RETRO TALLY · MENU BAR
PLING
A pixel-perfect tally counter that lives in your Mac's menu bar. Tap a hotkey, watch the score flip, hear the coin chime — and start tracking the day in a way you'll actually enjoy.
macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel 
▸ IN YOUR MENU BAR
Live counter rendered as pixel digits in classic Game Boy green. Tap your hotkey and the number flips up — that's the whole interaction.
- Two global hotkeys
- Custom day boundary
- Achievements
- Lives in your menu bar
▸ Why Pling?
Most habit trackers want to be the main event. Pling doesn't. It lives in your menu bar so you forget it's there — and when you need it, it's a single keypress away. No app to switch to. No dashboard to wrangle. Just the number, ticking up.
▸ What's inside
Live menu bar counter
Pixel digits in classic Game Boy green, ticking up in your menu bar all day long.
Quick Entry hotkey
Tap the hotkey, add a +1 with an optional note, get back to what you were doing.
Daily Log
Grouped by day so you can scroll back and see exactly what you accomplished.
Achievements
Hit milestones, get a little dopamine hit. The coin chime is optional.
Custom day boundary
Late-night work counts toward today, not tomorrow. Pick midnight, 4 AM, wherever.
Coin chime + flip
Satisfying click on every tap. Toggle them off if you want silence.
Pling stores everything locally on your Mac. No accounts. No tracking. No analytics. See the Privacy Policy for the full short answer.
▸ READY?
Free download. Start tallying in 30 seconds.
Need help? Visit Support or email [email protected].