SessionWatcher, $2.9K in 30 days: AI usage tracking for Mac and Windows

SessionWatcher is a desktop app for tracking AI coding tool usage, costs, and rate limits. Its $2.9K in the last 30 days is verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026.

What it actually sells

SessionWatcher is a menu bar and taskbar app for tracking AI coding usage, costs, and rate limits. It tracks Claude, Codex, Copilot, Cursor and Gemini live in a Mac menu bar or Windows taskbar.

It supports 20 AI coding tools at once. The product provides usage charts, history, token costs, notifications, and multi-account support for Claude and Codex in Pro.

How it charges

Solo costs $6.99 once, Bundle $14.99 once, and Pro $59 once or $24 annually. The site describes all three as one-time purchases that customers own forever; Pro also has a $24/year option.

Month by month

Monthly revenue as read from the payment provider by TrustMRR, in US dollars, as of September 30, 2026.

Month	Revenue (USD)
2025-10	$46
2025-11	$40
2025-12	$26
2026-01	$56
2026-02	$80
2026-03	$141
2026-04	$371
2026-05	$995
2026-06	$1,432
2026-07	$3,629
2026-08	$2,690
2026-09	$2,863

Where customers come from

A Windows app information page is available. The iPhone companion app is available in TestFlight beta and is included with every paid plan.

What stands out

SessionWatcher tracks multiple Claude and Codex accounts in Pro. Its iPhone app and Apple Watch companion show the same numbers, synced through the customer’s own iCloud.

The site says SessionWatcher is trusted by 1,448+ users.

From the official site

Never Lose a Coding Session to Rate Limits Auto-detects your tools and tracks usage, costs, and rate limits live in your Mac menu bar or Windows taskbar.

Auto-detects your tools and tracks usage, costs, and rate limits live in your Mac menu bar or Windows taskbar.

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

SessionWatcher's $2.9K in the last 30 days is higher than 85% of the 5,602 projects with payment-verified revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $150. Within the “Analytics” category (646 projects) it is higher than 86% (category median $135). Snapshot: 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

My view is that the buyer is an AI coding user who wants visibility into tool usage and wants to avoid rate-limit lockouts. The demand is concentrated around people already using coding assistants and managing usage across several tools.

Distribution would need to reach those users through desktop software communities, AI coding tool workflows, and product directories. Building the app requires desktop support for Mac and Windows, integrations with multiple AI coding tools, usage and cost data handling, and reliable notifications. Rate-limit behavior, platform changes, support load, and competition would make the work substantial.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

SessionWatcher combines usage tracking, cost visibility, rate-limit monitoring, history, and notifications in one desktop app. Its pricing includes one-time purchases and an annual Pro option.

Sources

SessionWatcher official website, fetched October 1, 2026
SessionWatcher pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
TrustMRR: revenue verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure