One of Apple's featured “Best Apps for Students” Stop losing track of time and forgetting to take breaks. Balance combines mindful time tracking with effective break reminders to help you work focused and live balanced. Whether you're a freelancer tracking billable hours, a student managing study sessions, or a professional juggling multiple projects, Balance provides powerful time tracking tools with the intelligence to protect your well-being. CONSCIOUS PRODUCTIVITY Clock in with intention, not automation, creating clear mental boundaries between work and personal time. Switch between regular time tracking and Pomodoro-style focus sessions anytime to match your work style. BREAK REMINDERS THAT WORK Balance reminds you when breaks are due with gentle screen glows and notifications. Simply close or lock your screen to automatically track a break, encouraging you to physically step away and recharge. SUSTAINABLE WORK LIMITS Set weekly goals and time windows for your workspaces to prevent overwork before it starts. Balance alerts you when you've hit your goals or time windows, giving you the support to maintain boundaries that actually protect your personal time. UNDERSTAND YOUR BALANCE Your personal Balance score reveals whether you're maintaining healthy boundaries or pushing too hard. Browse your sessions from daily to yearly views to spot concerning patterns and make adjustments to stay balanced. SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED Balance works everywhere you do on macOS. Access actions through Spotlight search, automate workflows with Shortcuts, use Siri voice commands, and personalize Balance for different Focus modes. SIMPLE OR SOPHISTICATED Track billable time across different workspaces and generate detailed reports when client work demands it. Or keep it simple for personal productivity tracking. Balance grows with your needs without forcing complexity on everyday users. TRUSTED BY THOUSANDS Featured by Apple in "Best Apps for Students," TechCrunch, Dense Discovery, #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt, and more. "Balance has been an absolute game changer for me" — freelancers, students, and professionals worldwide rely on Balance daily. --- Carefully crafted in the EU by Alexander Sandberg. Support: https://alexandersandberg.com/apps/#support Privacy: https://alexandersandberg.com/apps/#privacy Terms: https://alexandersandberg.com/apps/#terms
| Size | 6.9 MB |
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| Platforms | Mac |
| Languages | Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, and 25 more |
| Category | Productivity |
| Website | trybalance.app |
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| Mac | Requires macOS 14.0 or later. |
App's data is regularly updated.
Last update:
• Added the options to show time since last break or active duration in the menu bar instead of only duration • Added the option to show total duration, active duration, or billable amount for the current session, day, or week in the menu bar • Added focus presets, allowing you to quickly switch between your favorite focus timer setups — you can set these up in the app settings • You can now click the paused focus timer when clocked out to change the focus settings • Tags and notes are now automatically carried over to the next time block when in focus mode • Added buttons and keyboard shortcuts to reuse tags and notes from the previous time block • When clocking in to a new session from the automatic clock-out notification action, tags and notes from the previous session are now carried over to the new session • Improved tag picker with support for holding Shift to select multiple tags without the picker closing • A focus icon is now displayed in the menu bar when you’re in focus mode • Breaks are no longer ended on unlock if you have disabled automatic breaks • Fixed certain menus flashing and behaving strange on macOS 26.1 — let me know if you still experience this issue! • Fixed an issue causing Balance to use more CPU than necessary in the background • Fixed tag picker not available via keyboard shortcut when on a break • Fixed Balance not asking if you want to clock out if quitting while clocked in on macOS 26 — let me know if you still experience this issue! • Fixed active subscription sometimes not up-to-date on launch • Other smaller improvements and fixes Welcome to Balance 2 — a complete redesign with many new features and improvements, including iCloud sync, a visual log, monthly and yearly views, a new work-life balance score, goals, billable time tracking, advanced exports, localization, deep system integration, and much more! Don’t hesitate to reach out with any thoughts, questions, or feedback at hi@alexandersandberg.com. If you would recommend Balance to others, please consider writing a short review in the App Store. It helps a lot! — Alex, Creator of Balance
