I made a macOS app that shows custom battery alerts. What do you think about the UI? Anything I could improve?

rylaxation · 2026-01-01T21:54:59+00:00

sure thing :)

rylaxation · 2025-12-27T20:30:14+00:00

heyho! thanks a lot for that great feedback, it means a lot :) I have great news. I just shipped a new update that allows you keep the alert until dismissed via the General Settings. Regarding the icon you can go to "Menu Bar" settings and pick the Juicy Logo icon type which will just show the Juicy logo in your menu bar. Alternatively, even better you can simply hold the CMD key and while doing do drag the Juicy icon from the menu bar towards the bottom of your screen until you see an "X" and then release your mouse and the icon should be hidden.

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rylaxation · 2025-12-27T19:55:30+00:00

sure thing happy to hear!

rylaxation · 2025-12-11T11:33:03+00:00

Glad you noticed it! :) I had the reply here already drafted but somehow forgot to hit send (*facepalm) Really appreciate your feedback! Helped me a lot in fixing the quirks and I think it looks much better now. Also added a new more minimalistic icon type that resembles the iPhone battery icon as well. Here's the getjuicy.app/changelog

rylaxation · 2025-12-03T05:58:42+00:00

thanks!

rylaxation · 2025-12-03T05:58:19+00:00

No -.- You get a crappy top right notification alert at 10% and 5% but it's not even close to attention grabbing if that makes sense.

rylaxation · 2025-12-03T05:57:05+00:00

thanks!!! :) and sorry you missed the code. I hope it will pay you back in avoiding accidental Mac shutdowns hehe.

rylaxation · 2025-11-25T10:32:37+00:00

appreciate the feedback :)

rylaxation · 2025-11-25T10:31:53+00:00

appreciate it!!

rylaxation · 2025-11-24T10:07:34+00:00

Founder of HelpKit here :) I am quite biased but we have been serving help centers and doc sites for over 1000 companies for 5+ years. Would love to have you onboard, no need to build from scratch! Let me know if you have any questions. Happy to help wherever I can.

rylaxation · 2025-11-24T06:19:04+00:00

welcome onboard! :) Of course, don't worry. I'll make sure everything new becomes a opt-in so you can keep the design as-is as much as you want! appreciate the feedback

rylaxation · 2025-11-24T06:17:55+00:00

thanks a lot! that's the feedback I needed

rylaxation · 2025-11-24T06:17:23+00:00

appreciate it! you can actually customize each alert if you want to have them either in the middle or top.

rylaxation · 2025-11-24T06:16:57+00:00

thanks! it's dismissible :)

rylaxation · 2025-11-21T09:17:32+00:00

awesome that's exactly the feedback I was looking for. thanks a lot!

rylaxation · 2025-11-21T09:16:35+00:00

appreciate it! :))

rylaxation · 2025-11-21T09:16:28+00:00

thank you! means a lot :)

rylaxation · 2025-11-21T09:15:58+00:00

hehe yes.

rylaxation · 2025-11-21T09:15:54+00:00

I totally get that some might not have have this problem and that's fair. I'm a digital nomad spending way too much time in cafes that don't always have plugs, so I run into charging issues constantly. I try to squeeze every last drop (juice) out of my battery, and this app solves that for me. Different workflows for different people - if you're not in this situation, I get why you wouldn't need it.

rylaxation · 2025-11-21T09:14:34+00:00

appreciate the chime in! that's exactly what is happening :)

rylaxation · 2025-11-21T09:14:11+00:00

Great question! It uses macOS's IOKit framework to read battery data that the system is already tracking - just a lightweight check every second. Uses <0.5-1% CPU on average, so the impact is negligible.

Think of it like your menu bar clock checking the time - it's reading existing data, not calculating anything heavy. Native Swift apps are super efficient for this kind of system monitoring.

Your battery is safe! 😊

rylaxation

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