Step through a window into the world’s most beautiful places - from cloud forests in Costa Rica to volcanic vistas in Iceland - and discover how nature can change the way you feel, think, and work.
Portal is more than pristine sound and beautiful visuals, it’s a way to reconnect with the natural world, even when you’re indoors. By blending immersive Spatial Audio, cinematic motion visuals, smart lighting, and biophilic design, Portal transforms your space into somewhere calmer, clearer, and more inspired.
Decades of scientific research show that time in nature can boost focus, spark creativity, ease anxiety, and improve sleep. Portal brings those same benefits into your everyday life, wherever you are. Whether you’re chasing flow, unwinding after a long day, or finding stillness before sleep - it’s like having the world’s most peaceful places at your fingertips.
Already loved by over a million people worldwide - and recognised by Apple as an Editor's Pick & Mac App of the Year finalist - Portal is helping people turn distraction into focus, stress into calm, and ordinary days into something extraordinary.
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING
“Life changing. There is nothing like this on your Mac.” Gabriel (Canada)
“An instant ‘on switch’ for being able to focus.” Lifepakpaul (US)
“It has not only made me more productive, but more importantly, it has brought a sense of joy to my work day.” Andrew (US)
“Portal has completely changed how I work and focus, and I can't imagine my life without it!” lysgirl603 (US)
“Nothing so profoundly affects my daily routine as Portal does.” Victor Fury (Malaysia)
“A beautifully integrated experience that makes focusing on work so natural. Simply perfection.” danand725 (UK)
“It turns your Mac into a window to the most beautiful places on Earth.” Heiko (Germany)
“The kind of app you wish you could install on the device of everyone you care about.” Axel (France)
POPULAR USES
Focus, creativity, ADHD, relaxation, stress & anxiety relief, mindfulness & meditation, tinnitus, pain relief, PTSD, SAD, sleep, and noise masking.
KEY FEATURES
- 100+ portals to the most beautiful & peaceful corners of our planet, including Costa Rica, Iceland, St Lucia, Scotland, England & Slovenia
- Circadian Flow: a ground-breaking feature that helps sync your internal clock with the rhythm of the natural world
- Immersive true-to-life Spatial Audio recordings
- Stunning retina-quality ultra high definition motion visuals seamlessly synced to your desktop
- Philips Hue & Nanoleaf smart lighting integration
- Webby award-winning design that feels as magical as the places it transports you to
- Offline usage
- Support for shortcuts allowing automations for power users
- CPU, GPU & battery efficient design
- Absolute Privacy: no 3rd party tracking, targeted ads, or collection of personal data
MEMBERSHIP & PRICING
Portal Open Access: free access to 3 portals, refreshed monthly.
Portal Premium: unlimited access to our growing library, Spatial Audio, Circadian Flow & smart lighting. Available as a Monthly, Annual (with free 7-day trial), or Lifetime purchase. Premium includes access to Mac, iPhone, iPad & Vision Pro apps.
OTHER NOTES
Subscriptions auto renew unless cancelled in your App Store account at least 24 hours before your trial or membership ends.
Dynamic (head-tracked) Spatial Audio requires compatible headphones that support head-tracking (AirPods (3rd Gen & up), Airpods Pro, AirPods Max, Beats Fit Pro)
OUR MISSION
We’re a small indie team based in the UK, on a mission to reconnect the world with nature. Every detail of Portal is crafted with care, inspired by both science and the magic of the natural world.
Terms of Use: portal.app/terms
Privacy Policy: portal.app/privacy
Với các âm thanh đến từ nhiều địa danh trên thế giới, ứng dụng tuyệt vời này vừa mang đến trải nghiệm nghe sống động, vừa là người bạn đồng hành mọi lúc mọi nơi, hỗ trợ bạn tập trung, học tập hoặc thư giãn. Một điểm cộng nữa là bạn có thể kết nối với AirPods tương thích để chìm đắm trong âm thanh không gian.
A Breath of Color in a Black-and-White World
May thy knife
Portal is an app that should be studied. It carefully and thoughtfully builds a captivating experience in the name of wellbeing. Upon running the app for the first time, being greeted with a stunning 8K-resolution environment was not only visually surprising, but was accompanied and held the hands of an auditory catharsis of 7.1 Dynamic Spatial Audio originating from the scene you’re placed in. In my home I have several smart lights, and you can imagine my surprise to see that by linking them to Portal, the colors instantly matched the setting, creating a depth of immersion. Instead of the push towards stress and pressure from other productivity apps, Portal encourages clarity and balance. From a circadian-based evolution of a day and night cycle, grants an environment that accompanies you throughout your day, or takes you to the rainforests of St. Lucia, or to Scottish castle walls on a breathtaking loch. All with the purpose of relaxation, sleep, or everyday focus. In an age of data harvesting and spying, Portal is transparent about their removal of analytics, data collection, and ad-trackers. And highlights the processes behind their making of a passion-project that doesn’t have to spell out that lthe team is in it for the long term. From the compassion and sincerity that the small independent team of friends and brothers, it suggests that focus grows gently, like nature itself. It reminded me that true productivity comes from steadiness, not rush. It’s rare to find an application, that feels both practical and nourishing, and this is the only app in which I was truly reminded that clarity, balance, and progress, are rooted in nature.
