Roadmap
What's in Puff, what's coming, and what isn't. There are no dates: things ship when they're ready, and every update is free.
Shipped 8
In the app today.
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11 moods from real sensors1.0
Puff reads CPU, fans, heat, memory, battery, disk writes and frozen apps every few seconds. Every mood has a real cause.
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A reason for every mood1.0
Click Puff to see why it feels that way, like "CPU's been maxed 2 min" or which app stopped responding, plus live numbers if you want them.
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Four creatures1.0
Blob, Cat, Egg and Robot. Same moods, different personalities.
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Personality settings1.0
Calm, Normal or Dramatic sensitivity, and switches for which sensors Puff reacts to.
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Daily mood card1.0
Puff keeps a small mood diary on your Mac and turns any day into a shareable card.
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Optional sounds1.0
Tiny synthesized chirps when Puff panics, gets dizzy or calms down. Off by default.
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Automatic updates1.0
New versions install from inside the app. Signed and notarized by Apple.
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Private by design1.0
No account, no tracking. Your Mac's readings never leave it, and it keeps working offline.
Next 3
Being built now, in this order.
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Who's making Puff sweat?1.1
The busiest apps right in Puff's popover, with how much CPU each one is using.
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Quit from the popover1.1
Quit a busy app with one click, or force quit the app that froze when Puff gets dizzy.
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Smarter reasons1.1
Panic and sweat messages name the app responsible, like "Chrome is using 180%".
Later 4
Wanted, not scheduled yet. Tell us what you'd use most.
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Busiest app of the day
Your daily mood card shows which app kept Puff busiest.
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More creatures
New skins to pick from, with the same moods.
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Freeze history
Puff already counts how often it got dizzy each day. Next: remember which apps froze, so you can see the repeat offenders.
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A keepsake for every panic
Asked for on X: keep a shell piece each time the egg cracks, and an all-time count of panics your Mac survived.
Not planned 4
Things we've decided not to build, and why.
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A Mac App Store version
Reading fan speeds needs hardware access the App Store sandbox doesn't allow, so Puff is sold directly.
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Fan speed control
Raising fan speeds only makes your Mac louder. Puff points you to the cause of the heat instead.
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A subscription
Puff is a one-time purchase, and updates are included.
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Accounts or cloud sync
Puff runs entirely on your Mac. Nothing to sign up for, nothing leaves it.