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Patina gathers context from your everyday apps and surfaces what needs your attention

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Your week ahead

A little room to breathe before a busy Friday. Your project proposal is due Thursday, with two open mornings to work on it. The team review is Friday afternoon, and Maya’s birthday is this weekend. It’s a good week to protect some focus time.

Coffee with Alex

Today, 2:00–2:30 PM · Juniper

Last time you caught up, Alex was about to start a new job and was still looking for an apartment. He also asked for your Lisbon recommendations. Your trip notes have a few favorite places you could share.

One more day to return those sneakers

The return window closes tomorrow. Your return label is in your email, and I've added a reminder to your to-do list. You could drop the package off on your way to coffee.

It's hard to keep track of what's going on when your life is scattered across a dozen apps.

Patina securely syncs all your activity, summarizes what you need to know, and helps you stay two steps ahead.

Patina forms around your data and preferences

Customize what apps Patina has access to, how it shows up in your day, and how it feels.

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Book club
Still good for dinner Thursday?
Yep — 7:30 at the usual spot.
Perfect, see you then.
Want me to book?
Please 🙏
On it 👍
You're the best

Syncs with iMessage

Privately bring in your personal context and stay in control of what the AI can see.

Connect your apps

Gmail, Calendar, Slack, Notion, Figma, Health, WhatsApp, and 30+ more.

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Widgets

Add, resize, and rearrange widgets to your home dashboard to see what matters to you.

Built-in themes

Customize the look and feel of Patina with different themes to match your style.

Patina is your personal workspace

Patina turns your personal and professional context into a living dashboard you can configure to your liking.

Start your day ahead

Start your day with the weather, notable meetings, and loose ends you should notice.

Automatically track to-dos

Patina creates action items from chats, meetings, notes, and mail and marks them done for you.

Walk in ready

Every meeting surfaces the right notes, recent context, and open questions already compiled.

Get the meeting digest

Catch the decisions, takeaways, and follow-ups from your connected meeting notes, right in your feed.

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Quickly journal

Capture a thought before it disappears, then let Patina organize it into your plain-text journal.

Reflect on your day

Patina automatically creates a summary of what happened each day across all your connected apps.

Private by design

Your files stay in a folder you control. Cloud updates use encrypted context with limited retention.

Patina sees the full picture of your life

Because Patina securely syncs your personal context locally to a folder on your Mac, it can answer questions that other tools can’t.

What am I avoiding replying to?
I found three threads that have waited more than two days.
MessagesGmailSlack
Brief me for coffee with Alex.
You last talked about the studio move, his launch, and dinner plans.
ContactsCalendarMessages
What did I promise after yesterday's design review?
Two owner-tagged actions, one follow-up doc, and one calendar prep note.
GranolaNotionCalendar
What patterns should I notice from this week?
Deep work improved, late workouts hurt sleep, and family replies slipped.
HealthApple NotesMessages
Find the file Sarah mentioned and summarize the change.
Found the Q3 planning doc and pulled out the timeline edits.
GmailNotesDrive
What should I clear before I leave for the airport?
Two time-sensitive replies, one receipt, and your boarding pass.
CalendarGmailWeather

Patina's plans are flexible and easy to try

Use our monthly subscription or bring your own AI provider account for lifetime access.

Patina Basic

$20/month

The core Patina subscription for everyday briefings, dashboard checks, and lighter chat.

  • 7-day free trial before billing starts
  • Core widgets: Today, Weather, Calendar, To-dos, People, and Journal
  • Morning briefing, end-of-day digest, meeting prep, and task capture
  • Roughly 500 interactive messages per month included
  • Scheduled knowledge refreshes do not spend your message allowance
  • Mac and iPhone access with 30+ app connections
  • AI usage included under our fair-use policy
Start 7-day trial

Lifetime License

$99 one-time

Pay once for Patina and run it with your own Claude Code, Anthropic, OpenAI, or compatible provider account.

