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Companion
A plush desk pet that reminds you to drink water and rest
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A plush desk pet that reminds you to drink water and rest
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Companion is a cute desktop pet for the Mac. It lives on your Dock, nudges you to drink water, stand up and take breaks, and builds a sandcastle while you focus. 17 plush characters, ~0.1% CPU, no account. Free, with optional Pro.
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Hi Product Hunt! 👋 I’m Aneudy, the solo developer behind Companion.
Like a lot of you, I sit at my Mac all day. I kept forgetting the simple things: drinking water, standing up, resting my eyes. Standard reminder apps worked at first, but I quickly developed alert fatigue and started dismissing notifications without even reading them.
I realized the delivery mechanism was the problem. So I made the reminder a character instead: a small plush pet that lives on your Dock and asks nicely in a speech bubble.
Here is what Companion brings to your workflow:
Smart Routines: Learns your work hours to nudge you for water, posture, lunch, and logging off. It respects Focus mode and actively naps when you step away from your keyboard.
Visual Pomodoro: Your pet builds a sandcastle, stacks books, or brews coffee right beside you. The final piece lands exactly when your timer ends.
Local Soundscapes: Lo-fi beats, rain, café ambience, and brown noise generated natively on your Mac. Nothing is streamed.
Interactive Personalities: It walks along your Dock, grooves when Apple Music or Spotify is playing, and even purrs when you pet it with your pointer.
The Technical Details The part I’m proudest of is the performance footprint. Each character is painted once and animated with Core Animation keyframes, allowing Companion to idle at just ~0.1% CPU and ~20 MB of RAM. There are no accounts to create, no analytics tracking, and no ads.
Pricing
Free Tier: 3 characters (Tick, Drip, and Bao), all focus timers, water and stand-up reminders, games, coins, and holiday hats.
Companion Pro: Unlocks 14 additional characters, all soundscapes, eye-rest reminders, and more. Available for $3.99/mo (3-day trial), $19.99/yr (7-day trial), or a $49.99 lifetime unlock.
Since it’s Halloween season, every pet can wear the Witch Hat for free until October 31st! 🎃
I’d love to hear your feedback: what kind of reminders do you actually want in your day, and what crosses the line into annoying? I’ll be hanging out in the comments all day to answer your questions.