Payday Kitty: A tiny Mac cat that turns work into payday progress

Hey Product Hunt! I built Payday Kitty because I wanted the workday to feel a little less abstract. Most productivity tools ask you to track more things, manage more dashboards, or optimize yourself harder. I wanted something smaller and warmer: a tiny Mac cat that quietly shows your payday progress as the day goes by. You set your work hours and theoretical daily pay, and Payday Kitty turns time into visible progress: earnings, a progress bar, and a little coin animation. You can adjust size and opacity, pause it, hide salary numbers with privacy mode, or send the cat to the menu bar and bring it back with a shortcut. A few things I cared about: - It should feel like a desktop companion, not another dashboard. - It should be useful at a glance. - It should stay local-first: no account, no analytics, no salary data uploaded. - It should support both English and Chinese system locales naturally. Watch the launch video:

Try the interactive demo: https://dist-colvin-ys-projects.... It's a small app, but the idea behind it matters to me: software can make ordinary life feel a little more fun. I'd love feedback from Mac users: - Does the desktop pet feel lightweight enough? - Would this make your workday feel more playful? - What tiny interactions would make the cat more delightful? Thanks for checking it out!

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3mo ago

I built a tiny Mac cat for payday progress - would this help or distract you?

Hi Product Hunt - I'm launching Payday Kitty tomorrow and would genuinely love early feedback before it goes live.

It is a tiny macOS desktop companion that turns a workday into visible payday progress: a floating cat, a progress bar, and a small coin animation that changes as your day moves forward.

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