to stay motivated and manage time more efficiently.
You can customize your day’s start and end times per day, even allowing for a day’s end past midnight, such as 2 AM.
You can set up multiple time ranges to run one after another throughout your day - the menu bar shows a single progress at a time. Perfect for tracking different parts of your day like work hours and personal time.
Choose between a progress pie or bar, showing percentage, remaining time, or minutes left.
Tips
Reminder about shortcuts
A shortcut can be run from the menu bar, using a global keyboard shortcut, from Spotlight, or from Raycast. You can even use Shortery to make it run automatically, for example, when you change to the work focus.
Hide the system clock
You could use Day Progress as an abstract clock instead of the system clock, to minimize anxiety and distraction from time, enhancing focus and productivity.
Unfortunately, it’s not possible to fully hide the built-in menu bar clock. However, you could make it an analog clock, which makes it a lot less visible. In “System Settings › Control Center › Clock Options”, choose the analog clock and disable showing the date.
Events
The distributed notification com.sindresorhus.Day-Progress.dayEnded is emitted when a progress finishes.
Frequently Asked Questions
I have a feature request, bug report, or some feedback
Click the feedback button in the app or send it here.
The app does not show up in the menu bar
macOS hides menu bar apps when there is no space left in the menu bar. This is a common problem on MacBooks with a notch. Try quitting some other menu bar apps to free up space. If this does not solve it, try quitting Bartender or Ice if you have it installed.
Can you add widgets?
I plan to do that at some point.
Can you add support for iOS?
I plan to do that at some point.
Can you support more countdown ranges, like until the end of the week or a certain date?
There are already lots of apps for counting down to a specific date. I wanted to make something more unique. Also, the app name is “Day Progress”.
Can you support specifying different day range for different days of the week?
You can set up multiple schedules with different time ranges, both for different days and within the same day. Each time range runs its progress one after another in the menu bar. For even more flexibility with scheduling, check out the tips section for automation options using Shortcuts.
Does the app provide end-of-day notifications?
At this time, the app doesn’t support this. Considering the wide-ranging user preferences of notifications, from system alerts to fullscreen notifications and differing “do not disturb” settings, I’ve opted to keep the app straightforward and not include notifications for now.
Can you add Pomodoro features?
This is outside the scope of the app. Day Progress is meant as a general day progress indicator, not a task timer. There are many dedicated Pomodoro apps available in the App Store.
Can it show a progress bar for how much time I have left in my life?
This is out of scope for this app, and there are existing apps for that already.
Can you localize the app into my language?
I do not plan to localize the app.
More FAQs…
Older Versions
These are free for everyone but they will not run on newer macOS versions.