Menu Bar app
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Ashutosh Priyadarshy
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I've started working on this and am planning an internal release tomorrow. I should have something out for customers at least as a beta feature by next week.
If you've got any specific needs for this feature now is a great time to speak up!
Alex Cunningham
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Pomodoro Timer in macOS Menu Bar
I’d love to request an enhancement to the Pomodoro timer experience in Sunsama.
Specifically, it would be incredibly useful to have the Pomodoro timer displayed in the macOS menu bar (system tray), rather than only as a floating, always-on-top window. Having the timer persistently visible in the menu bar would make it much easier to stay aware of time remaining without disrupting focus or screen real estate.
There’s an app called Be Focused Pro (https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/be-focused-pro-pomodoro-timer/id961632517) that implements this very well: the timer lives in the menu bar, updates in real time, and is always visible regardless of which app or workspace I’m in—without requiring a floating window. This makes it feel lightweight, non-intrusive, and perfectly integrated into the Mac workflow.
If Sunsama’s Pomodoro timer could optionally live in the menu bar (with basic controls on click, and perhaps syncing with the active focus session), it would significantly improve usability for those of us who rely on timeboxing throughout the day.
Even as an optional setting (menu bar timer vs. floating window), this would be a phenomenal addition.
Thanks for considering—and really appreciate the thoughtful product design overall.
Ashley Creighton
oof, yes, pleeeease, focus timer window is a nuisance but would be so useful in the Mac menu bar 🙏
Skyler Reeves
Ashley Creighton - Agreed. I despise the focus timer being its own element instead of a menu bar item.
They'd need to develop a native layer to gain access to the menu bar.
Maker Design
I just asked AI if Sunsama had this feature and came to this request. +1 for this request, I love literally everything about Sunsame, except for the Focus Timer. If it lived in the menu bar it would be the perfect productivity app.
Martin Picard
Yeah would prefer Focus Timer in the MacOS Menu Bar than this floating window that obstructs the view
Andrea Adb
Martin Picard the focus timer also trips up the app switcher (cmd+tab): when i am on a different app and i use cmd+tab to switch to sunsama, it brings me to my desktop on the floating focus timer, not on sunsama's main window (which i am keeping full-screen) essentiall impossible to use
James Maningo
Just tried Sunsama today and totally loving it. Been using Ticktick for years already, so currently on the market as I believe Ticktick's timeblock feature, especially for estimates, is lacking. and using Sunsama timeblocking has been quite smooth, however, I realize this is the main feature that I love from ticktick..
Tickticks timer UX implementation is perfect. Hoping to have this feature, please.
The floating bar while good on full screen mode on mac is not ideal as an overall implementation as the timer needs to be on a certain location all the time to develop a habit on where to look at. The floating focus bar will have to be dragged on different location which is not ideal for routine, ritual and habit formation. On a 4k screen, there are several instances wherein I have to find the timer to see how much time I've logged already.
Sunsama price is about 6-7x the price of Ticktick, still willing to switch but I feel, but the timer implementation is only the reason why I'm on the fence on this one.
Kelvin Mah
+1 This would definitely help us stay in flow. Menu bar with calendar event details & the remaining time for the current task
Melissa Perry-Clemens
++ This would be a game changer feature to have - especially now with the ability to have our own sunsama calendar to schedule in our tasks.
Having a menu bar with current and/or upcoming tasks + events would be so helpful.
Even better, the ability to click on the menu bar to get a quick drop down list of the day you scheduled - this would keep me in my flow without having to switch windows, but give me the ability to quickly check in on my tasks for the day!
Peter Solnica
I'm back using Sunsama after a while but quite disappointed that this is still not done :( The floating timer thingie is bad UX.
John Michael Thomas
Please add this, it would be great!
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