Hikage

What Hikage is

Hikage is a macOS app that records app and website activity locally and organizes it into a timeline for reviewing computer use. It tracks app switches in the background without manual timing, then combines keyboard and mouse activity, playback status, and sleep state to estimate actual screen time. Its statistics include daily and monthly views, per-app totals, sunburst and treemap visualizations, and an app-stream view. A relationship graph combines app-switch counts with each app’s share of those switches. Users can create categories and subcategories, merge or exclude statistics items, and customize statistics layouts. For supported browsers, Hikage normally saves the hostname, browser identity, time, and private-browsing status rather than the complete URL. It does not record keystrokes, typed text, pointer coordinates, clipboard contents, window titles, screen images, or media titles. With permission, it can generate calendar event candidates and write them to Apple Calendar. Free includes local recording, export, iCloud Backup, daily statistics, and per-app statistics. The Personal Perpetual License costs 9.00 USD once and includes all features, future updates, and activation on two Macs. Hikage is a personal activity-review tool, not an attendance, billing, medical, safety, or evidence system.

Who it suits

Hikage suits macOS users who want a locally recorded activity timeline and statistics for reviewing their own app and website use. Its categories, reminders, focus sessions, and optional Apple Calendar integration may help people organize personal usage records.

Limits

The free plan includes recording, export, iCloud Backup, daily statistics, and per-app statistics. The one-time Personal Perpetual License costs 9.00 USD and permits activation on two Macs; a personal license normally covers up to two devices.

Getting started

1. Visit hikage.app.
2. Choose the free plan or the Personal Perpetual License.
3. Install Hikage on macOS.
4. Enable supported browser recording if you want website activity included.
5. Grant permission if you want Hikage to write calendar event candidates to Apple Calendar.

Verdict

Pick Hikage if you use a Mac and want local activity records with detailed usage views and customizable categories. Look elsewhere if you need an attendance, billing, medical, safety, or evidence system, or if you need added application-layer encryption for local records and exports.