How is Timecard different from Screen Time?

Screen Time is a page in System Settings and forgets after about four weeks. Timecard is a real app with a window and a menu bar readout, keeps your history forever in one file, splits browser time into real websites, ignores time you were away, and prints your day as a timecard every evening.

Where does the data come from?

Timecard records which app is in front while it runs, the website in the front browser tab if you allow it, and when you step away. On first launch it can also import the roughly four weeks of app history macOS already kept, so it is full from the first minute.

Does it read what I type or what is on the page?

No. It never sees keystrokes, page contents, titles or screenshots. For browsers it reads only the host name of the front tab, like github.com.

Does it slow my Mac down?

It checks the front app when it changes and looks at idle time every few seconds. It writes to one small SQLite file. You will not notice it.

Which Macs does it run on?

Any Mac on macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon or Intel. Macs with a notch get the card printed out of the notch; others print from the top of the screen.

How much does it cost?

$5 once for the first 1,000 people, then $9 for the next 100, then $29. No subscription, and every update is included.

No. You buy a licence key and paste it into the app. There is nothing to sign in to.

What if it is not for me?

Email us within 14 days for a full refund.

What does Timecard send over the network?

Nothing about your day. It checks the current price and your licence key, and that is all.

Timecard: Screen Time Alternative & App Tracker for Mac

01

Screen Time, as a real app.

Apple's Screen Time is a page in System Settings that forgets after four weeks. Timecard is a window, a menu bar readout and a printer, and it keeps every day you've ever had.

Today. The day on a 24-hour dial, hour by hour, top apps, and today's card printing live. Real screenshots, real day.

02

Every evening, your day prints out.

At the time you choose, a card feeds out of the notch one line at a time, with a printer tick and a trackpad tap per line. Every number on it comes from your real day.

TIMECARD№ 0274

EMPLOYEE ALEXMACBOOK PRO

THU 01 OCT 2026DAILY CARD

PUNCH IN

08:51

PUNCH OUT

17:58

THE DAY9H 08M ACTIVE

08:0010:0012:0014:0016:0018:00

ITEMVISITSTIME

VS CODE×384:12

SLACK×741:31

X.COM×121:12

FIGMA×60:58

ZOOM×30:47

YOUTUBE.COM×90:41

+14MORE0:52

ON THE CLOCK10:13

BREAKS (IDLE)-1:05

TOTAL SCREEN TIME9:08

■ WORK 5:10■ SOCIAL 2:18■ FUN 1:40

DEEP WORK

3:40

SWITCHES

212

LONGEST RUN

1:35

DEEP WORK 3H+STREAK 6

Slack thanks you for your loyalty.
74 visits today.

TC-20261001-0274timecardmac.site

Chrome4h 31m

ONE LONG BLUR CALLED “CHROME”

03

Websites, not just “Chrome”.

An afternoon in the browser is four hours of “Chrome” in most trackers. Timecard reads the host of the front tab every few seconds and splits that time into github.com, x.com and the rest.

Safari, Chrome, Arc, Brave, Edge and other Chromium browsers. It reads the site's name only, never the page, the title or what you type.

04

Same day, two receipts.

Screen Time hands you a slip that fades after four weeks. Timecard itemises where the day really went, and keeps the receipt.

SCREEN TIME

SYSTEM SETTINGS · TODAY ONLY

TIMECARDKEEP

№ 0274 · KEPT FOREVER

SETTINGS PAGE

Where it lives

APP + MENU BAR

~4 WEEKS

History kept

FOREVER

STARTS AT 0

Day one

4 WEEKS IMPORTED

“CHROME”

Browsers

REAL WEBSITES

COUNTED

Time away

STRUCK OFF

DAY · WEEK

Ranges

ANY RANGE

—

Deep work

25M+ RUNS

—

End of the day

PRINTED CARD

INCLUDED

Price

$5 ONCE

TOTAL KEPT4 WEEKS

THEN IT FADES

TOTAL KEPTEVERYTHING

TC-20261001-0274

05

Today's total, one glance away.

A punch-card glyph and today's screen time sit next to the clock, counting as you work. Click it for the day at a glance.

Punch in and out, and a strip of the day by category
Your top five apps and sites, with visits
Pause tracking, print early, or open the window

Try it: click the menu bar item, pause, hover the strip.

Thu 1 Oct 14:32

THU 1 OCT

5h 12m

In 08:51

Out now

Hover the strip

VS Code38×2h 12m

Slack74×1h 01m

github.com22×44m

Figma6×38m

youtube.com9×17m

Open Timecard

06

A card worth posting.

Share any day as a story or a post. Pick the backdrop and the paper, add a headline with your total, tilt the card like it was just torn off, and write your own caption.

Want to share without the details? Turn on categories only and every app becomes Work, Social or Fun. Copy it, save it, or send it straight from the share sheet.

Story · 1080 × 1920

07

What you do never leaves your Mac.

A screen time tracker sees every app you open and every site you visit. Timecard writes all of it to one file on your machine, and nothing about your day crosses the line.

THIS MAC

timecard

.sqlite

10,535 sessions

~/Library/Application Support

NOTHING ABOUT YOUR DAY CROSSES

THE INTERNET

0

BYTES ABOUT YOUR DAY

ACCOUNTNONE

KEYSTROKESNEVER READ

PAGE TEXT AND TITLESNEVER READ

SCREENSHOTSNEVER TAKEN

ANALYTICSNONE

WHERE YOUR DAY LIVESONE FILE, THIS MAC

REQUESTS OUTPRICE · LICENCE

08

Also included.

The smaller things that make it yours.

Weeks of history on day one

Import the app history macOS already kept, so the charts are full from the first minute.

2h 28mof 3h

Deep work 3h+Streak 6

Deep work and streaks

Unbroken 25-minute runs in productivity apps, a ring toward the 3-hour stamp, and streaks you can keep.

Any range you like

Today, yesterday, 7 or 30 days, a month, or any range on the calendar, with a typical day hour by hour.

Slack1h 31m

youtube.com

folds into “+ 14 MORE” on the card

Hide from cards

Keep an app off your printed and shared cards. It still counts in your totals.

Your day, your hours

Up past midnight? Choose when the day ends, so late nights count toward the day before.

Figma

File it your way

Productivity, Social, Entertainment or Other. Move any app or site and every chart follows.

09

Pay once.
Keep every card.

$5 for the first 1,000, rising in steps to $29 as licences sell. No subscription, and every update is included.

Timecard for MacOne payment, no subscription

$5$29

one time, every update included

Save 83%

$5 for the first 1,000 licences, then $9

$5

First 1,000 · now

$9

Next 100

$29

Regular price

Get Timecard for $5

Every feature and every update, for good
Both papers, all share backdrops, unlimited cards
14-day refund if it is not for you

macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon and Intel · No account

TIMECARD

TIMECARD FOR MAC$5.00

SUBSCRIPTION$0.00

ACCOUNT REQUIREDNONE

DATA SENT ANYWHERE0 BYTES

UPDATESFOREVER

REFUND WINDOW14 DAYS

TOTAL (ONCE)$5.00

$5 · ONCE

Frequently
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