Does the year bar handle leap years?

Yes. It measures the real length of the year, so 2028 gets its extra day.

When does the week start?

On whichever day your Mac's region uses, Sunday or Monday. Progress reads it from macOS.

Does it show the exact percentage?

Yes, at every size, rounded down. 41% means the year is somewhere past 41 and not yet 42.

Can I track a custom period, like a quarter?

Not yet — the four periods are day, week, month and year. For anything else, the Countdown widget counts down to a date you choose.

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Watch the year go by.

A progress bar for time itself. See how much of the day, week, month or year has passed, and how much is left. A quiet nudge to make it count.

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How much of the day, week, month or year has gone.

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Four periods

Day, week, month or year. Switch any time.

Time left

Shows the days, or hours and minutes, still to go.

Every theme

Phosphor green, Amber, Paper and more.

A progress bar for time itself

A download gets a progress bar. A year gets nothing — it just quietly goes. Progress gives the year a bar: the percentage that's gone, a row of lit dots showing it, and the days still to come. It's the same idea as the year-progress posts you see every January, except it's on your desktop every day instead of once.

Four periods, one switch

Point it at the day for an afternoon nudge, the week for a sprint, the month for a billing cycle or the year for the long view. Switch whenever you like, or put all four on the desktop at once and give each a different theme.

What's left, not just what's gone

Under the bar it counts down: the days left in the year or the month, and the hours and minutes left in today. Leap years, 31-day months and your own region's week all come from macOS, so the numbers are the real ones.

How to add it

Download Flapdot and drag it into your Applications folder.
Open the app and choose the period to track: day, week, month or year.
Right-click your desktop on an empty spot, and choose Edit Widgets.
Search for Flapdot pick Progress and drag the size you want onto the desktop.

Sizes

Progress comes in Small, Medium and Large. macOS lets you drop the same widget on the desktop more than once, so you can keep a small one beside your notes and a large one where you'll see it from the sofa.

Small164 × 164
Medium344 × 164
Large344 × 344

Themes

All eight themes work with Progress: Midnight, Obsidian, Paper, Matcha, Lemon, Sky, Amber, Phosphor. Four of them glow the way a real dot display does; the rest are flat and quiet. Set one for the whole app, or give this widget its own.

What you need

macOS14 Sonoma or later
MacApple silicon or Intel
Price$6 once, all six widgets
AccountNot needed

Progress questions.

Day, week, month and year. Each widget tracks one, so add a second widget if you want two at once.

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World BoardThe time in all your cities, like an airport board.ClockOne city's time, big and bold.DayToday's date, and how much of the day is left.CountdownDays, hours and minutes until something big.SignYour own message, on a dot display.

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