Portal - Immersive Escapes 4+
Change Your Surroundings
Portal Labs Ltd
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
A Stunning New Productivity App For Today’s Distraction-Filled World.
What is Portal?
Portal is a productivity app that uses immersive technologies to transform your surroundings into a haven for focus and creativity.
So, it’s just another productivity app, right?
Well, not exactly. It’s a totally new approach to productivity that’s shaped by the latest research in the field of environmental psychology which focuses on the impact our surroundings have on our state of mind, wellbeing and cognitive performance.
Why are our surroundings so important to our productivity?
It’s no secret that our surroundings have a huge impact on how we think and feel - it’s something architects and urban planners have understood for centuries. The surroundings in which we work are no different. Whether we’re working in an office, from home or in a coffee shop our surroundings can either support or hinder our productivity. When they work against us they make focus and productivity an uphill struggle, leading to longer hours, stress and low morale. However, when we are in surroundings that are attuned to helping us think and focus clearly the effect is profound.
How does Portal work?
Portal uses the latest immersive technologies, including dynamic (head tracked) spatial audio, smart lighting & retina-quality visuals, to transform your surroundings and provide instant escapes to some of the world’s most peaceful and awe-inspiring locations.
Imagine finding your focus in the midst of a thunderstorm deep in the Amazon Rainforest; making your next big breakthrough high in the Himalayas; or getting lost in flow in the remote Highlands of Scotland.
It’s a beautiful and effortless approach to productivity, but also one that’s incredibly effective and backed by a growing mountain of scientific evidence and research.
Who is Portal for?
Ideal for entrepreneurs, digital & creative professionals, students, but really anyone who finds being productive and creative a struggle in today’s distraction-filled world.
Join us on a journey to better surroundings, and experience a productivity app like no other.
KEY FEATURES
Window To The World
Window-like visuals seamlessly integrate into your desktop instantly take your mind away.
Lifelike Sound
World-class spatial audio captured in the world’s greatest locations. It’s sound that makes you feel as though you’re there, creates a sense of space and separation whilst removing distraction and improving focus.
Immersive Lighting
Philips Hue & Nanoleaf smart lighting adds an extra depth of immersion, tuning in to your circadian rhythm and allowing you to control the mood and energy of your space.
MORE THINGS TO LOVE
- Over 100 portals to some of the most beautiful and peaceful corners of the world, captured to help improve focus, concentration & relaxation
- Award-winning design for beautiful aesthetics and simple intuitive use
- Support for Shortcuts, allowing automations for power users
- Built to be CPU, GPU & battery efficient
- Privacy conscious approach: no data harvesting, no targeted advertising
To experience Dynamic (head tracked) Spatial Audio you will need macOS Sonoma or up, and headphones that support head tracking via Apple Core Motion, currently AirPods (3rd gen), AirPods Pro, AirPods Max & Beats Fit Pro.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS
Portal Premium offers access to our entire Library. Our free version provides access to a limited selection of portals with no ads or usage restrictions.
Premium options include: a monthly membership, an annual membership (with a 7 day free trial) and a Lifetime membership, which is paid for by a one-off upfront payment.
Please note that monthly and annual subscriptions will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. To manage your subscription go to your iTunes Account settings.
Terms of Use: https://portal.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://portal.app/privacy
What’s New
Version 1.2.3
Over the past month we’ve taken the opportunity to reflect and excitingly plot and plan the year ahead. If you’re interested you can find our thoughts for 2024 here: https://portal.app/campfire/thoughts-for-2024
Although, it hasn’t all been planning - we’ve packed this release with improvements and fixes for a number of issues you’ve helped flag.
Improvements
- Better resolution selection for screens in portrait orientation.
- You no longer need to relaunch the app after you ‘Clear Cache’.
- ‘Support Info’ now includes better diagnostic data.
- ‘Support Info’ exports now have improved customer feedback and error handling.
Fixes
- Philips Hue lights which use IP address connections are now more reliable.
- Fixes lighting discovery and connection issues on new macOS versions.
- Network connection errors which prevent motion visuals playing are better identified and retried.
- The specific loading error preventing motion visuals playing is now shown in Portal’s UI.
- Audio streaming now waits for a network connection and can better recover from network errors.
- Collection subtitles in the ‘All Portal’ section of the library are no longer cut off.
- Portals with longer names now are better spaced when displayed on smaller screens.
- The ‘Now Playing’ bar height is now correct across different screen sizes.
