macOS app

DriftVibe

DriftVibe watches the hours you offer to Claude Code and vibecoding.

30-day free trial · $9.99/year or $35.99 lifetime

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Reality check

How many hours, exactly?

You've been coding with an AI since this morning. How many hours? You're not sure anymore. This week, how much time did you actually spend on that side-project? And in total, since you started vibecoding, how many hours of your life went into these conversations?

DriftVibe won't make you more productive. It will just show you where the hours went. The rest is up to you.

Features

A quiet tool that just watches

Project time

Add the folders you work in. DriftVibe groups your sessions by project automatically, based on the active window. No timer to start. No button to remember.

AI Satellite time

Foreground time in Claude Chat, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Codex, Cursor and Xcode, counted separately, outside of any project. Informational only, just to give you the bigger picture.

Daily goal

Set yourself a limit. Two hours of vibecoding, then a notification: "Goal reached. Time to do some real work." A gentle nudge, not a lock. DriftVibe doesn't stop you from anything, it just lets you know.

Local first

Everything stays on your Mac. No account. No cloud. No telemetry. Data lives in a plain JSON file inside the app sandbox.

Honest, not precise

Built for awareness, not accounting. The numbers tell you whether you spent 2 hours or 20 on a project this week, not whether it was 2 h 14 min 37 s. If you need second-by-second tracking for client billing, use something else.

A little contemplation

The dashboard shows your totals in big, quiet typography. "16 days, 2.4 weeks without sleeping." A marathon with the particles. The cursor has walked 236 meters today. Small reminders that the hours add up.

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How it works

Three steps and it's running

Install DriftVibe

Download from the Mac App Store. On first launch, grant Accessibility permission (to detect the active window).

Add your projects

In Preferences, select the folders that correspond to your projects. DriftVibe groups them automatically and starts counting.

Watch the hours add up

The dashboard updates in real time. Set a daily goal if you want a reminder. Otherwise, let DriftVibe watch in silence.

Pricing

Try first. Decide after.

30 days free, no credit card required.

Yearly

$9.99

per year

All features. Updates included for the duration of the subscription.

Lifetime

$35.99

one-time payment

All features. Lifetime updates. One payment, done.

Purchase through the Mac App Store. Cancel anytime from your Apple account.

What it is not

DriftVibe is not:

A client billing tool
A second-by-second tracker
A productivity scoring system
An app that sends your data anywhere
A coach that lectures you

DriftVibe is a mirror. That's all.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost?

30 days free to try. Then $9.99/year or $35.99 lifetime. Purchase through the Mac App Store.

Where is my data sent?

Nowhere. Everything stays on your Mac, inside the app sandbox. No account, no server, no analytics.

Why does DriftVibe need Accessibility permission?

To detect which window is active and attribute time to the right project. No keystrokes and no screen content are read or recorded.

Does it work with Cursor / Windsurf / other IDEs?

Project time works with any editor, as soon as it opens a folder from your list. AI Satellite time specifically detects Claude Chat, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Codex, Cursor and Xcode.

What about iOS?

An iOS companion app is in the works to check your totals on the go. No promised date.

What happens at the end of the free trial?

On day 31, DriftVibe shows a screen prompting you to pick a plan (yearly or lifetime) to continue. Your data is preserved. Until you purchase, the app stops recording new time, but your history remains viewable.