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Battery Orbit keeps a plugged-in MacBook between limits you choose (20–90% by default): it charges to the top, runs on battery to the bottom with the cable still in, and repeats. Three modes (Custom Orbit, Natural Flow, Desk Hold), Charge to 100% once for travel days, calibration you start yourself to keep the % honest, and Insights showing time in range day by day. Pause gives normal charging back instantly. One-time price, no account, no subscription.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm the maker of Battery Orbit.
What inspired it: my MacBook is plugged in pretty much all day. After 2–3 hours on the charger I'd start nagging myself to unplug it, and right before bed I'd wonder again whether leaving it at 100% overnight was actually fine. I didn't want to keep pulling the cable in and out just to feel better about it.
The problem I wanted to solve: let the Mac stay plugged in, but keep the battery moving between limits I choose instead of sitting full all day. Battery Orbit charges to your top limit, runs on battery down to your bottom limit with the cable still in, and repeats (20–90% by default).
How it evolved: it started as a simple charge limit, but real days aren't that simple, so it grew:
• Natural Flow, where the limits vary a little each cycle
• Desk Hold, for staying near one level while you work
• Charge to 100% once, for travel days, after which your limits come back
• Calibration that you start yourself, to keep the percentage reading accurate
• Insights, so you can see time in range day by day
• Pause orbit, which gives normal charging back instantly
It runs on Apple silicon Macs with macOS 14.4+. It's a one-time purchase with no account and no subscription, and there's a launch price of $7.99 for the first 30 orders (then $14.99).
I'd love your honest feedback: what would you want it to do next?
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About Battery Orbit on Product Hunt
“ app that manages your MacBook's charging”
Battery Orbit was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #93 on the daily leaderboard. Battery Orbit keeps a plugged-in MacBook between limits you choose (20–90% by default): it charges to the top, runs on battery to the bottom with the cable still in, and repeats. Three modes (Custom Orbit, Natural Flow, Desk Hold), Charge to 100% once for travel days, calibration you start yourself to keep the % honest, and Insights showing time in range day by day. Pause gives normal charging back instantly. One-time price, no account, no subscription.
Battery Orbit was featured in Mac (103.9k followers) and SaaS (45.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 73k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Battery Orbit?
Battery Orbit was hunted by Navin Gupta. 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.
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