Tock is a lightweight macOS menu bar timer built for keyboard-first workflows. It lives in the menu bar, supports natural-language time entry, and intentionally limits you to a single active timer. No dashboards, queues, or upsells. Tock uses macOS system colors, adapting to light and dark mode and modern system materials like Liquid Glass. It is free and open source, with configurable shortcuts, tones, notifications, and interface details like button size and brightness.
Hey Product Hunt — I built Tock after Apple deprecated their native menu bar timer.
macOS used to support a Spotlight-launched timer that lived in the menu bar. It was obscure and limited, but it worked. In macOS 26.2, the menu bar feedback was removed, leaving no visible confirmation unless you opened Clock.
I looked for third-party replacements. Many were either too minimal (purely tactile controls) or lacked real keyboard support. Others focused on time tracking or gated basic features behind paywalls.
So I built Tock: a lightweight, keyboard-first menu bar timer with natural-language input, a single active timer, and no dashboards or upsells. It adapts to macOS appearance using system colors and is free and open source.
I really like the minimalism and simplicity of Tock. Great work, Michael! I’ll be happy to try the app 🙌
About Tock on Product Hunt
“A super-minimal, keyboard-driven macOS menu bar timer”
Tock launched on Product Hunt on January 6th, 2026 and earned 84 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #22 on the daily leaderboard. Tock is a lightweight macOS menu bar timer built for keyboard-first workflows. It lives in the menu bar, supports natural-language time entry, and intentionally limits you to a single active timer. No dashboards, queues, or upsells. Tock uses macOS system colors, adapting to light and dark mode and modern system materials like Liquid Glass. It is free and open source, with configurable shortcuts, tones, notifications, and interface details like button size and brightness.
Tock was featured in Mac (103.5k followers), Productivity (649.7k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 136.9k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Tock?
Tock was hunted by Michael Edelstone. 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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Michael Edelstone
Hey Product Hunt — I built Tock after Apple deprecated their native menu bar timer.
macOS used to support a Spotlight-launched timer that lived in the menu bar. It was obscure and limited, but it worked. In macOS 26.2, the menu bar feedback was removed, leaving no visible confirmation unless you opened Clock.
I looked for third-party replacements. Many were either too minimal (purely tactile controls) or lacked real keyboard support. Others focused on time tracking or gated basic features behind paywalls.
So I built Tock: a lightweight, keyboard-first menu bar timer with natural-language input, a single active timer, and no dashboards or upsells. It adapts to macOS appearance using system colors and is free and open source.
Happy to answer questions or hear feedback.