Portal - Escape Into Nature 4+
Focus, Sleep, Relax, Sounds
Portal Labs Ltd
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Portal transports your mind into the world’s most beautiful natural surroundings to help you relieve stress, enhance focus and spark creativity.
Through immersive nature sounds, window-like visuals, smart lighting and award-winning design, it guides you into natural environments perfectly suited to deliver life-changing improvements in focus, creativity, productivity, relaxation and more.
Combining 40 years of robust scientific evidence with groundbreaking new research, Portal taps into the transformative powers of the natural world, and puts into practice the latest evidence for how our minds and bodies respond to our surroundings.
Say goodbye to unproductive days, sleepless nights and a cluttered mind, and join millions of people escaping noise, stress and distraction in the world’s most beautiful natural environments.
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Apple - Mac App of the Year (finalist)
Apple - Editor’s Pick.
1m+ downloads.
POPULAR USE CASES
Focus, creativity, ADHD, relaxation, stress & anxiety relief, mindfulness & meditation, tinnitus, pain relief, PTSD relief, SAD relief, noise masking.
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING
"It has not only made me more productive, but more importantly, it has brought a sense of joy to my work day." Andrew (US)
“An instant ‘on switch’ for being able to focus.” Lifepakpaul (US)
“Nothing so profoundly affects my daily routine as Portal does.” Victor Fury (Malaysia)
"The kind of app you wish you could install on the device of everyone you care about." Alex (France)
"Life changing. There is nothing like this on your Mac." Gabriel (Canada)
"Mind-blowingly awesome! I've long dreamed of an app like this." Dexter (US)
“A beautifully integrated experience that makes focusing on work so natural. Simply perfection.” danand725 (UK)
“It is like a window in my office to beautiful places.” ShaneDE1 (US)
KEY FEATURES:
- 100+ portals to the most beautiful & peaceful corners of our planet, including Costa Rica, Iceland, St Lucia, Scotland, England & Slovenia
- Immersive true-to-life Spatial Audio recordings
- Stunning retina-quality ultra high definition motion visuals
- Philips Hue, HomeKit & Nanoleaf smart lighting integration
- Webby award winning design for beautiful aesthetics & experience
- Offline usage
- Support for shortcuts allowing automations for power users
- Built to be CPU, GPU & battery efficient
- Absolute Privacy: no 3rd party tracking, targeted ads, or collection of personal data
- Custom built for Apple devices
MEMBERSHIP PRICING & TERMS
Portal Free - access to 3 portals (Mac) which rotate monthly. No subscription or trial required.
Portal Premium - unlimited access to a regularly updated library of 100+ portals, smart lighting integration, dynamic spatial audio. Monthly subscription, Annual subscription (with free 7 day trial), or Lifetime (one-0ff) purchase required. Subscriptions include access to our iOS app.
OTHER NOTES
Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off in your App Store account at least 24 hours before your trial end or membership period.
Dynamic (head-tracked) Spatial Audio requires compatible headphones that support head-tracking (AirPods (3rd/4th Gen), Airpods Pro, AirPods Max, Beats Fit Pro)
FROM A PASSIONATE INDIE TEAM
We’re based in the UK, with a mission to reconnect the world with nature.
Terms of Use: portal.app/terms
Privacy Policy: portal.app/privacy
What’s New
Version 1.5.0
In the spirit of Thanksgiving and Diwali, we wanted to take a moment to express our gratitude for all the incredible support and feedback we’ve received since launching Portal on Mac last year. And so, this release brings two of your most-requested features over the past year (and, of course, the obligatory bug fixes). We hope you thoroughly enjoy them!
**Desktop Widgets**
We’re delighted to announce Portal for Mac now supports widgets! Easy control and access to your favourite portals with just a click with these two widgets:
- Now Playing: effortlessly play or pause your current portal right from your desktop.
- Open Portal: instantly jump straight to your favourite portals with a single click.
Control-click your Desktop > ‘Edit Widgets’
N.B. We’re working on bringing widget support to our iPhone and iPad apps in the future too, so please stay tuned!
