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Nowdex
An iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows app with Home and Lock Screen widgets showing Codex, Claude, Cursor and other providers' usage and reset times.
nowdex.app/Active
Show HN 2026-09-14; site live 2026-10-26; maker said a Mac App Store fix was awaiting review. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Coding agent usage trackers
Where it stands apart
- How is the main thing licensed? proprietary or closed source (14% of 21 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? individual with revenue (paid app, tier, ads, or donations) (21% of 19 others)
- Where do you mainly see it? a separate device (phone widget, desk LCD, e-ink, watch) (5% of 21 others)
- What is the main way to install it? a downloaded or app-store app (DMG, installer, App Store) (19% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (81% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (86% of 21 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (71% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? developers (100% of 21 others)
- Does it only report, or does it change what the agent does? only reports and alerts; you decide (90% of 21 others)
- Does your usage data leave your machine? no; the only outside calls are to the AI provider itself or a public price list (71% of 21 others)
- Whose usage is it built around? one developer's own usage (76% of 21 others)
Not documented
The public sources we read don't say:
- What access to your provider accounts does it take?
Nearest neighbors
- CodexBar 79% of 14 shared answers match
- AI Usage (menu bar) 71% of 14 shared answers match
- ASU (agent subscription usage) 71% of 14 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | stands apart proprietary or closed source | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | stands apart individual with revenue (paid app, tier, ads, or donations) Free for one account; Nowdex Pro is a one-time in-app purchase (no subscription). | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes Usage is fetched by your device directly from providers; no Nowdex backend. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | the providers' usage and limit APIs (e.g. Anthropic's OAuth usage endpoint) Device fetches usage directly from providers. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does it mainly measure? | plan-limit use (% of the 5-hour, weekly, or monthly window and reset times) | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly see it? | stands apart a separate device (phone widget, desk LCD, e-ink, watch) | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which coding agents does it cover? | three or more agents or providers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it only report, or does it change what the agent does? | only reports and alerts; you decide | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does your usage data leave your machine? | no; the only outside calls are to the AI provider itself or a public price list Optional iCloud sync carries connection metadata, not usage snapshots. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What access to your provider accounts does it take? | Not documented Credentials kept in Keychain; site does not say whether it uses OAuth, cookies or keys for each provider. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Whose usage is it built around? | one developer's own usage | source 2026-10-26 |
| What is the main way to install it? | stands apart a downloaded or app-store app (DMG, installer, App Store) | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Web page · nowdex.app/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · nowdex.app/privacy · collected 2026-10-26
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