Name: Monocle
Price: 9.00 USD
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Monocle overview

Monocle boosts your focus by blurring everything except your active macOS window, letting you concentrate solely on your task.

What’s new in version 2.0

New: Smooth window-to-window transitions with synced overlapping overlays (Experimental
New: Option to keep all windows of the same app unblurred when switching between them (Experimental)
New: Before/After GIF Preview generator for sharing desktop setups on social media (Experimental)
New: License reset feature to free up license seats from previous macOS installs or devices
Improved: Updated and simplified Settings UI with full macOS 26 Tahoe support
Improved: Monocle’s theme picker now affects all Monocle windows, not just the overlay
Improved: Auto-hide dock and menu bar permission check code greatly simplified
Improved: Revamped right-click menu with icons
Improved: Redesigned Menu bar icons for Excluded and Gradient modes
Improved: Added “Ideas / Issues?” button in Settings for easier bug reporting and feature suggestions
Improved: Enhanced onboarding tooltip
Improved: Various codebase fixes and cleaner implementation
Fixed: Removing shortcuts using trash icon now properly updates shortcut state
Fixed: Reset all settings button now properly updates shortcut default states
Fixed: Clicking “Settings…” in menu bar while Settings window is open now brings it to front instead of closing
Fixed: Monocle losing focus when dismissing “no updates available” dialog while other windows are open
Fixed: Excluding/including apps now properly updates menu bar icon state
Fixed: License checking bug that sometimes forced license disable on relaunch
Fixed: Minimized Monocle windows can now be properly restored by clicking dock icon