12 Simple Desktop Clock

A beautiful clock,
always in sight

Simple Desktop Clock floats on your desktop, stays out of the way, and looks the way you want it to.

Download on the Mac App Store

Free. Pro features are a one-time purchase, no subscription.

The floating clock on a Mac desktop

What it does

Everything below is free.

Floats anywhere

Drag it where you like. It stays above your work and remembers its place between sessions.

Yours to style

Font, size, color and opacity. 12-hour or 24-hour time, with or without seconds.

Countdown timers

1 to 60 minutes from the menu bar, with a sound and a notification when time is up.

Out of the way

Lives in the menu bar. No Dock icon, no extra windows, no account to create.

Simple Desktop Clock Pro

One purchase unlocks everything below. No subscription.

Pro

World clocks

Add any city and see its time right under yours, with a marker when it is already tomorrow there.

The clock showing Madrid, New York and Tokyo
Pro

Pomodoro and multiple timers

Focus sessions and breaks with your own durations, counted for you. Run up to five timers side by side, of any length.

A Pomodoro session and a timer running together
Pro

Every font on your Mac

Browse the whole font library with a live preview, and set any size you want.

The font browser in Preferences
Pro

Made for calls and focus

Hide the clock while screen sharing or taking screenshots, let clicks pass through it, or keep it away from full-screen apps.

The Upgrade to Pro window

Get it

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Download on the Mac App Store Read the guide