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Time tracking that runs itself
No timers to start, no entries to fill in. drifty records the day as you work and shows you where the focus actually went.
Today, captured automaticallyApps, sites, and focus in one timeline
Tracked
Automatic tracking, minute by minute.
drifty records your apps, sites, and sessions in three-minute blocks.
- 3-minute blocks
- Each one labeled Focus, Neutral or Drift
- Edit by card
- Open a card and change its category or project for every record in it
- Browsers
- Safari, Chrome, Arc, Aside, Edge, Brave and Firefox, no extension
Knows the work.
Not just the app.
A tutorial you found while fixing a bug. YouTube doesn’t always mean distraction.
- Memory.md
- Your work profile, in one file you can edit
- Learns from fixes
- Each correction you make informs later classifications
- Page clues
- Headings and short text from Arc, Dia and other browsers; private windows keep only the address and title
Work profilefrontend development
Learned patternTechnical tutorials support coding
AmbiguityCheck the work, not just the video
drifty AI
YouTube · React tutorial
This activityFocus
Related to the React bug you’re fixing.
Review recurring patterns.
See when focus sessions are most common, when drift increases, and which patterns repeat across the week.
- Projects
- AI groups related activity into projects, with time for each
- Evidence
- Open the records behind any summary
A quieter way back to focus.
Companion stays close in your menu bar, then makes the next move clear when a confirmed drift needs attention.
- Extreme Nudge
- Beta, opt in: closes a drift tab or quits a drift app
- Desktop pet
- Off by default · 31 skins · four sizes
Your phone, on the same day.
See your iPhone’s Screen Time next to the day your computer recorded.
- Hold distracting apps
- At your daily limit, or until a focus session ends. Free, no account
- Your computer’s day
- Timeline and summaries from your Mac or PC, with Pro sync
- Stays on your phone
- App names never leave your iPhone
Choose where AI runs.
The same activity classification can run in drifty Cloud, through your own API key, or on your Mac.
drifty Cloud
High-performance AI classification, managed by drifty.
- No model setup
- Managed by drifty
- High-performance model routes
SetupNo setup
Cost$7 / month
ModelsGemini Flash, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.6 27B
Your own key (BYOK)
Use your own OpenRouter, OpenAI, or Anthropic key and control usage.
- Use your own key
- Control usage yourself
- Estimated $4-6/mo (based on usage)
SetupOpenRouter, OpenAI or Anthropic key
CostAbout $4–6 / month
ModelsYour provider's models
Local AI
Run classification directly on your Mac.
- Nothing leaves your Mac
- Free forever
SetupLocal model required
Cost$0 / month
ModelsLocal model (uses ~5–7 GB RAM)
drifty Cloud comes with drifty Pro, which also includes private sync on up to three computers, your computer’s day in drifty for iPhone and personal API keys. See pricing →
What people are saying about drifty
“I've been waiting for something like this forever!”
“The insights into how much work I do each day are pretty wild.”
“…the zero-data-retention pinning on the cloud path is the detail that actually matters most to me here.”
“I’ve been using Rize for a while, but the subscription became a bit too expensive for me. drifty looks like a really promising alternative.”
“What impressed me most is that it understands real work context—not just time—and separates focus from distraction. The local, BYOK, and cloud options are thoughtful, too.”
What each tracker understands
| Feature | Other trackers | drifty |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic trackingRuns without manual timers | Rize RescueTime Timely | |
| Same-app understandingReads activity inside the app | Rize RescueTime Timely | |
| Focus / Drift classificationSeparates intent from detours | Rize RescueTime Timely | |
| AI controlYour Mac, your key or drifty Cloud | Rize RescueTime Timely | |
| Starting pricePublic monthly entry point | RizeFrom $12.99/mo RescueTimeFrom $9/mo TimelyFrom $11/mo | From $0/mo |
Frequently asked questions
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Do I still have to start timers or tag my work?
No. drifty runs quietly on your Mac or Windows PC, records app, site, and session context in the background, and turns the day into a timeline you can review later. It is meant to understand the work, not just the app name.
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Can I see time per project or client?
Yes. Create projects with a few keywords, and with an AI connection, including on-device AI, drifty assigns related activity to them. Your Week can color the calendar by project, and each project shows its time by date. Your own app and site rules always come first.
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Which browsers and platforms does drifty support?
drifty is a desktop app for Mac and Windows. On Mac, it tracks sites in Safari, Chrome, Arc, Aside, Edge, Brave, and Firefox without a browser extension, and captures the rest of your apps as well.
Download for Windows or use the standard download page for Mac. drifty for iPhone is available for pre-order on the App Store and arrives November 16. An Android app is under review; join the Android waitlist.
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Is there an iPhone app?
Yes. drifty for iPhone can be pre-ordered on the App Store and arrives on November 16. On its own it shows your iPhone’s Screen Time and holds distracting apps, free and without an account. With Pro sync it also shows the day your computer recorded.
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Can I sync activity between computers?
With Pro, privately sync your activity across up to three Macs and Windows PCs. Turn it on for each computer in Settings → Account; it is off by default.
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Does drifty record my screen?
Only if you turn it on. Screen recording is optional and off by default. When you allow it, drifty saves the screen of supported apps (TextEdit and Preview on Mac, Notepad on Windows) so you can click an activity and see it again. Saved screens stay encrypted on your computer, are deleted after 24 hours, and are not uploaded or used for AI classification. Without it, drifty works from activity context alone.
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What do I get with Pro?
Free tracks automatically and classifies with free on-device AI or your own API key. Pro runs a stronger model hosted by drifty with no setup, syncs privately across up to three computers and adds personal API keys.
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What happens when I work without internet?
Activity capture stays local on your Mac. Cloud and OpenRouter classification need a connection; when you are back online, drifty can catch up and classify the captured sessions together. Local AI can classify on-device after you set up a local model.
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Is the download safe to install?
Yes. Every production release ships as a .dmg signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so macOS Gatekeeper verifies it before it opens.
Downloads are versioned and served from the public drifty releases repository.