diff --git a/pkg/pace/pace.go b/pkg/pace/pace.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f56f82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/pace/pace.go
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+// Package pace provides a threadsafe counter for measuring ticks in the specified timeframe.
+package pace
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+// Pace is a an interface to register ticks, force reporting and pause/resume the meter.
+type Pace interface {
+	// Step increments the counter of pace.
+	Step(n int)
+	// Stop shutdowns reporting, emits a final report for the time passed since previous report.
+	Stop()
+}
+
+// ReporterFunc defines a function used to report current pace.
+type ReporterFunc func(label string, timeframe time.Duration, value int)
+
+type paceImpl struct {
+	lastTickMux *sync.RWMutex
+	lastTick    time.Time
+
+	label    string
+	interval time.Duration
+	value    int64
+
+	reportFn      ReporterFunc
+	defaultLogger *zap.Logger
+	cancelFn      context.CancelFunc
+	timer         *time.Timer
+}
+
+func (p *paceImpl) Step(n int) {
+	atomic.AddInt64(&p.value, int64(n))
+}
+
+func (p *paceImpl) resetValue() {
+	atomic.StoreInt64(&p.value, 0)
+}
+
+func (p *paceImpl) Stop() {
+	p.cancelFn()
+}
+
+func (p *paceImpl) report() {
+	timeframe := time.Since(p.lastTick)
+	if abs(timeframe-p.interval) < 10*time.Millisecond {
+		timeframe = p.interval
+	}
+
+	p.reportFn(p.label, timeframe, int(atomic.LoadInt64(&p.value)))
+}
+
+// New creates a new pace meter with provided label and optional reporting function.
+// All ticks (or steps) are aggregated in timeframes specified using interval.
+// If the reporting function was not provided, ZapReporter will be used as default.
+func New(ctx context.Context, label string, interval time.Duration, reportFn ...ReporterFunc) Pace {
+	p := &paceImpl{
+		lastTickMux: new(sync.RWMutex),
+		lastTick:    time.Now(),
+
+		label:    label,
+		interval: interval,
+
+		timer: time.NewTimer(interval),
+	}
+
+	logger, _ := zap.NewProduction()
+	p.defaultLogger = logger.With(zap.String("label", p.label))
+
+	if len(reportFn) > 0 {
+		p.reportFn = reportFn[0]
+	} else {
+		p.reportFn = ZapReporter(p.defaultLogger)
+	}
+
+	paceCtx, cancelFn := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	p.cancelFn = cancelFn
+
+	go p.reportingLoop(paceCtx)
+
+	return p
+}
+
+func (p *paceImpl) reportingLoop(ctx context.Context) {
+	defer func() {
+		if v := recover(); v != nil {
+			if err, ok := v.(error); ok {
+				p.defaultLogger.With(zap.Error(err)).Warn("pace reportingLoop panicked")
+				return
+			}
+
+			p.defaultLogger.With(zap.Error(
+				errors.Errorf("error: %v", v),
+			)).Warn("pace reportingLoop panicked")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			p.timer.Stop()
+
+			func() {
+				p.lastTickMux.RLock()
+				defer p.lastTickMux.RUnlock()
+				p.report()
+			}()
+
+			// exits the loop
+			return
+		case <-p.timer.C:
+			func() {
+				p.lastTickMux.Lock()
+				defer p.lastTickMux.Unlock()
+				p.report()
+
+				p.resetValue()
+				p.lastTick = time.Now()
+				p.timer.Reset(p.interval)
+			}()
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+func abs(v time.Duration) time.Duration {
+	if v < 0 {
+		return -v
+	}
+
+	return v
+}
diff --git a/pkg/pace/pace_test.go b/pkg/pace/pace_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56aecba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/pace/pace_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package pace
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestSimple(t *testing.T) {
+	var ticks int
+	var stopped bool
+
+	testReportingFn := func(_ string, _ time.Duration, value int) {
+		ticks += value
+
+		if stopped {
+			t.Fatalf("not expected to fire after stop")
+			t.FailNow()
+		}
+	}
+	p := New(context.Background(), "items", 100*time.Millisecond, testReportingFn)
+
+	go func() {
+		for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+			p.Step(1)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	if ticks != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expeted ticks: 0, got: %d", ticks)
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+
+	time.Sleep(60 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	if ticks != 10 {
+		t.Fatalf("expeted ticks: 10, got: %d", ticks)
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+
+	p.Stop()
+
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	stopped = true
+
+	time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/pace/zap_reporter.go b/pkg/pace/zap_reporter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9fd80d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/pace/zap_reporter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package pace
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+// ZapReporter reports using the provided zap logger and stops reporting when flow of events is stoped.
+func ZapReporter(log *zap.Logger) ReporterFunc {
+	var previous int
+	var stalled time.Time
+
+	return func(label string, timeframe time.Duration, value int) {
+		switch {
+		case value == 0 && previous == 0:
+			return // don't report anything
+		case value == 0 && previous != 0:
+			dur := timeframe
+			if !stalled.IsZero() {
+				dur = time.Since(stalled)
+				n := dur / timeframe
+				if dur-n*timeframe < 10*time.Millisecond {
+					dur = n * timeframe
+				}
+			} else {
+				stalled = time.Now().Add(-dur)
+			}
+			log.Sugar().Infof("%s: stalled for %v", label, dur)
+			return
+		default:
+			previous = value
+			stalled = time.Time{}
+		}
+
+		floatFmt := func(f float64) string {
+			return strconv.FormatFloat(f, 'f', 3, 64)
+		}
+
+		intFmt := func(n int) string {
+			return strconv.FormatInt(int64(n), 10)
+		}
+
+		switch timeframe {
+		case time.Second:
+			log.Sugar().Infof("%s: %s/s in %v", label, intFmt(value), timeframe)
+		case time.Minute:
+			log.Sugar().Infof("%s: %s/m in %v", label, intFmt(value), timeframe)
+		case time.Hour:
+			log.Sugar().Infof("%s: %s/h in %v", label, intFmt(value), timeframe)
+		case 24 * time.Hour:
+			log.Sugar().Infof("%s: %s/day in %v", label, intFmt(value), timeframe)
+		default:
+			log.Sugar().Infof("%s %s in %v (pace: %s/s)", intFmt(value), label,
+				timeframe, floatFmt(float64(value)/(float64(timeframe)/float64(time.Second))))
+		}
+	}
+}