Phản Hồi Từ Nhà Phát Triển
👋 Hi May thy knife,Wow, we're lost for words...well almost.Your review, quite literally stopped us in our tracks. It's difficult to properly articulate how profound and powerful it is to hear how someone just gets it - really gets what we are trying to accomplish - but it's clear that you do. Portal's a really tricky balance of science, technology, and art - but we really do believe the magic lies in the latter. A lot of it comes down to intuition and gut. The problem is there's no metrics, there's no yardstick with which to tangibly measure whether you've got the art-bit right or not, despite how incredibly important it is. The only real indicators, at least that we've found, is in how it affects, touches, and stirs people - like yourself.It's really elusive at the best of times, especially when we're not there in person to see and witness how people are using Portal: the delight it brings, and every now again the frustration. So there's honestly nothing more motivating and validating than reading feedback like yours. So THANK YOU - it really does mean more than words (quite literally).Very best wishes,Stu, Alex, Andy, Nick & Tim - Team Portal.
AMAZING for students, but there is only one issue
swyrre
I’m a virtual high school student (early high school), I have always had a hard time focusing when completing tasks that require intensive focus, like typing an essay, making a presentation, studying, taking notes, completing a review, etc. Portal has helped me a lot, however, after 7 days passed i realized just how limited my options are, especially for HD portals, as there’s only three available without a subscription currently. Unfortunately, not many high school students out there are able to pay $70/year for a Portal premium subscription, or pay $300 for a lifetime subscription. Although an exclusive option for students to get Portal for a lower price, a wider range of free portals would help people like me out a ton. I’m already paying for a lot of other things on my own, and while I understand how important the subscriptions and their profit is, students like me who really benefit off of portal are not in the position to pay for one. All of that aside, amazing app! Would definitely recommend to anyone looking for an app to help clear distractions off their mind.
Phản Hồi Từ Nhà Phát Triển
👋 Hey swyrre,Thanks so much for your review and sharing your feedback. We're absolutely delighted to hear that you're enjoying Portal and, moreover, that it's helping you focus at school. Unfortunately, increasingly in today's world it often feels like "simply" being able to switch off and focus is a superpower. So we're are so happy Portal's working it's magic!We do totally understand where you're coming from in terms of affordability and access. In fact, it's why we created our free "Open Access" offering and why we're committed to it being ad free, with no restrictions on how much it's used. It's super popular with tens of thousands of people using it, but, in turn, also quite expensive for us to maintain with the server and data costs mounting with so many people using it. It's why we've only been able to make three portals available for free - the more we offer the higher the costs unfortunately. The good thing though, is we do change the three free portals each month so there's variety throughout the year. Hopefully that helps explain where we've landed on things currently. Notwithstanding, we hate for cost alone to stand in the way of someone that clearly loves using Portal and gets a lot of benefit from it. It's why we've set up our "Community Fund", through which we set aside budget to help make Portal Premium accessible to people who can't otherwise afford it...so please drop us an email at hello@portal.app and we'd be happy to see what we can do to help you out.Until then, all the very best with your school and all the amazing things you do - we hope Portal can continue to play a part :)Stu, Alex, Andy, Nick & Tim - Team Portal.
Love it but still hope it could be better
JedidiahZ
I absolutely love this App. I've always wanted to find excellent dynamic wallpapers of nature in 4K+ resolution for my MAC system, but the results were generally mediocre until I discovered Portal. I immediately became a subscriber and now use Portal as a startup application and dynamic wallpaper on all my Mac computers. Choosing my favorite Portal scene has become a habit right after starting up my computer.However, I think there are two areas where Portal could improve for me personally:1. The price-to-content ratio. Yes, I think the price is a bit high. I understand the importance of subscription fees, especially for sustaining a small development team's operations. However, to be honest, I feel the number of available Portals is too limited relative to the subscription cost. While all the videos are premium quality, for a user like me who subscribes annually and habitually sets Portal as wallpaper immediately after startup every day, the current quantity and update frequency are indeed insufficient. I hope the update frequency could be increased.2. The subscription model. For users who want to use Portal long-term, I wish there was a lifetime subscription option with an appropriate price point that motivates people to purchase. I haven't found this option on Mac OS.Overall, I love Portal and hope it continues to improve, providing high-quality videos and experiences to users more frequently and in greater numbers.
