Lives on your Dock
Your pet stands right on the top edge of the Dock and roams the whole width of your screen. If the Dock is hidden or on the side, it walks along the bottom of the screen instead.
A desktop pet for macOS
Your Dock just got a pet.
DockTrot puts a tiny pixel-art friend on top of your Mac's Dock. It walks, naps and shows off its tricks, and the fuller your memory gets, the faster it runs.
Pay once · macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon and Intel
Click the pet
Pick a friend
Pick a scene
Small, silly and always there
DockTrot runs quietly in the background. You'll notice it whenever you glance down.
Runs on RAM
Speed follows your Mac's memory, using the same "Memory Used" number as Activity Monitor and checking every five seconds.
- 0–30%Amble
- 30–60%Trot
- 60–80%Hurry
- 80%+Panic!
Click to say hi
Click your pet and it turns to face you, with a little speech bubble to make it walk, sit, or swap in a different friend.
Never in the way
Clicks pass straight through everywhere except the pet itself, and clicking the pet never pulls focus from the app you're using.
Tricks and shows
Every character has its own tricks: rolls, pounces, zoomies, breaches. The rockets launch and the sports teams run through all their plays every 15 minutes, or whenever you ask.
Dress up the dogs
Give Toast, Henry, Pierre or Biscuit a bandana in one of six prints and a coat colour from their breed. Each dog remembers its outfit.
Twenty-four friends, one Dock
Every character is original pixel art with its own walk, tricks and personality. Hover or tap one to see a trick.
Holiday Exclusives
Every major holiday, you get exclusive characters made just for that holiday.
When a holiday's month arrives, its characters show up in your Characters menu, like Boo and Fig for Halloween or Tom, Acorn and the parade for Thanksgiving. Your pick stays on your Dock until you switch away, and the group comes back next year.
Get DockTrot
- All twenty-four characters included
- Pay once. No subscription, no account.
- Signed and notarized by Apple for a clean install
- macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple silicon or Intel
Questions
What do I need to run it?
A Mac running macOS 14 Sonoma or later. DockTrot runs natively on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
Why is my pet suddenly sprinting?
Your Mac is using a lot of its memory. DockTrot reads the same "Memory Used" figure Activity Monitor shows, every five seconds. Past 80% your pet breaks into a panic sprint, with a motion trail behind it. Close a few browser tabs and it'll calm down.
Will it get in the way of my work?
No. Everything around the pet lets clicks straight through to whatever is underneath, and clicking the pet itself never takes focus away from the app you're working in.
Does it collect any data?
No accounts and no analytics. Your character choice and outfits are saved on your Mac. DockTrot only sends something when you choose to: a feedback message or an animal request, along with your app and macOS versions and which pet you have out.
What if my Dock is hidden or on the side?
Your pet walks along the bottom edge of the screen instead.
Is it a subscription?
No. You pay once and DockTrot is yours.
Will there be new characters?
Yes. The developer adds new characters every quarter.
Are there holiday characters?
Yes. The developer makes festive characters for each major holiday, like Boo and Fig for Halloween, and Tom, Acorn and the parade for Thanksgiving. Each group shows up in the Characters menu during its month, and your pick stays on your Dock until you switch away.
Can I request my own character?
Yes. Open DockTrot's Settings and choose Request an Animal. Tell us its name, add up to six photos and any notes. If the request fits our character guidelines, the developer will build your character for $1.