Changelog
What changed in each version of Cronus.
2.2.90
Coach, chores, window moves- Distraction coach, off by default: turn it on in Settings and a small glass face appears at the edge of the window you drifted into, with one line to get you back.
- Chore categories for time that is necessary but not a lapse. The coach and the notch leave them alone, and they no longer count as distracted.
- Move one window at a time: open an app in the breakdown to see each terminal session or document, and categories stay accurate while your Mac is busy.
2.2.88
Steadier syncing- Uploads keep moving after your Mac wakes from sleep and on unreliable networks.
2.2.87
Sync, calendar, phone Safari- On-device sync catches up faster when several activities are waiting to upload.
- Mac and iPhone activity use the same timeline, with aligned blocks and category menus.
- Phone Safari shows site names when browsing history arrives after the activity was recorded.
2.2.86
phone calendar, correction notes, pausing- iPhone time is easier to read in the calendar. Phone sessions group into short blocks with details on click, a toggle hides them, and activity that syncs late from iCloud is picked up.
- Add a note when you correct a category. Cronus uses it for future picks, and you can edit notes in your correction history.
- The notch hides while tracking is paused, and
Popens the pause menu. Syncing is also more reliable after your Mac sleeps.
2.2.85
category Settings, manual entries- More room in category Settings. Chat stays clear of the window controls, guidance has its own row, and templates open in a popup from the plus button.
- Manual entries respond immediately. New entries appear solid and can be resized while they save.
2.2.84
category chat, toolbar, phone history- Chat with your category agent in Settings. Reopen your saved conversation to edit descriptions, archive finished projects, or update your categories.
- Cleaner phone history. Phone sessions covered by a manual entry stay hidden in the calendar.
- Settings and Dashboard sit beside the window controls. Trial and Help stay on the right.
2.2.83
guided setup, phone activity, recaps- Set up categories through a short conversation. Describe your work and interests, then review and edit the draft before continuing.
- See iPhone activity alongside your Mac with experimental phone-usage import. Device labels make the calendar easier to scan.
- More useful reflections. Recaps investigate patterns in your time, include monthly reflections, and present insights and actions more clearly.
2.2.82
lighter tracking, clearer trials- Lighter on your Mac. Loading animations settle after a few cycles, and screen-text capture pauses when your trial ends. Subscribing resumes tracking automatically.
- A clearer trial countdown and an annual plan, available from Billing.
- Less clutter in the activity list. Pages from the same site share one row.
2.2.81
Cronus API- Read and edit your data from scripts and other tools with a personal API key. Create one in Settings → Integrations → API and choose what it can read and write: manual entries, categories, corrections and memories.
2.2.79
more reliable tracking, drag activities- More reliable tracking. Cronus now handles a rare case where reading text from your screen could stall, and keeps recording your windows.
- Drag activities between categories in the day view to recategorize them.
2.2.78
lighter notch, smarter local model- The notch uses less CPU after a distraction nudge, keeping its red indicator without a continuous animation.
- On-device categorization uses your existing memories and work patterns to help recognize your projects.
- Manual entry changes retry through connection problems, so a brief interruption does not make you start over.
2.2.77
categorize on this Mac- Your screen text can stay on your Mac. On Apple Silicon, a small model on your Mac picks the category, and your screen text is never uploaded; only app names, titles and URLs are synced. New installs use it from the start; turn it on or off under Categorize on this Mac in Settings.
- See the on-device model at work. While it is on, On-device in the toolbar shows whether the model is running, which model it is, how long it takes, and how many activities it categorized in the last two hours.
2.2.76
lighter on CPU, recategorizing- Cronus stays light on your Mac however long it runs. It no longer re-reads a window whose contents have not changed, so it uses far less CPU, and that stays true days after you open it.
- Changing the category of a tracked block changes all of it, not just its first few minutes.
2.2.75
iPhone app, notch focus share- Cronus is on the iPhone. Scan the code at the top of your dashboard to get it from the App Store and track time away from your Mac.
- The notch panel shows your day's focus share as one percentage. Hover the red counter to see the distracted side instead.
- Tracking picks itself back up. If the Cronus window stops unexpectedly, the app reopens it and carries on.
2.2.74
other tabs ignored- Your other tabs no longer decide what you are doing. Cronus stops reading the tab bar and bookmarks bar in Chrome and similar browsers, and the tab bar in Hyper, so a tab open beside the one you are using can no longer pull your time into its category or teach Cronus something wrong about your projects.
2.2.73
the right Chrome tab- Cronus reads the Chrome window you are actually in, even when another copy of Chrome is running in the background, such as one an AI agent or a test tool opened. Tab switches in your own Chrome are recorded again.
2.2.72
desktops stay put- Your desktops stay put. Minimize, hide or close the last window on a desktop and your Mac moves on to your next app there, instead of taking you to Cronus on another desktop.
- Overlapping suggestions sit side by side in the calendar, so each keeps its accept and reject buttons, and the week view's charts are taller.
- Delete reads clearly in dark mode, and the notes list in Settings filters by All, Names or Dreams.
2.2.71
dreaming, speed, category groups- Category groups add related categories up into one total in your stats, like Acme Ops + Acme Coding = Acme. Click a group in the chart to see each category. Set one up when you edit a category, and manage them under Settings → Category groups.
- Cronus learns what your projects are. While it categorizes, it notes what a project, tool or person is to you, and once a night it turns what keeps recurring into a few durable notes. Correct or delete any of them in Settings.
- Categorizing your time is five times faster: 208ms a page, down from 1,145ms. The pick now runs on Jev, a model built for choosing rather than writing. On 120 pages people had corrected by hand, it gets 34 right where the old one got 22.
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, fewer prompts- 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, entries stay put- 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.
- 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 -> Memories.
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.
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.