I kept opening my AI tools and losing track of what I was spending.
Not because I was doing anything shady. Just because token usage is invisible by default.
You send a few prompts, the model retries a few times, you leave a tab open, and the bill shows up later like a prank.
That was the problem I wanted to fix.
So I built TokenBar, a menu bar app for macOS that shows AI token usage in real time.
The goal is simple:
- see cost while you are working
- notice when a task is getting expensive
- stop guessing what the bill will be
I did not build it because I love dashboards. I built it because I hate surprises.
If you are using AI daily and billing feels fuzzy, that fuzziness is the problem.
TokenBar is for people who want cost visibility without another app to babysit.
If that sounds useful, you can check it out here: https://tokenbar.site
I would rather know the bill before it arrives.
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