Whatever Works Studio
Drift Catcher

Drift Catcher

Gently catch your focus drift.

A quiet macOS menu-bar companion for deep work. Start a focus session, say what you're working on, and an on-device AI quietly notices the moment your attention slips — then tells you why, in your own words.

macOS 14+ 100% on-device No tracking, ever

The two magic moments

A soft nudge mid-session

When you slip onto X, YouTube, or a distracting app, the screen edges quietly darken — a gentle reminder, never a nag.

A reflection at the end

"You drifted right after a Slack message" — a short, on-device reflection with a gentle suggestion for next time.

100% on-device, 100% private

  • • All AI runs on your Mac. On macOS 26 it uses Apple Intelligence; on earlier versions it runs Gemma 3 (a small model that downloads once on first launch).
  • • Screen content never leaves your Mac. Only the active window's title is read to tell whether you're on task.
  • • No accounts, no tracking, no analytics sent to anyone — ever.

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Insights, for your eyes only

A built-in Insights view shows your focus patterns — sessions, total focus time, what tends to pull you away, your best hours — all computed and stored locally. Export a snapshot as JSON or Markdown whenever you like. It's your data; it stays yours.