start a focus timer by pulling a cat paw, it lives in your mac menu bar or you can pin it like a mini timer! it has adjustable focus and break sessions, eight cat paws, themes, and a quiet heads-up before your timer ends. made for macos 14+. $9.99 once, with no subscription.
hi product hunt, i'm the maker of pawl, a tiny focus companion for your mac.
pull a cat paw to start a timer. you can use it as a simple timer or set up focus and break cycles, choose from eight cat paws, and change themes. keep it in your menu bar or pin the controls on screen. a configurable heads-up gives you time to finish what you're doing before a session ends.
pawl is designed to make starting feel small and playful, then stay out of the way while you work. it requires macos 14 or later. the direct version costs $9.99 once, with no subscription; it is also available on the mac app store.
website: https://pawl.cat
mac app store: https://apps.apple.com/app/pawl/...
what would make pawl fit your work or study routine? i'd love feedback on the pull gesture, focus/break flow, and the paws you'd like to see next.
About pawl on Product Hunt
“a tiny mac focus timer you start by pulling a paw”
pawl launched on Product Hunt on October 25th, 2026 and earned 104 upvotes and 11 comments, placing #8 on the daily leaderboard. start a focus timer by pulling a cat paw, it lives in your mac menu bar or you can pin it like a mini timer! it has adjustable focus and break sessions, eight cat paws, themes, and a quiet heads-up before your timer ends. made for macos 14+. $9.99 once, with no subscription.
On the analytics side, pawl competes within Mac, Productivity and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 781.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how pawl performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted pawl?
pawl was hunted by Ryana May Que. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of pawl including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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