DeskathonWhat Deskathon is
Deskathon is a menu bar app for your Mac. It counts how far your pointer travels, how often you click and how far you scroll, and, only if you choose, how many keys you press. It shows the result as a distance, compared with landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or a marathon.
You can see today in the menu bar and in a small panel, look back over days, weeks, months and years, see a heat map of where your pointer went, and put your numbers on the desktop in a widget.
Your statistics are stored on your Mac, in Deskathon’s own folder, and never leave it.
How it counts, in one paragraph
Deskathon watches pointer movement, clicks and scrolling on every display and turns the movement into a real-world distance, using each display’s physical size. It counts only while it’s open, and not while you have paused it, your Mac or its displays are asleep, the screen is locked, or another user’s session is in front. Pointer, click and scroll counting needs no permission. Keyboard counting is optional, off until you turn it on, and counts only how many keys you press each hour, never which keys. How counting works has the details.
Free and Pro
Counting is free, and so are the menu bar item, the panel and the views of today. Pro is a one-time in-app purchase that shows all the history you have already recorded and unlocks the larger widgets and share cards. There is no subscription, and Family Sharing is on. The App Store shows the price for your country.
| What | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Counting, menu bar item and panel | Everything | Everything |
| Tabs | Today, Keyboard, Scroll and Lifetime, with landmarks and trips | The same |
| History | Day and Week, within the last 7 days | Month and Year, and every day you have recorded |
| Records | Locked (kept from day one) | Shown |
| Heat Map | Today, every display, both layers | Any past day, Last 7 Days and Last 30 Days |
| Widgets | Small | Small, Medium and Large |
| Share cards | Today, Square | This Week and Lifetime, Square and Story |
| Pause, Export CSV, Erase All Data, display sizes, units, Open at login | Included | Included |
See Deskathon Pro for how to buy and restore it.
All topics
Start with Get started if you have just installed Deskathon.
- Get startedInstall Deskathon, go through the welcome and find it in the menu bar.
- Menu bar and panelThe menu bar item, its menu and the panel that opens under it.
- TodayThe main window and today’s distance, clicks and scroll.
- History and recordsDays, weeks, months and years, and your records.
- Heat MapWhere your pointer went and where you clicked, per display.
- Keyboard countingThe optional key press count and how to turn it on or off.
- ScrollScroll distance in pages, and scroll sessions.
- Lifetime, landmarks and tripsYour total distance, compared with landmarks and trips.
- WidgetsToday’s numbers on the desktop or in Notification Center.
- Share cardsSave or share an image of your day, week or lifetime.
- Deskathon ProWhat Pro adds, how to buy it and how to restore it.
- SettingsEvery pane, from General to About.
- Privacy and your dataWhat is stored, pause, export and erase.
- How counting worksDisplays, sleep, day changes and time zones.
- Shortcuts and menusKeyboard shortcuts, app menus and deskathon:// links.
- TroubleshootingEvery notice and alert, and what to do about it.
- FAQShort answers to common questions.
- GlossaryThe terms Deskathon uses.