AI Meter vs Trace

Measure local coding-agent token usage and estimate associated electricity and direct cooling-water use, entirely on your Mac.

A macOS menu-bar app that turns any conversation into a clean markdown transcript, with an optional on-device summary. Runs a local speech model entirely on your Mac, in...

About AI Meter

Measure local coding-agent token usage and estimate associated electricity and direct cooling-water use, entirely on your Mac. AI Meter measures token usage across your local coding agents and estimates the associated electricity and direct cooling-water use. The only network request is a public update check. These are local scenarios based on published research, not measurements from OpenAI, Anthropic, or their data centers. Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, and Gemini CLI token counts are read from local records, deduplicated, and combined on your Mac.

About Trace

A macOS menu-bar app that turns any conversation into a clean markdown transcript, with an optional on-device summary. Runs a local speech model entirely on your Mac, in dozens of languages. The moment is pinned to your transcript at the exact timestamp. Trace provides you with clear markdown transcripts and summaries that you can use anywhere. Either copy the markdown from Trace directly or have it place the file anywhere in your filesystem. Trace can also send files directly to Obsidian, Bear, Drafts or Things with a button press.