A track board for your day.

Mind the Gap puts your schedule on a departure board, then steps in with a big, hard-to-miss window right when the next thing is about to start.

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Mind the Gap track board listing the day's reminders by time

A track board that shows you what is next.

The whole day stacked by time, color-coded by track. Glance at it once and you already know whether you can grab a coffee.

A nearly full-screen Mind the Gap arrival window with a live countdown

A window so big you can’t miss it.

When the next thing is about to start, a calm but nearly full-screen arrival window takes over with a live countdown. No toast, no badge, no chance of missing it.

Snooze and reschedule controls on a Mind the Gap reminder

Snooze, push, or reschedule in a click.

Bump an arrival forward five minutes, snooze until later, or push it to tomorrow — every reminder is one keystroke or one click away from out of your way.

The Mind the Gap new-reminder form with calendar selection

Your web calendars, or a quick one-off.

Subscribe to any ICS feed — Google, iCloud, Outlook, your team’s — and meetings flow onto the board. Or type a one-off straight in when something pops up.

And, quietly, a lot of small things.

  • Global hotkey. A system-wide shortcut brings the board forward from any app, any time.
  • Menu-bar countdown. Time until the next thing rides along in the menu bar — “1h”, “12m”, “now”.
  • Quick timers. Right-click the menu bar to drop a 5-, 15-, or 25-minute timer on the board.
  • Pick your window. Arrivals can take over the whole screen or live in a small, draggable panel.
  • Customizable presets. Pick your own lead times and timer lengths.
  • Any ICS feed. Subscribe to Google, iCloud, Outlook, or any URL — multiple feeds, side by side.
  • All-day rules. Separate timings for all-day events so they don’t interrupt.
  • One-click join. Meeting links in calendar events open straight from the window.
  • Custom calendar colors. Override the feed colors so each calendar reads at a glance.
  • Custom themes. Light, dark, or a palette of your own — applied across every window.
  • Typography. Pick a custom font and dial the size up or down.
  • Quiet by default. No sound, no badge — turn either on per calendar.
  • Hide past. Collapse the Departed section once a row has passed.

Download Mind the Gap

v1.0.1 · Released May 12, 2026
Mac · Apple SiliconMind.the.Gap_1.0.1_aarch64.dmgMac · IntelMind.the.Gap_1.0.1_x64.dmgWindowsMind.the.Gap_1.0.1_x64-setup.exe
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