macOS 26 · v2.6.0 · trusted by thousands of founders

It writes your workday.

Momentum quietly captures what you do — screen, voice, app activity, calendar — and at the end of every day writes you a paragraph about what actually happened. No filling forms. No journals. A journal that writes itself.

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The problem

Most productivity apps make
you the input device.

You type the goals. You log the work. You write the reflection. The cognitive overhead of using the tool eventually exceeds the productivity it gives back. Momentum flips that — it sees what you actually do, then writes the paragraph.

How it works

Capture. Infer. Narrate.

Three movements running quietly behind your real work.

01 · Capture

What you do.

ScreenCaptureKit grabs a frame every 60s. AVFoundation records voice on a global hotkey. NSWorkspace knows the active app. EventKit reads your calendar. Four signals into one Event log.

02 · Infer

What it means.

Gemini turns screenshots and audio into structured events — app, project, urgency, intent. Text-only prompts route through a small backend proxy for caching and cost tracking; binary stays direct.

03 · Narrate

One paragraph.

Hourly summaries compose into a daily essay written in second person, present tense. Streaming, never bulleted. A journal that honors the continuity of your day.

What's in v2.6.0

A productivity tool that stays out of the way.

Capture, write, focus, look back. Built around how you actually work.

Daily & hourly essays

An editorial paragraph for your day. Hourly digests for the right rail. Written in your name, not at you.

Voice tasks

Hold ⌃⌥V from anywhere. Speak. Release. Gemini turns it into a Reminder with due date, tag, and category.

global hotkey

Focus sessions

Pomodoro timer with quality scoring. Distraction detection. Daily focus goals, weekly trends.

Streams

Parallel work tracks — not "projects." A capacity gauge tells you when you're carrying too much. Park a stream with an exit note.

Active Time Tracker

Knows when you're at the keyboard vs. away. Daily targets, streaks, and a calmer answer to "where did the day go?"

Voice Memo Import

Bring in your Apple Voice Memos and let the AI pipeline transcribe, tag, and surface them alongside the rest of your day.

Offline AI fallback

When the network's down or you're over quota, an on-device OfflineAIService built on Apple's NaturalLanguage keeps voice tasks flowing.

Themes & appearance

Sage, terracotta, indigo, slate — light and dark. Density and sidebar layout to taste. The whole app is theme-responsive.

Full data export

One click for a ZIP of everything — screenshots, audio, summaries, settings. Your data is yours to take anywhere.

Apple Sign In

Sign in with Apple. No passwords. The backend only sees what's needed to keep your subscription and admin messages in sync.

Insights & analytics

Weekly and monthly productivity trends. Focus effectiveness. Task completion patterns. Local-first, never telemetry.

Pro

Calendar integration

EventKit pulls meeting titles as anchor points in the essay. Daily summary lands on your calendar at end of day.

Privacy · the honest version

Local-first. With one small backend.

Screenshots and audio never leave your Mac. Here's exactly what does, and why.

Stays on your Mac

Everything important.

  • Screenshots in ~/Documents/momentum-ai/screenshots/
  • Audio in ~/Documents/momentum-ai/audio/
  • Summaries indexed in a local store
  • Gemini API key in macOS Keychain
  • Retention is yours · 1–90 days, default 7
Leaves your Mac

Only what's necessary.

  • Screenshot & audio bytes — direct to your Gemini key
  • Text-only prompts — via Momentum's proxy (cache + cost track)
  • Heartbeat ping every 10 min — anonymous device ID
  • No screenshots, audio, or content telemetry to our server
Pricing

Free to start. Pay when it matters.

Momentum Basic covers daily essays, voice tasks, and focus sessions. Pro unlocks deeper analytics. Teams adds collaboration.

Free
Momentum Basic
$0
  • Daily & hourly essays
  • Voice tasks · ⌃⌥V
  • Focus sessions
  • Streams · capacity gauge
  • 7-day retention
  • Bring your own Gemini key
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Teams
Momentum Teams
$29.99/ seat / month
  • Everything in Pro
  • Team collaboration
  • Community features
  • Priority support
  • Admin dashboard
  • SSO & Apple Sign In
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Coming next

Get early access
to what's next.

iOS companion, deeper on-device inference, plug-out to Day One and Notion, and the first monthly essay. The waitlist gets it first, plus a TestFlight invite when the iOS app is ready.

  • iOS companion · voice capture from your phone, synced via iCloud
  • Bigger on-device model · less Gemini, more Mac
  • Plug-out points to Day One, Notion, Obsidian
  • Monthly essays · what your month looked like, written by your data
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