Mesik
Track clients, work, invoices, + payments from the menu bar
What it does
In old Finnish, bears were given secret names - whispered so the forest wouldn’t hear. One of them was Mesik - the honey paw. We thought that fit. ────────────────────── Built for freelancers who are tired of spreadsheets and bloated invoicing apps. ────────────────────── ✦ Lives in your menu bar — always there, never in the way ✦ Track: Client · Work · Amount · Invoiced · Paid ✦ Auto-saves as you type ✦ No cloud. No account. No subscription. ✦ Works on Intel + Apple Silicon
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