A macOS menu bar app that tracks application switches throughout the day with a visual timeline.
- Visual timeline bar showing app usage throughout the day
- Aggregated time per app with percentages
- Click any app in the timeline to switch back to it
- Tracks total time and switch count
- Menu bar shows current app name
- macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later
- XcodeGen (
brew install xcodegen)
Open this repo in Claude Code and ask:
Install this app on my Mac
Claude will check your system, build the app, and install it to Applications.
- Install XcodeGen:
brew install xcodegen - Generate project:
xcodegen generate - Build:
xcodebuild -scheme AppTrail -configuration Release build - Copy to Applications:
cp -r ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/AppTrail-*/Build/Products/Release/AppTrail.app /Applications/ - Launch:
open /Applications/AppTrail.app
Listens to NSWorkspace.didActivateApplicationNotification to detect app switches. Each switch is recorded as a timeline segment with start/end times, which are then visualized as colored blocks proportional to time spent.
MIT