diff --git a/lib/app.tsx b/lib/app.tsx
index 423fe7633..c8a50736f 100644
--- a/lib/app.tsx
+++ b/lib/app.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import browserShell from './browser-shell';
 import NoteInfo from './note-info';
 import NavigationBar from './navigation-bar';
 import AppLayout from './app-layout';
+import BetaBar from './components/beta-bar';
 import DevBadge from './components/dev-badge';
 import DialogRenderer from './dialog-renderer';
 import exportZipArchive from './utils/export';
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@ export const App = connect(
       return (
         <div className={appClasses}>
           {isDevConfig && <DevBadge />}
+          <BetaBar />
           <div className={mainClasses}>
             {showNavigation && <NavigationBar />}
             <AppLayout
diff --git a/lib/components/beta-bar/index.tsx b/lib/components/beta-bar/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31ddc7f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/components/beta-bar/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import SmallCrossIcon from '../../icons/cross-small';
+import { isElectron } from '../../utils/platform';
+
+const loadOptOut = (): boolean => {
+  try {
+    const stored = localStorage.getItem('betaBannerDismissedAt');
+    const dismissedAt = stored ? parseInt(stored, 10) : -Infinity;
+
+    return (
+      isNaN(dismissedAt) || Date.now() - dismissedAt > 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    return true;
+  }
+};
+
+const storeOptOut = () => {
+  try {
+    localStorage.setItem('betaBannerDismissedAt', Date.now().toString());
+  } catch (e) {
+    // pass
+  }
+};
+
+const BetaBar = () => {
+  const [isVisible, setIsVisible] = useState(loadOptOut());
+  const dismissBanner = () => {
+    storeOptOut();
+    setIsVisible(false);
+  };
+
+  return !isElectron && isVisible ? (
+    <div className="beta-bar">
+      You&lsquo;re invited to try Simplenote Beta.
+      <a href="https://staging.simplenote.com">Try it now.</a>
+      <a className="icon" onClick={dismissBanner}>
+        <SmallCrossIcon />
+      </a>
+    </div>
+  ) : null;
+};
+
+export default BetaBar;
diff --git a/lib/components/beta-bar/style.scss b/lib/components/beta-bar/style.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..301509b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/components/beta-bar/style.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+.beta-bar {
+  position: absolute;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 36px;
+  bottom: 0;
+  box-shadow: 0 2px 7px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+  background-color: #3d3f41;
+  color: #fff;
+  text-align: center;
+  line-height: 32px;
+  z-index: 1;
+
+  a {
+    color: #fff !important;
+    margin-left: 5px;
+  }
+  svg {
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 12px;
+    bottom: 7px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scss/_components.scss b/scss/_components.scss
index 2cb042e89..05f514977 100644
--- a/scss/_components.scss
+++ b/scss/_components.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @import 'app-layout/style';
 @import 'auth/style';
 @import 'components/checkbox/style';
+@import 'components/beta-bar/style';
 @import 'components/dev-badge/style';
 @import 'components/panel-title/style';
 @import 'components/progress-bar/style';