Changelog
What changed in each version of Cronus.
2.2.70
when macOS says no- Cronus says when macOS is blocking it from reading your screen, rather than leaving you to notice that it categorizes worse. One prompt, a button that clears the stale permission and asks again, and the restart that makes it count.
- The donut chart's "N more" row names what it collapsed when you hover it.
2.2.69
a new tour- A new welcome video walks through the app as it looks today, and the tutorial in the ? menu now plays right in the app.
- Settings says what learned facts do for your categories, and single-purpose apps now live under Tracking.
- No more screen recording prompt at every launch when Cronus is already switched on in System Settings. If it still cannot record, Settings → Permissions has a Repair button.
2.2.68
the agent list counts- Time on the Claude Code agent list counts as terminal time, whether you come to it from another app or stay on it to write out a new agent's instructions.
- Hopping between agents through the list still records only the agents themselves.
2.2.67
smoother switching- Switching windows is smoother. Cronus no longer waits on a busy app to learn which tab you are on, so the rest of the app stays responsive.
- Manual entries stay put, through edits and through the background tidy-up.
- Memories highlight the names in bold and let you mark one as wrong, and different spellings of the same name are merged into one.
2.2.66
the day in the notch- The notch panel now draws the shape of your day above the row it already showed: focused time across the hours so far, with a dashed line at your usual level and a dot at now.
- When you get distracted it switches to the red line and climbs while you watch, so the panel that opens to tell you is also showing you how long it has been going on.
2.2.65
clearer week charts- The detailed week charts are easier to read: one colour, with each bar sized to the hours you actually worked.
- The summaries under the charts describe the same hours the chart draws, and count app switches per day.
- Week ranges end on the last day they cover, so neighbouring weeks no longer share a date.
- A manual entry looks like a manual entry in the activity list, instead of being drawn as though it were an application you had used.
2.2.64
a full week, always- The week chart shows the last seven days, whatever day it is, so Monday morning still shows you a full week.
- The totals, the header dates and the category ring all cover the same seven days as the chart, and the comparison against your usual week still allows for today only being half over.
2.2.62
sharper screen reading- Cronus reads your screen more accurately, so your categories are decided from cleaner text. The reading happens in the background, so switching windows stays instant.
- Your categories are listed by colour in settings and in the "Move to..." menu, which is now split into productive and unproductive so you can see which side a move lands on before you click.
- A page that is still loading is named by its site rather than "Google Chrome", and the timeline keeps pages in the order you visited them.
2.2.61
day or week, your pick- The stats card has a Day / Week switch.
- Week measures the week so far against the same stretch of your last three weeks, so a Tuesday is compared with three Tuesdays. Day shows how much focus you got in each part of the day, so you can see when your good hours are.
- Cronus remembers five times as much of what you tell it about your work, and reads only the most relevant of it per activity, so corrections stick without slowing anything down. Read the whole list, and delete anything wrong, under Settings -> Categories -> What Cronus has learned.
- Archived categories stay out of your totals, and if macOS blocks an update Cronus offers you the download directly.
2.2.60
more responsive- Cronus stays responsive when another app is busy. It asks the app you switched to which tab is open, and now moves on quickly if that app is slow to answer.
2.2.59
the notch stops guessing- The menu bar timer waits until it knows what you are doing before labelling it, and remembers the sites you use all day so they are labelled immediately.
- When you unlock your Mac, your real window is picked back up within half a second.
- A category you have just created takes effect immediately.
2.2.57
sign in with Apple- Sign in with Apple, in the desktop app. An account started with either Apple or Google can now be signed into with the other, on any of your machines.
- Work that runs past midnight is split at midnight, so last night stops counting towards today.
- Cronus uses less memory over a long day.
2.2.56
steadier with browsers- Cronus stays responsive when a browser is slow to answer.
- When your disk is full, Cronus tells you how much space the update needs.
2.2.55
export your data- Export your data as a spreadsheet, in Settings under Account. One row per block of your day, with its category and summary.
- The export includes every day, even ones you never opened in the calendar.
- The notch stays visible when a second copy of the app is open.
2.2.53
this changelog- A changelog, in Settings under About and in the help menu, with what changed in each version back to 2.2.20.
- Window titles are cleaned of spinners and badges, so one task is filed as one, in your history too.
2.2.50
steadier launch- A more reliable launch.
- Terminal windows are tracked per tab, so one tab’s category no longer answers for all of them.
- Deleting a manual entry shows how many tracked hours it holds before you confirm, and editing a past day is more reliable.
- Warns when Cronus is running somewhere it cannot auto-update from, such as the disk image, and offers to move itself.
2.2.46
URL categories and time zones- A website remembers the category you gave it, so 24% of checks reuse an answer instead of 1.7%.
- The calendar respects the time zone of the day you are viewing, and asks before shifting your days when you travel.
- One entry per meeting, taken from the calendar event rather than from the clock.
2.2.45
corrections that stick- Category corrections stick from one day to the next.
- “Make entry” is offered anywhere on the calendar, not just in one spot.
2.2.42
grouped settings- Categories are grouped by productive and unproductive in Settings, and the move menu shows their colours.
- A manual entry made on the phone appears as soon as the server accepts it.
- The calendar sends 44.5% less data, taking a slow day’s load from 3.5s, and repaints the moment a category moves rather than when the rebuild finishes.
2.2.40
21-day trial- The trial is now 21 days.
- A tracked block can be deleted directly, a manual entry requires a category, and a dragged entry can no longer land on time that is already tracked.
- The calendar applies changes as deltas instead of refetching the whole day, cutting 30% of its traffic.
2.2.35
fewer permission prompts- Cronus asks for Accessibility permission far less often.
- Swipe sideways to change day on the phone, and the app keeps up to date while its window is hidden.
- Onboarding asks about your goals as two short questions instead of a blank paragraph box.
2.2.32
much faster daily stats- Daily stats went from 16 seconds to 0.25, with a new app-switch count.
- A deleted block leaves the calendar before the server answers.
2.2.30
activity tab- New Activity tab, Mac-style blocks, and resizable manual entries.
- A session still running at midnight moves into the new day.
- The server runs on two machines, so a deploy is no longer an outage.
2.2.28
events survive offline- Every observed event is written to disk before anything tries to send it, so nothing is lost offline, and events are named, so sending one twice stores it once.
2.2.27
phone catches up- Calendar blocks are captioned with what was done, on the Mac and the phone.
- Pinch to zoom, and the Mac’s live activity on the phone.
- One notification per absence instead of a stream of them.
2.2.25
starts without a server- The app starts reliably, including when the server is briefly unreachable.
- A manual entry trims the observed time underneath it.
2.2.24
timed pause- Pause tracking for a set time from Settings, now up to six hours.
- An update that fails says what went wrong and picks itself back up when the machine wakes.
2.2.21
jump to now- The day timeline opens at the current time, with a Now button when it scrolls away.
- A block can be shortened, not only lengthened.
- Tracks which tab or conversation is active inside a window.
2.2.20
notch icons- The notch shows the site’s own icon, not the browser’s.
- The restart notice offers a way out when an install fails.