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A macOS menu bar app that gives your battery a personality. Five distinct voices, escalating commentary, and optional voice mode. Was supposed to launch on Earth Day, but the Apple Review team had other plans …
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I built Battery Beggar because I kept anthropomorphizing my laptop.
Every time it dropped below 20%, I'd hear it whining in my head. So I wrote the whining down and shipped it as a Mac menu bar app.
Five personality packs:
- Dramatic (the default: high-strung, needy)
- Matter of Fact (just the numbers)
- Passive Aggressive (you know exactly what you did)
- Anxious (spiraling in real time)
- Stoic (stares silently as the ship goes down)
It watches your battery, reacts at nine trigger points (50%, 25%, 15%, 10%, 5%, plus charger events), and speaks the reactions out loud if you want.
Everything local. No accounts, no cloud, no tracking.
$2.99 on the Mac App Store. One-time. No subscription.
I intended to launch on Earth Day last week, but the Apple Review team had other plans …
Happy to answer anything: how the personality system works, the solo-dev process, what's coming next.
— Kofi
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About Battery Beggar on Product Hunt
“Your battery has feelings now!”
Battery Beggar was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #148 on the daily leaderboard. A macOS menu bar app that gives your battery a personality. Five distinct voices, escalating commentary, and optional voice mode. Was supposed to launch on Earth Day, but the Apple Review team had other plans …
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