Phản Hồi Từ Nhà Phát Triển
👋 Hi JedidiahZ,We're absolutely thrilled to hear that you're loving Portal and really appreciate your thoughts on where we can improve - we've got good news on both fronts:(1) More PortalsWe definitely hear you on this and have some big plans for filming next year and beyond, which should see our Library almost double so please keep your eyes peeled. In terms of making any promises on the regularity of content drops...it's a bit of a double-edged sword for us, as there are no guarantees that we have a successful filming trip - especially as our focus is on capturing and delivering industry leading quality. In fact, there have been many times when conditions and noise pollution have completely scuppered our best efforts to capture any quality footage or recordings - unfortunately, it happens more often than we'd like. Hence, we've always been pretty reluctant to make promises that we cannot keep. But rest assured, whilst we'll never look to compromise quality over quantity, we'll do our very best to increase the depth and variety of our current Library as regularly as we can.(2) Lifetime OptionThe good news is we already have a Lifetime Membership option. Unfortunately, due to the App Store handling subscriptions (our Monthly and Annual memberships and one-time purchases (our Lifetime Membership) differently, you'll have to first cancel your current Monthly or Annual Membership and wait for it to expire before the Lifetime Membership can be purchased.For more information, check out our "Billing & Membership" FAQ here: https://portal.app/faqIf you have any questions or there's anything else we can help with, please don't hesitate to drop us a line at hello@portal.appThank you ever so much for taking the time and effort to share your feedback - it's certainly something we don't take for granted. Many thanks,Stu, Andy, Nick & Tim - Team Portal.
Portal is at its best when you barely notice it’s there. Quietly recedes into the background, leaving only the sights, sounds, and atmosphere of the natural world in front of you.
This release is dedicated to exactly that. We’ve refined almost every corner of the experience, smoothing out kinks, improving reliability, and polishing countless small details so Portal feels more effortless, reliable, and immersive than ever before.
*Behind the Scenes*
Much of the work in this release has focused on the parts of Portal you rarely see, but experience every time you use it.
We’ve substantially upgraded the systems responsible for streaming, downloading, caching, widgets, desktop wallpapers, search, and overall responsiveness, helping everything feel faster, recover more gracefully, and stay reliably in sync.
Highlights include:
- Smoother, more reliable video streaming, downloading and playback - particularly on slower or less stable internet connections.
- Significant audio reliability improvements, including fixes for rare playback interruptions, silent audio, and more efficient memory usage.
- Faster library loading, smoother scrolling, improved search behaviour, and faster content updates.
- Improved desktop wallpaper syncing, smoother multi-display support, and more reliable behaviour when waking from sleep or switching Spaces.
- More responsive widgets, improved offline downloads, clearer network error reporting, and numerous performance and memory optimisations throughout the app.
*A Better, Brighter Lighting Experience*
We’ve continued refining Portal’s lighting integrations across Philips Hue, Nanoleaf and HomeKit to make them feel more realistic and dependable.
This release includes:
- More reliable device discovery and recovery following brief network interruptions.
- Improved brightness accuracy and more consistent scene colours.
- Better Nanoleaf behaviour, including restoring active effects when playback finishes and correctly handling scenes that transition into darkness.
- More realistic lighting previews that accurately reflect your current brightness settings.
- Numerous improvements to lighting performance, responsiveness, and overall reliability.
*Heaps of Refinements*
Alongside the larger improvements, we’ve also polished dozens of smaller details across Portal.
From restoring missing interface effects and smoothing navigation gestures to improving Environment Controls, refining search, reducing memory usage, fixing visual glitches, and making playback more resilient, this release brings together well over 60 improvements that together make Portal feel noticeably more refined.
Nature feels effortless. We believe Portal should too.
Every refinement in this release is another small step towards making Portal fade further into the background of life. Rather than pulling at your attention, it should create more space for focus, calm, and the restorative presence of the natural world.
*New Portals*
This release also welcomes three beautiful new portals from Pedn Vounder on Cornwall’s stunning coastline. From windswept clifftops and crashing Atlantic waves to the hidden footpath leading down to one of Britain’s most spectacular beaches. We hope you thoroughly enjoy the feeling of escape and wonder they bring.
As always, thank you for your continued feedback, bug reports, and encouragement. Every review, email, and suggestion helps shape Portal, and we’re incredibly grateful for the care and enthusiasm this Community continues to show. A special shoutout to Rich from the US, whose kindness, patience, and willingness to help investigate an issue made all the difference.
Best wishes,
Andy, Alex, Nick & Stu - Team Portal
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