Mushroom is a pixel desktop pet and break reminder designed for macOS. It offers a private, on-device experience that gently encourages users to stay hydrated, move, and focus without the guilt or intrusive alarms associated with traditional timers.

• Personalized Nudges: Receive five small nudges timed around your actual activity, not a fixed schedule.

• Hydration Reminders: Gentle prompts for water intake.

• Break Suggestions: Recommends stretches based on your active time.

• Snack Prompts: Reminders for meal times.

• Eye Strain Prevention: Implements the 20-20-20 rule.

• Quiet Hours: Avoids notifications during bedtime or designated quiet periods.

• Custom Reminders: Set reminders using plain language or through a form, with options for daily, weekly, or monthly recurrence.

• Shortcuts & Siri Integration: Integrates with macOS Shortcuts and Siri for actions like "Add a Reminder" or "Start a Focus Session."

• Pause Functionality: Easily pause all nudges for a set period.

• Customization: Tune each reminder with custom sounds, hours, and daily goals.

• Calendar Integration: Optionally receive nudges before appointments by ticking a shared family calendar.

• Interactive Chat: Communicate with your mushroom in plain language; it runs entirely on-device using Apple Intelligence.

• Learning Capabilities: Updates install automatically, teaching the mushroom new tricks.

• Friends Feature: Invite friends via an 8-character code for private, end-to-end encrypted messaging.

• Focus Sessions: Initiate focus sessions of a chosen length, with the mushroom remaining quiet and displaying a countdown.

• Photo Memories: Relive past moments with a daily display of an old photo.

• Read Aloud: Copy text and have your mushroom read it back in a chosen voice and speed.

• Quick Contacts: Set up a list of people for quick calls or video calls.

• Streaks & Stats: Track activity, habits, and progress towards daily goals.

• Tool Plugins: Extend functionality by adding small JSON tool plugins.

• Spore Storage: Securely share files with temporary, expiring links.

• Email Scan: Analyze suspicious emails for sender, links, and files.

• Daily News Digest: Receive a curated digest of headlines from your own feeds.

• Notepad: A simple scratchpad that saves as you type.

• Games: Play built-in games like Pong and Snake.

• Multi-language Support: Available in English, German, French, Spanish, and Japanese.

• Focus Mode Friendly: Integrates with macOS Focus modes.

• Privacy Focused: Runs privately on your Mac with on-device LLM, no analytics or tracking.

Mushroom is available for a 7-day free trial, after which it costs $9.99 excl. tax, with a one-time license covering up to 3 Macs.