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I built a $5 macOS menu bar app that shows live AI token burn

by JohnMadison

TokenBar tracks AI token usage live in your Mac menu bar.

I made it because I kept getting surprised by Claude and Cursor bills. The live token counter changed how I work more than any postmortem dashboard ever did.

If you use AI every day and want to keep an eye on token burn in real time, it's here: tokenbar.site

$5 lifetime, macOS only.

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on April 17, 2026
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    This is a lifesaver. I’m currently developing an AI-RPA framework for Android, and nothing is more terrifying than an autonomous agent getting stuck in a loop and burning through a month's budget in an hour. Does TokenBar support setting alerts or thresholds for specific API keys? Would love to use this to monitor my RPA test runs

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