**Reorderable Favourites**
Organise your favourite portals exactly how you like - whether by time-of-day, location or even colour! You can now drag & drop them in whatever order tickles your fancy.
Add your most-loved portals to your ‘Favourites’ by tapping the heart icon, then drag and drop re-order them in the 'Your Favourites' section of the library.
**Membership Information Improvements**
Improved clarity and added information for new customers starting a free trial, as well as returning customers who wish to try Portal again.
**macOS Sequoia Display Bug Fix**
We’ve fixed a bug that could cause motion visuals to not play reliably when switching between different external displays.
A special shout-out to Ryan from Australia for flagging this issue and helping us resolve it!
**Improved Audio Reliability**
We've fixed an issue that may have caused Portal to crash when switching between different audio outputs or waking from sleep with different audio routing.
It’s hard to believe it’s been over a year since Portal landed on Mac! In that time, we’ve been blown away by your incredible feedback and honoured to have been shortlisted for Mac App of the Year. However, none of this would have been possible without your support, so from the bottom of our hearts, thank you - and happy Thanksgiving :)
Andy, Alex, Nick, Stu & Tim - 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.
Well crafted experience
I think this app tops my list of focus apps. It’s a must have especially with the underrated feature of allowing it to run in the background along with music. It allows me to listen to some focus music with the background sounds of the warm summer breeze. Literally transports me. Can’t wait for it to support spatial audio to experience this at its max potential. Also the interface is so beautiful and calming in itself. Lovely. I don’t have Phillips hue lights but using Portal makes wanna get em just to be as immersed as possible. Lovely app overall.
Developer Response ,
Update: Hi keeithvz, I hope this message finds you well. We just wanted to get in touch to share the exciting news that Spatial Audio support has just landed in Portal's v3.5 release (the world's first wellbeing app to harness this amazing tech) 🎉 We hope you thoroughly enjoy it and the next level realism and immersion it adds to the Portal experience!
Thank you so much for your support and encouragement to push us forward! It really does mean a lot to us, Stu.
Prev: Hi keeithvz, thank you so much for taking the time to share your very kind feedback - it means a lot to us! We're over the moon to hear that you're enjoying using Portal and that it's helping you focus. Also, we couldn't agree more, the ability to mix Portal with other apps is one of my favourite features - I especially enjoy mixing Portal with an audiobook or a podcast. I'd definitely recommend it!
We are super excited by how spatial audio would enhance the Portal experience and we're current looking into supporting it. So please continue to watch this space. If you'd like to be kept in the loop and up-to-date with all our latest feature and content news, please follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@portal_labs). Many thanks for your support, Nick.
Great for Remote Workers!
As someone who works remotely, I often have days where I need to spend 12 hours glued to my computer screen.
The realistic nature simulation of the Portal app not only helps me emotionally, but it also aids in work and avoiding brain fry and fatigue.
It's not a replacement for actual time spent outside in nature. But for times when you can't avoid your computer screen, this app is the best help one could get!
Developer Response ,
👋 Hi Neil,
Thank you ever so much for sharing your thoughts and insights with us! We're absolutely delighted to hear that Portal's making such a positive difference in your working day - when you're stuck inside and glued to your screen.
Honestly, nothing makes us happier or instills a greater sense of pride than knowing that Portal's out in the world and making people's lives that little bit better! For us, that's what it's all about.
The good news is we have no intention on resting on our laurels and are determined to continue to take Portal to new heights both from an experience and effectiveness perspective. So hopefully lots to look forward to! 😊
Thank you again for all your support, encouragement and enthusiasm for what we do - it means a lot. Without people like you in our corner, Portal simply wouldn't be able to continue to exist.
Best wishes,
Stu, Alex, Andy, Nick & Tim - Team Portal.
App Privacy
The developer, Portal Labs Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Provider
- Portal Labs Ltd
- Size
- 28.6 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 14.0 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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- Monthly Membership ₹ 159
- Annual Membership ₹ 899
- V2 (No Longer Available) ₹ 599
- Upgrade (No Longer Available) ₹ 999
- Portal Membership (Lifetime) ₹ 4,900
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.