Bring the RainStorm to your desktop.

Do you love when there's a storm pitter-pattering outside your window?
RainStorm creates native, click-through rain simulations with real storm audio. Create a living, ambient environment to focus, relax, & vibe.

Download on the Mac App Store

Free during launch! • Swift for macOS 14+

Adapts to your workflow

Out of your way.
Until a storm comes.

RainStorm lives in your menu bar and is loaded with productivity features, so the rain always fits your day.

App Blocking

Prevent storms automatically when any chosen apps are active, like Slack, VLC, Netflix and more. No sudden storms in the middle of The Sopranos.

Meeting Detection

Uses microphone and camera activity to pause or stop every storm the instant a meeting begins. Never records.

Pomodoro Mode

A focused 25/5 cycle: work hard for 25 minutes, then let a 5-minute storm reset your mind for the next sprint.

Quiet Hours

Set specific times of day to pause all scheduled storms for total, uninterrupted silence.

Power Aware

Optionally pause scheduling on battery. Active storms keep going, and the countdown resumes when you plug back in.

Aggressively Optimized

Built natively so your CPU and RAM stay focused on your work, not the weather. Without compromising the visuals.

Configure your brains out

Curate the perfect vibe.

Tune the Storm Scheduler until your storms are just right. Schedule anything from short, intense Hawaiian bursts to milder, long-lasting Pacific Northwest drizzles.

The Storm Scheduler

Set how often storms occur, how long the rain lasts, and how strong a storm tends to be.
All Natural

Randomness is baked in. RainStorm avoids precise, robotic intervals, just like the real thing.
Storm Audio Slider

Adjust rain volume right from the menu bar to mix perfectly with your music or podcasts.
Screen Dimming

Control exactly how much the storm dims your screen. When the clouds part, your brightness returns.
Intensity Control

Want your downpours to feel more like a drizzle? Cap the visual intensity to taste.

RainStorm Settings — Storm Scheduler tab with Automatic storms, Pomodoro, Frequency, Duration, Intensity, and Power controls

Wind's Howling

Don't worry, you won't get wet.

Watching a video of a rain storm is nice. Living inside one is better. RainStorm renders the storm right onto your desktop.

Deep dive into the physics behind the storm

No Two Alike

Drops, wind, and intensity change each storm, with detailed particle physics and parallax layers for real depth.

Real Audio

Dozens of high-quality recordings of real storms, automatically matched to the intensity on screen.

Click-Through

A visual-only overlay that ignores your mouse. Keep writing code, reviewing docs, or studying through the storm.

Living Atmosphere

Storm intensity rises and falls like real weather, drifting from the faintest drizzle to a full downpour and everything in between.

Multi-Display

Whether you run one screen or four, RainStorm generates a unique storm across every built-in and external monitor.

Metal Graphics

Gorgeous rain rendered natively with Apple's Metal engine for high-performance, lag-free visuals.

The Footprint

Feels like part of macOS.

RainStorm is built with Swift to be fast, lightweight, and smooth as butter. No accounts, no clutter, no cloud.

Menu bar only. No Dock icon, no windows to manage
Lightweight on CPU and RAM by design
Runs entirely on your Mac, fully local & private
No data harvesting or analytics

RainStorm menu bar popover with storm controls, volume, scheduler toggle, settings, and quit actions

Try RainStorm

Turn your stressful day into a vibe. Wash away frustration.
Get it while it's free 🙂