See where your day goes.
Sundial quietly records which apps and sites you use on your Mac and turns them into a timeline you can learn from.
Apple Silicon Macs · macOS 12 or later · Windows is planned
What you can do with it
Everything below works from the moment you sign in. Your activity is stored on your Mac.
A timeline of your day
Every app and website, minute by minute, for a day, a week, a month or a year.
Where the time went
Time by category and app, a focus score, your longest stretch of uninterrupted work.
Focus sessions
A simple timer for 25, 45, 60 or 90 minutes, with a nudge when it is time for a break.
Goals and streaks
Set daily targets such as three hours of focused work, and keep a streak going.
Calendar and tasks
Today's events and reminders from macOS Calendar and Reminders, next to your timeline.
Ask about your day
On Macs with Apple Intelligence, ask questions and get short insights. It runs on the Mac.
Install it
It takes a minute. One step is unusual, and here is why.
- Download and open Sundial.dmgDrag Sundial into your Applications folder.
- Open Sundial once from ApplicationsmacOS will say it can't check the app. Choose Done, then open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to the message about Sundial and choose Open Anyway. On macOS 14 or earlier you can instead Control-click Sundial and choose Open.
- Create your accountAn email and a password. You get a recovery key; keep it somewhere safe.
- Allow the permissions it asks forAccessibility and Screen Recording let it see which window is in front. Calendar and Reminders are optional.
Why the warning? Sundial is new and not yet signed with a paid Apple developer certificate, so macOS can't vouch for it. After the first open it updates itself from inside the app, and each update is checked against Sundial's own signing key.
Your data stays on your Mac
App names, window titles, websites, calendar events and tasks are stored in a database on your Mac and are never uploaded. Our server knows your email, the name and version of each Mac you sign in on, and nothing about what you do. If you choose to help improve Sundial, it also receives one row of totals per day: seconds per category, and no names. You can switch that off, export everything, or delete it at any time. Read the privacy policy.