Aura Technologies

Disclosure: we are the team behind Trackr. This introduction was prepared with AI assistance using our published product documentation.
At the end of a day, a calendar tells you what was planned. It can be harder to reconstruct the stretches between meetings: when you were at your Mac, when you stepped away, and where to start checking your notes. Trackr is designed to provide a small piece of that context.
Trackr is a Mac menu bar app that turns keyboard and pointer activity into five-minute active/idle slices. Its day ribbon shows the timeline, while a local archive provides day coverage, totals and readable timestamps. It also includes a focus score. According to our documentation, it does not capture screenshots or typed contents and does not require an account or cloud dashboard.
A practical way to use this kind of timeline is as a prompt for recall: review the day, compare the active stretches with your own calendar or project notes, and then write your standup or end-of-day summary. That comparison is a manual workflow suggestion, not an integration claim. The activity record alone cannot identify a client project, prove billable work, or measure the quality of thinking. Reading, planning and conversations can matter even when there is little keyboard activity.
Trackr requires macOS 11 or later. The Mac download is free; full tracking and history require a $4.99 one-time unlock, as documented on October 3, 2026.
Product details: https://trackr.bar/
For freelancers and builders here: when reconstructing a day, would you find an active/idle timeline useful alongside your notes, or do you prefer keeping the record entirely by hand?

Disclosure: we are Aura Technologies, the publisher of DraftKey. This introduction was prepared with AI assistance using our official product documentation.
DraftKey is for the small writing tasks that happen between the rest of your work: fixing a sentence, finishing a thought, or making a paragraph shorter in the Mac app where you are already typing.
It offers spelling and grammar cleanup when you pause, optional completion suggestions, and Writing tools opened with Command + Option. Writing tools lets you request a rewrite, tone change, shorter paragraph, or correction, then read the edit before it goes back into your draft. The writing AI runs on your Mac.
A useful way to evaluate that workflow is to bring a short, non-sensitive paragraph to an editor you actually use. Try a correction and a shortening request separately. Check whether names, dates, numbers, and the intended meaning survive the edit, and whether the result returns to the right place. Editor support varies; secure fields are excluded.
The setup requirements matter: Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or later, and 8 GB memory for AI. The writing model is a separate approximately 1.12 GB download; allow at least 2.2 GB free plus room for the app. The current license is $4.99 once for up to three Macs, verified October 3, 2026. A license is required.
There is also a browser typing room with keyboard sound previews and a WPM/accuracy test. That is a way to explore the typing experience, not the Mac app's AI writing functionality.
Product and setup links: https://getdraftkey.com/
For Mac writers and builders here: where would you most want help while writing quiet typo cleanup, suggestions to finish a sentence, or an explicit rewrite you can review?

Disclosure: this update is from Aura Technologies, the publisher of TokenBar. It was prepared with AI assistance from our current product documentation; it is not a customer review or a benchmark.
A quick update for people finding TokenBar through the older launches here: the current Mac app combines usage visibility with a Pixel Agents view of supported coding sessions.
Pixel Agents presents those sessions in a pixel art office, with project activity and attention states. On supported integrations, notifications can cover completed tasks, input requests, approvals, and stalls, with cooldown and timeout controls.
The usage side shows available allowances, credits, and reset timing. The spending overview includes recorded model usage value, cost history, and known monthly plan prices. These are different signals: recorded usage value should not automatically be read as your provider's invoice. AI subscriptions and API charges remain separate from TokenBar. Exact metrics and coverage depend on the integration and account, so check compatibility for your own setup.
There is also Mac context: CPU, memory, energy, and heat, plus dashboard and appearance customization.
Current requirements and pricing, checked October 3, 2026: macOS 14 or later; Pro is $15 once for a lifetime license on one Mac, and Basic is $5/month for one Mac. Download and choose a plan inside the app.
Feature details: https://www.tokenbar.site/features
Compatibility: https://www.tokenbar.site/faq
Pricing: https://www.tokenbar.site/pricing
For anyone evaluating it, start with the provider/account combination you actually use and the event you want to notice: a reset, an input request, or a finished task. Which of those is hardest to keep track of in your workflow?