Download

Get caught, or don’t.

Free for macOS and Windows. It never blocks anything, it just remembers.

Download for Windows

64-bit · v0.1.6

Download .exe

Windows 10 and 11

Get it for macOS

Universal — Apple Silicon & Intel

Mac App Store

or download the .dmg · v0.1.9 · macOS 12 or later

Changelog →

Install size~8 MBthe whole app
Idle CPU~0%between hourly checks
SyncBatchedhourly totals only, never a live stream

It’s not running a camera or a keylogger in the background — there’s nothing there to be heavy. It wakes up, checks the foreground app, and goes back to sleep.

System requirements

macOS

  • macOS 12 or later (macOS 13 or later from the Mac App Store)
  • Universal binary — runs natively on Apple Silicon and Intel
  • Screen-recording-adjacent permission, to see the foreground app

Windows

  • Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
  • Runs from the system tray
  • Foreground-window permission, same reason as macOS

Install

macOS

  1. 1Get it from the Mac App Store, or download the DMG.
  2. 2From the App Store it installs itself. From the DMG, drag CaughtShipping into Applications.
  3. 3Open it. If macOS asks for screen-recording-adjacent permission, grant it — that’s how it sees which app is in front of you, nothing is recorded.
  4. 4Set your Curfew.
  5. 5Done. Check the menu bar.

Windows

  1. 1Download the installer.
  2. 2Run it and follow the prompts.
  3. 3Open CaughtShipping and grant the foreground-window permission if Windows asks.
  4. 4Set your Curfew.
  5. 5Done. Check the system tray.

It starts at login and updates itself. You’ll get a few notifications: Curfew approaching, caught, and streak milestones. Change them in Settings.