Calliday review
A Mac-focused tracker for projects, billing and activity insight—not app blocking.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Calliday is an automatic, local-first time-tracking application for macOS. It records apps, windows, websites and documents, then organizes activity into timelines, overviews, project reports and journals. Its audience is primarily individuals and small teams using Macs who want to understand where time goes, organize work by project and connect tracked activity to billing. It is less suited to people seeking a conventional screen-time app for blocking applications, enforcing limits or scheduling restricted usage.
The product’s pricing uses one-time purchases rather than subscriptions. Starter costs $39 and includes automatic tracking, reports with export, unlimited custom project rules, daily goals and budgets with notifications, calendar-based meeting logging, billable rates, printable invoices and spreadsheet export. Pro costs $49 and adds privacy exclusions, sync between Macs through the user’s own iCloud or Dropbox folder, and priority support for app-support requests. The Pro, 2 Macs plan costs $69 and supports sync between two Macs, while Pro, 3 Macs costs $89 and supports sync between three Macs. A 7-day free trial is available. The paid tiers are most relevant for privacy controls, cloud-folder sync and multiple-Mac workflows.
Calliday’s strongest fit is project and billable tracking with detailed classification. Rules can use names, globs, subdomains or regular expressions, while AI-generated suggestions can help shape those rules. Calendar and Reminders integrations support activity context, and Raycast plus Claude through MCP extend access beyond the main app. Data is stored locally on the Mac, with optional encrypted syncing through the user’s own cloud storage. Choose Calliday for Mac-based work tracking, reporting and invoicing; choose another category tool if the priority is app blocking, scheduled limits, focus sessions or broader platform coverage.
Calliday pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Tracks apps, windows, websites and documents automatically
- Supports project rules, goals, budgets and exportable reports
- Adds billing tools, AI suggestions and optional multi-Mac sync
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan; paid access starts at a $39 one-time price
- Available only for macOS
- Not designed for application limits or scheduled usage controls
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