Instant for Mac

A menu bar app to track the daily time spent on your Mac

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A menu bar app to track the daily time spent on your Mac

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Launch tags:Mac•Productivity•Menu Bar Apps

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Pineapple

I think I'd be afraid to install this because it would reveal the worrying amount of time I spend at my laptop haha

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11yr ago

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Maker

@david_diam personal analytics may help your productivity 😎

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11yr ago

Swizzle

i ran this for a while. unfortunately it doesn't contain much of the functionality outlined, or at least is incredibly non-intuitive for an app with only two or three controls. my install seems to be mostly concerned with displaying a 'standby count' that bears little perceptible relation to any of my behavior. on top of that, a number of the ui elements (at least they look like UI elements) are unresponsive and changes to the display don't persist between uses, nevermind full sessions. maybe it gets better in a future release? i would not have released this as a 1.0 and i'm a little annoyed to have spent money on it.

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11yr ago

Swizzle

also: though the version is apparently 2.1, the display from the menubar still says 1.0.0? basic.

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11yr ago

Balance

Sadly this app is crashing on Yosemite and has no way (that I could find) to make it a menu bar-only app.

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11yr ago

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Maker

@ricburton where is it crashing? We have tested it on Yosemite, could you send me some details on shashwat@emberify.com

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11yr ago

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Maker

Hello Product Hunt! We are launching Instant for Mac today so that you can track the daily time spent on your Mac from the menu bar. We also have features like exporting data, tracking standbys and setting a daily limit. This should be good for self tracking by general users. I also think this is something Quantified Self/Lifelogging enthusiasts would like, maybe even some may find it useful for parental control. We will be launching Instant with places, fitness, travel & device/app usage for iOS next ! (http://instantapp.today). Can’t wait to get your feedback!

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11yr ago

Will it truly track app usage on an unlocked iPhone? If so that is the best news ever!

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11yr ago

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Maker

@helencrozier hey Helen, we will be launching the iOS version in 4 weeks. We do have that functionality to track app usage in the iOS version. 😃

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11yr ago

@shashwatpradhan @helencrozier I find it very hard to believe from a technological standpoint. Can you provide more information please?

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11yr ago

@shashwatpradhan @helencrozier Yeah that doesn't seem possible in the iOS sandbox model. Or at least not when I tried 6 months ago, you can make guesses based on location data etc. but can't measure an accurate value.

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11yr ago

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Maker

@mvxlr @helencrozier there is an API to get all the processes running in the background.

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11yr ago