Release notes 6 min read
Catch the Ghost 1.4.5 is live with Ambience
Six original ambient sound recordings, Streak Recovery for 5000 coins, a new coin-buying store, and the story of how we recorded a thunderstorm on a Santa Rosa Beach morning.
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Catch the Ghost blog.
Release notes, ghost-collection announcements, and product history from the team building the Pomodoro timer that catches ghosts.
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Ghost collection 1 min read
New universe with 400 ghosts
Fifty more ghosts added, including Nelson Mandela, Sigmund Freud, Neil Armstrong, Sidney Poitier, and Steve McQueen.
Ghost collection 1 min read
New universe with 350 ghosts
Fifty new ghosts since the last release, including Theodore Roosevelt, Lucille Ball, James Avery, and Red Foxx. Log out and back in to pick them up.
Release notes 2 min read
Catch the Ghost 1.4 is live
Streaks arrive with up to 3x coin multipliers at the 360-day milestone. Plus tooltips, in-app suggestions, rarity multipliers, and simpler grace periods.
Release notes 1 min read
Catch the Ghost 1.3.1 is live
Public apparition citations, 15 new tag colors, a tighter History graph, Incomplete Session tracking, and better Universe scale.
Release notes 3 min read
Catch the Ghost 1.3 is live
Our biggest release since launch. Full session history across Day, Week, Month, and Year timescales. Plus nine in-app sound effects and richer in-session tips.
Release notes 3 min read
Catch the Ghost 1.2.2 is live
Custom Timer Length lets you set 25 to 120 minute sessions. Easter Eggs give a 1.5x coin multiplier when you find them.
Ghost collection 1 min read
Composers collection on Catch the Ghost
Sixteen legendary composers added to the library, from Bach and Mozart to Wagner and Shostakovich. Plus Liszt and Copland.
Release notes 1 min read
Catch the Ghost 1.2 is live
The app is now free to download. New: Share Apparitions and Quotes, mascot reminders, and UI polish across Focus Mode.
Ghost collection 5 min read
Asian and Indian history incoming
The process behind curating Famous Asians, Famous Indians, and Famous Japanese collections. Why Sima Qian, Tolkien, and every writer with an unfinished manuscript belong in the same post.
Ghost collection 3 min read
Famous scientists on Catch the Ghost
A 4x4 grid of scientist ghosts, from Einstein and Feynman to Rosalind Franklin and Sally Ride. A note on our editorial process and how we decide which ghosts get which treatment.
Release notes 3 min read
Catch the Ghost 1.1.2 is out
Buy Extended Grace Periods for a five-minute first grace window. Unlock Normal Mode for 750 coins. Plus the coin math behind both.
Release notes 2 min read
Big bug fix: version 1.1.1 is out
A catastrophic upgrade-from-1.0.3 bug made it past testing. Version 1.1.1 patches it and our testing process got an upgrade of its own.
Release notes 4 min read
Catch the Ghost version 1.1 update
A tuned-up Universe UI, a new apparition view, scroll-for-more indicators, focus timer tips, and Normal Mode.
Launch 2 min read
Catch the Ghost launch
The story behind launching a new kind of focus timer: one that rewards you for not using your phone. Introducing the Digital Hourglass and the collectible ghosts.