It finally felt like time to tackle a few ideas I’d been mulling for a long time for CurrentKey Stats. Here are links to a few resource pages on the new features: Automatically Generated Stats Reports And bi-directional AppleScript support, allowing for: Room Change Alerts (which you can set to trigger custom events), and Support… Continue reading CurrentKey Stats 3.0
I’m looking forward to improving CurrentKey Stats on a frequent basis. This release mainly focuses on new stats features, doubling the timespan of backup-able stats to 60 days, and doubling the hour-by-hour view to 4 weeks. Now, you can also toggle your custom (Space/Room-specific) emoji between appearing dimmer and brighter. This software is 100% free… Continue reading CurrentKey Stats 2.7 brings a couple big stats features and a nice option for custom icons
Update: CurrentKey got approved. The story: The day after Christmas this year I spotted some bugs in my app, I fixed them – I also added a cool new feature, and submitted the new build to the App Store for review as soon as the holiday downtime was over. Within a few hours, my app… Continue reading [Updated: it’s been approved] Why is CurrentKey Stats not in the App Store? Because it’s been stuck in app review purgatory for weeks.
Last May I launched my Mac app, CurrentKey Stats, which helps you keep track of how you spend time across Spaces (virtual desktops) and apps, as well as navigate between your Spaces. It was not always a foregone conclusion that I’d distribute the app through the App Store. In fact — I had round-tripped the… Continue reading Key takeaway from developing for the Mac App Store: it’s unreliable
Power users of CurrentKey have requested a faster way to jump to specific Rooms. Arguably setting hotkeys for specific Rooms (a feature since v1.6) will always be the fastest way, but otherwise, clicking the popover dropdown is too slow. [App Store link] Enter Room Explorer, which displays to the left of the pop-up with a… Continue reading More quickly switch workspaces with Room Explorer in CurrentKey Stats 2.5
It’s that simple! You know how CurrentKey Stats already lets you add custom icons per your named Spaces. Well now you can add any character, including emoji. Enjoy! [App Store link]
For the past several weeks I’ve been focused on 2.0, a bigger release that includes: Dark Mode support and a design refresh Quick access to previous days’ stats and an ability to share them The ability to swap already-assigned Rooms quickly via dropdown Last but not least, until the end of the month, I’m dropping the price of the… Continue reading CurrentKey 2.0 launches with Dark Mode support, the ability to quickly view and share previous days’ stats, and much more
Some stats about my stats app In the spirit of John Siracusa’s posts about his OS X reviews, here are some stats. They don’t account for auto generated, 3rd party files, or media management scripts written to support the app: 45 .swift files 48 .xib files (Interface Builder documents) 41,419 total lines in Swift files… Continue reading About CurrentKey 2.0 and What’s Next
In version 1.8, CurrentKey Stats‘ “30-days” view gets some love. Now, as your stats pile up, you can see how each of the last four weeks measure up, with a total time spent number and downloadable report. [App Store link] These are formal weekly (7-day) spans, and you can tell the app if you prefer… Continue reading Get weekly summary reports of app stats with CurrentKey Stats v1.8
As you know, CurrentKey Stats helps you track how you’ve spent time across your apps. With version 1.7, Stats Plus users can now back up a month’s worth of hour-by-hour app stats (accurate down to the minute) for a 30 day time span. That’s powerful! Like all the dozen reports the app can generate, this… Continue reading With CurrentKey Stats version 1.7, back up more of your stats!