- Portal’s menu bar window now positions itself correctly when opened on secondary displays.
- Fixes a rare crash when retrying audio downloads
- Audio downloads that are being retried are now cancelled correctly when stopping playback
A special shout out to Don from the US and Harbin from Australia who have been amazing in helping us debug some of the thornier issues above - thanks guys!
As always, if there's anything we can do to improve your experience, whether that's a bug fix or a new feature, please drop us a line at hello@portal.app - we’d love to hear from you.
In the meantime, we hope you’re excited for what the year might bring :)
Many thanks,
Andy, Nick, Tim & Stu - Team Portal.
Ratings and Reviews
Editors’ Notes
How can an app about sound look this gorgeous? Portal is part immersive audio experience and part travel companion, a way to lose yourself in lush audio environments from all corners of the globe, all through a cool minimalist UI and stunning HD visuals. Focus, study, or snooze to downpours in the Amazon, lapping waves from the lochs of Scotland, whale song from the deep blue waters of Tahiti, or thunder on the Great Plains. Tap a sound and the app transforms into an aesthetically pleasing clock; set a timer to drift off to sleep to winds on the Isle of Skye or wake to a springtime chorus in London. Bonus: Pair compatible AirPods to experience it all in spatial audio.
The only app I can honestly say I have ever been in love with
I have been using Portal for a long while now. Stu and the team are so thoughtful in how they continuously craft this amazing experience. The first thing I look forward to when turning on my macbook before delving into deep work is finding the perfect nature surroundings that will put my brain functions right where I need them to be. I cannot find enough words to explain how immersive and liberating Portal is. It never gets old. I am literally so very grateful for having it.
Developer Response ,
👋 Hi o_rian,
We're absolutely lost for words. With everything going on, to find the time and mental headspace to share your feedback is beyond kind - thank you!
For us, Portal has from the very beginning been driven by a desire to positively impact people's lives, so that they can escape whatever been going on in their day and find a space to relax and think. It was a bit of a far flung dream at the start, but to hear how Portal has been making a difference in your life is honestly the best thing. It's inspiring and motivating in equal measure.
The exciting thing we feel as though we've only really just scratched the surface on what Portal can do and have so much more planned that will continue to build upon and improve the Portal experience and really push the boundaries of its effectiveness by combining cutting edge research in the field of environmental psychology with the latest advances in immersive technology.
We couldn't be more excited for what the future holds and the positive impact Portal can make in the world. We've still got a few things up our sleeve to take the Mac experience up a notch or two, plus there will be some stunning new portals incoming that are unlike anything we've captured before so please keep your eyes peeled! 👀
Thank you for your support over the years and coming along this journey with us - we simply couldn't have done it without you and everyone else that's had our backs and cheered us on. We can't wait to share what we've got in store for the coming months, years and many decades ahead!
Many thanks,
Andy, Nick, Tim & Stu - Team Portal.
I’m in love
Very beautiful app that helps me sleep better, and focus at work
Developer Response ,
👋 Hi Reizaleah,
Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words! We're delighted to hear that Portal has won over your heart 😊
But most of all, we are so happy to hear that Portal is making such a positive impact in so many different aspects of your life. For us, that's what Portal is all about. And the crazy (and very exciting) thing is we do genuinely feel as though we've just scratched the surface with what's possible. There's a huge amount of research (in the field of environmental psychology) into the positive effects virtual experiences of nature can have in inducing a sense of peaceful and calm state of mind that can enhance our ability to think, focus and cognitive performance. And, what's more, immersive technology really is coming on leaps and bounds - and it doesn't show any signs of slowing down either!
We are beyond excited at what the future holds and the positive impact Portal can make in people's lives. So please do keep an eye out for our upcoming major releases.
Many thanks for your incredibly kind support and infectious enthusiasm for what we do - it means a helluva lot,
Andy, Nick, Tim & Stu - Team Portal.
PS. If you haven't tried our new Mac app yet, please do head over to the Mac App Store and check it out - it's been specifically designed to help you think, focus and create. And best of all, no additional fee or anything silly like that - it's freely available to anyone with an active Premium Membership.
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Information
- Provider
- Portal Labs Ltd
- Size
- 18.4 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 13.3 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Portal Labs Ltd
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Annual Membership ₪107.90
- Monthly Membership ₪31.90
- V2 (No Longer Available) ₪19.90
- Upgrade (No Longer Available) ₪34.90
- Portal Membership (Lifetime) ₪899.90
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.