Turn any photo
into a tiny Mac
companion.
Dockling makes a pixel pet from your face, your dog, your kid, or anyone you love. It walks on your dock, sits in your notch, runs a Pomodoro beside your work, and catches quick notes without opening another app.
Make your first pet before you buy.
Upload a photo and see a real pixel-art preview in about a minute. Buy Dockling for $2.99 to generate three full pets in the app, or unlock a single standalone pack for $0.99.
Pick a photo of your subject.
A clear, front-facing shot works best. Pets, faces, even illustrations are fair game.
No charge to preview. You only pay $0.99 if you want to download.
Start with the path that fits.
The full app is the best value, but you can also test the generator first or grab a ready-made pack.
Pin it where it makes sense for you.
Drag your pet to the top of the screen and it snaps to the menu bar or notch. Drag it to the bottom and it walks the dock. Visible across every Space, even over fullscreen apps.
Walks across your menu bar.
A live MM:SS Pomodoro on the right. Your pet strolls between system icons. Tap to open the timer popover.
Sits beside the camera.
For MacBook Pro 14" / 16". Your pet fills the notch's drawable area.
Wanders your desktop.
Walks the bottom of the screen. Sniffs your icons. Sleeps when you're away.
Walks across the top of your dock.
Feet planted on the dock pill. Visible over fullscreen apps. The friendliest reminder you're still on the clock.
Pomodoro that walks alongside you.
Your pet wakes up and walks during focus, curls up to sleep on your break. Configurable phases, long-break cadence, native macOS notifications, and a streak that survives until midnight.
- Custom focus / short break / long break durations
- Long break every Nth focus session (default 4)
- Auto-start break after focus, optional auto-resume focus
- Session log: last 500 focus sessions, exportable
- Live MM:SS countdown in your menu bar
Focusing, see you in 24m.- Today · 2:14 PMEmail Wiead about the Q3 deck
- Today · 11:02 AMTry the new espresso place on Newbury
- YesterdayRefactor the auth middleware before Friday
- YesterdayMom's birthday gift — order by Wednesday
A second brain that lives in your dock.
Click your pet, type the thing you don't want to forget, hit Save. No app to open, no folder to find — your pet is already there, waiting. Notes stay local, searchable, and yours.
- One-click capture: click pet, type, save
- Floating bubble follows your pet anywhere on screen
- Searchable list of everything you've ever saved
- Stored as plain JSON in your Application Support folder
- Pet reacts when you save — tiny dopamine hit, on purpose
A native Mac app, not a glorified browser tab.
Single binary. AppKit + Cocoa. No Electron wrapper, no account wall, no cloud workspace to maintain. Just pixel art, focus, and quick capture where you already work.
A small thing that makes work feel less mechanical.
Dockling is cute, but the retention loop is practical: company, focus, and capture stay where your eyes already are.
Everything useful for $2.99 once.
The app, one custom pet, focus timer, quick notes, every placement mode, and future updates. No subscription or account.
- One custom pet generated from your own photo (extra pets $0.99 each)
- All placement modes (dock, menu bar, notch, free-roam)
- Pomodoro timer with streaks, activity heatmap, and session log
- Quick notes that stay searchable on your Mac
- All future updates included
- No account, no subscription, no app telemetry