  • Pay once, get all future Patina updates
  • All widgets and app connections unlocked
  • No included Patina AI budget or hosted model usage
  • Use your own Claude Code, Anthropic, OpenAI, or compatible provider account
  • Switch models anytime and keep direct control of AI billing
Get Lifetime License

Download Patina, then choose your plan during setup. Message counts are rough included-use targets for interactive chat, not hard guarantees. Background knowledge refreshes run under separate fair-use safeguards to prevent runaway work.

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Frequently asked questions

How does Patina stay up to date?

When you ask a question, Patina pulls fresh context from your connected apps. Cloud feed updates check for something useful every 30 minutes from 7 a.m. to midnight in your local time zone, including while your Mac sleeps.

Features that read data directly from your Mac and local automations still need it to be awake. Local context uploaded to the feed expires after 48 hours; opening Patina on the device with your files refreshes it.

How does the iOS app work?

The iOS app is a companion to the Mac app. It gives you quick access to your Patina on the go, whether you're asking a question, logging a thought, or checking your morning briefing.

Your files sync through your private iCloud. The iPhone app can use Patina AI and cloud feed updates directly. For features that need your Mac, it connects through Tailscale, a private network between your devices.

Setup takes about a minute: install Tailscale on both devices, sign in with the same account, and Patina finds your Mac automatically.

Is my data secure and private?

Your files, messages, and journal live on your own devices and sync through your private iCloud. Cloud feed updates use an encrypted copy of selected context, including calendar events, tasks, and file excerpts. Local context expires after 48 hours, and cloud feed cards are retained for 30 days. When Patina needs to think, it sends only the context required for the task to the AI provider for your plan or selected runtime, such as Google Gemini for Patina AI, Anthropic or OpenAI for your own provider account, or OpenRouter if you configure it. Those providers do not use API inputs or outputs to train their models by default; requests may be retained briefly for abuse monitoring.

What apps does Patina connect to?

Patina connects to the apps and services your life already runs through. New integrations ship every few weeks.

Gmail
Google Calendar
Google
iMessage
Beeper
WhatsApp
Slack
Slackdone
Notion
Apple Notes
Granola
Contacts
Figma
Linear
GitHub
Amplitude
Apple Health
Mercury
Copilot Money
X Posts
YouTube
Shiori
Projector
Weather
RSS
Substack
Medium
Blogger
WordPress
Custom MCP servers
Which pricing plan should I pick?

Patina Basic ($20/month) includes the core widgets, automations, app connections, and roughly 500 interactive messages per month. Scheduled knowledge refreshes do not spend that message allowance. Best if you want Patina for daily briefings, dashboard checks, and lighter chat.

Patina Pro ($40/month) includes more AI usage, roughly 2,000 interactive messages per month, more room for background knowledge refreshes, plus priority access to new widgets, skills, and integrations. Best if you expect Patina to handle heavier daily work.

Lifetime License ($99 one-time) lets you use your own Claude Code, Anthropic, OpenAI, or compatible provider account. It does not include Patina AI usage. Best if you want direct control over models, usage limits, and provider billing.

Do I need to bring my own API key?

Only if you go with the $99 Lifetime License. Patina Basic and Patina Pro handle AI billing for you, with interactive chat usage included under the plan's fair-use limits and separate safeguards for background knowledge refreshes. Lifetime uses your own provider account instead.

Does Patina work offline?

Your journal, digests, goals, and people notes are always available offline. They're just Markdown files on your device. AI responses require a connection to your provider.

Can I export my data?

There's nothing to export. Everything Patina generates is stored as plain Markdown in your iCloud Drive. Open it in any editor, back it up like any other folder, take it with you whenever you want.

What happens if I stop using Patina?

Your files are always yours. They live as plain Markdown in your iCloud Drive, so you can open them in any editor, back them up, or take them with you.

On the $99 Lifetime License, nothing changes if you stop. The app keeps working with your own provider account for as long as you want to run it. On Basic or Pro, canceling pauses app access, but the files and conversations Patina generated stay in your iCloud folder either way.