How students use Rubidu on a Mac
Rubidu is for anyone who wants their Mac to just do it, hands-free and private. Students use it to stay focused, keep today's tasks in view and handle the small stuff, without sending notes or recordings anywhere.
Made for study days
- Focus sessions with a coach. "Start a focus session" sets a 25 minute timer and Rubidu cheers you on, then tells you when it's break time.
- A sticky note on your desktop. "Put finish the lab report on my sticky note": today's date on top, your tasks under it, gone at midnight.
- Reminders that stick. "Remind me tomorrow at nine to email my professor", also added to the Reminders app on your phone.
- Lecture recordings to text. "Transcribe this" on a recording gives you a transcript and subtitles in seconds, made on your Mac.
- Write by talking. Hold a key in any app and speak; your words appear where the cursor is.
- Quiz breaks. "Quiz me on science" for five quick questions when your brain needs a reset.
Fun, on purpose
Pick a personality: a witty friend, a sarcastic one, Gen Z, a developer who tells programming jokes and plays rubber duck while you debug. Ask it to roast your Mac. Turn on streaks and achievements if you like them; they stay on your Mac and are off until you switch them on.
Private by design
Everything runs on your Mac: your voice, your notes, your recordings. No account and no cloud, so nothing about your study habits is collected or sold.
Questions
Is Rubidu good for studying?
Yes: focus sessions, a desktop sticky note for the day's tasks, reminders, dictation and lecture transcripts are built in, and all of it works offline.
Which Macs does it run on?
Macs with Apple silicon and 16 GB of memory, on macOS 26.2 or later. It has been tested on a MacBook Air M2 and an M4.
When can I get it?
Rubidu is nearly ready. Join the waitlist on the home page and you'll get one email the moment it's out.