Pocket Screen
Floats live views of other windows above your work
The verdict
Pocket Screen makes a small, live picture-in-picture copy of a Mac window, like a PDF, a tutorial or a dashboard, and floats it above your work while the original window stays where it was. You can crop a view to just the part you need, freeze it, make it see-through or click right through it. The free version handles 2 views in sessions of up to 10 minutes, and $9.99 once removes the limit.
Get it if
You work on a single MacBook screen and keep switching back to a reference window while you write or code.
Skip it if
You only need a video to stay on top, which the Mac's built-in picture-in-picture already does for free.
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What it helps you do
- Keep a PDF in view while you write
- Follow a tutorial without switching windows
- Crop a view to the part you need
- Keep reference views out of screen shares
Plans and prices
Free
Unlimited sessions of up to 10 minutes, with up to 2 views and 3 quality modes
Unlimited
$9.99$9.99 once or $2.99 a month, with no time limit, up to 4 views and the Ultra quality mode
What changed
Version v2.1.0
Pocket Screen 2.1 improves reference view controls and display reliability. · Customizable keyboard shortcuts for adding, switching, showing, hiding, and closing PiPs. · More precise Focus View selection, including smaller text and icons. · Improved PiP positioning and resizing, with better preservation of window placement near screen edges. · Refined visual indicators for selected, paused, and updating reference…
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The details
- Runs on
- Mac
- Requires
- macOS 14.0 or later
- Version
- v2.1.0
- Size
- 3 MB
- Made by
- Masaki Iino
- No account
- Works without signing up
- Privacy
- Collects no data, per its App Store label
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