Aika

What it does

Aika puts a full calendar in your Mac's menu bar. See your monthly view, upcoming events, and world clocks without switching apps. When a meeting starts, a full-screen notification appears with a one-click Join button — works with Zoom, Meet, Teams, and 15+ platforms. Create events and reminders without leaving what you're doing. Built native for macOS Sequoia with SwiftUI. No subscription, no account, no data collection. One-time $4.99 a fraction of what others cost.

Aika is a Mac menu bar calendar with a month view, one-click Zoom/Meet/Teams joins, world clocks, a focus timer, and a session graph. $4.99 once. No subscription. Native macOS Sequoia.

Click the date. See the month, the next call, and a join button for Zoom, Meet, or Teams. Type standup tomorrow 9am to add it. Run a 25-minute focus that pauses when a meeting is two minutes out. $4.99 once, macOS Sequoia. Today is marked. Dots show which days have events. Option-click the arrows to jump a year. Events and reminders, colored by calendar. Gaps show free time. Overlaps show as a conflict. Zoom, Meet, Teams, Webex. The video icon sits on the event. Click it, or hit the join hotkey. Click Add event, then write lunch friday 12:30. Aika fills the time. Press Return to save. 25 minutes, or until the next meeting. The timer pauses two minutes before a call. Sessions land on a…from macmenubarcalendar.com

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