DayLog sits silently in your menu bar, tracks every app you touch, and tells you where your time actually went — in one sentence.
Requires Apple Silicon Mac · macOS 26 Tahoe or later
Install and it starts working immediately. No projects to create, no timers to start. DayLog tracks silently from the first second.
Apple Intelligence classifies every app automatically — Design, Browser, Code, and more. It creates new categories on the fly for apps it hasn't seen before. Entirely on-device, entirely private.
Hit "Get Summary" and Apple Intelligence writes a warm, specific sentence about your day. Copy it straight to your standup, timesheet, or invoice.
A segmented donut chart shows your day at a glance — each category a coloured arc, proportional to time spent. Tap any row to expand its app-level breakdown.
Press Cmd+D for a full dashboard — last 7 days as a grouped bar chart. Tap any bar to drill into that day's breakdown by category.
Step away from your Mac and DayLog pauses automatically after 5 minutes of no mouse or keyboard activity. No manual stopping, no inflated numbers.
Download the DMG, drag DayLog to Applications, and open it. It appears in your menu bar immediately — no account, no login, no setup screens whatsoever.
DayLog runs silently, checking your frontmost app every 5 seconds. Apple Intelligence categorises each new app the first time it sees it and remembers forever — so there's nothing to configure.
A frosted glass popover shows your live arc chart, category breakdown with mini progress bars, and time per app. Tap any category row to expand it and see individual apps.
Hit "Get Summary." Apple Intelligence writes a single natural sentence about your day on your device. Copy it anywhere — standup, invoice, or just for yourself.
DayLog uses Apple Intelligence for on-device AI categorisation and summaries. This requires an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later) running macOS 26 Tahoe or later. All AI processing happens entirely on your device — no data ever leaves your Mac.
About the macOS security warning: DayLog is distributed outside the Mac App Store. On first launch macOS may show "cannot be verified." Right-click the app icon → Open → Open to proceed. You only need to do this once, after which DayLog opens normally.