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Kakureneko for iPhone

Know when an agent finishes, needs you, or your Mac is about to sleep. Keep it awake or let it sleep, wherever you are.

Coming soon to the App Store

Free · iOS 18 or later · Works with Kakureneko for Mac

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It needs Kakureneko for Mac. The iPhone app shows the alerts and status that Kakureneko sends from your Mac. Without it, there's nothing to show. Download Kakureneko for Mac.

Screenshots

  • Close the lid. Your agents keep working: the Mac screen with the lid closed and two agents working.
  • Know when an agent needs you: an alert that Codex needs permission, with Keep awake 1h and Sleep now.
  • Keep it awake, or let it sleep: the countdown before the Mac sleeps, with Keep awake 1h, Sleep now and Shut down.
  • The last three days, in one list: the Activity tab, grouped by day.
  • Same Apple Account, no pairing: two Macs side by side.
  • Nothing to sign up for: the welcome screen.

What it does

Your Mac, from your pocket

Alerts that matter

When an agent finishes, when one needs your input, and before your Mac goes to sleep. The ones that need you are Time Sensitive, so they get through Focus.

Buttons on the alert

Keep awake holds the Mac for an hour, or as long as you set on the Mac. Sleep now puts it to sleep. If you let Kakureneko shut the Mac down, there's a Shut down button too. In the app, Sleep and Shut down ask first.

Your Mac at a glance

What it's doing, each agent session, the battery, the lid, and the countdown to sleep. If the Mac stops answering, the app says so.

The last three days

Every alert from your Macs, grouped by day. Several Macs on one Apple Account show up side by side.

Setup

No pairing, no account

Your Mac and iPhone find each other through iCloud.

  1. Install Kakureneko on your Mac

    And turn on alerts during its setup. iPhone alerts are on by default.

  2. Use the same Apple Account

    Sign in to the same Apple Account on the iPhone and the Mac, with iCloud on.

  3. Allow notifications

    Open the app and allow notifications. Turn on Time Sensitive alerts too.

  4. Your Mac appears

    As soon as Kakureneko on the Mac shares its status. Send a test alert to check.

By default your iPhone gets alerts while the Mac's lid is closed. You can change that on the Mac, in Settings → Notifications. More in Support.

Privacy

Nothing to sign up for

The app talks to your Mac through Apple's iCloud. Other iCloud users can't read what it sends, and alerts are deleted after three days. No analytics, no tracking, no ads.

Read the privacy policy

Requirements

What you need

An iPhone
iOS 18 or later.
Kakureneko for Mac
On a Mac with macOS 26 or later. Download it here.
One Apple Account
The same one on the iPhone and the Mac, signed in to iCloud.