macOS Menu Bar App

Your money.
Gamified.

You hoard coins in games but blow cash in real life. CoinHUD puts a game-style currency counter in your menu bar — and suddenly saving feels like winning.

Download for Mac How it works

Free · macOS 14+ · No account required

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Overview
Activity
Settings
Main
$12,470
+$420 this week
Earnings
$387
this pay period
Vault
$1,247
10% of Main
Active Session
0:47:00
Website Redesign
+$318 earned today
The Psychology

You already know how to save.
Games proved it.

In Games

You hoard every coin

Your balance is always visible. Spending hurts because you watch the number drop. Re-earning feels like a grind. There might be something better in the next shop. Number go up, brain happy.

In Real Life

You spend without thinking

Your balance is hidden behind apps. Spending is frictionless — tap, done. Re-earning is abstracted into paychecks. No "coin counter" makes it real.

CoinHUD bridges the gap

It ports the mechanics that make you hoard in games — visible balance, earning friction, progress tracking — into your actual financial life. Same brain, different game.

Three Currencies

Your money, split into
game currencies.

Main

Your Health Bar

Your real financial position — bank balance minus credit card debt. When it dips red, you feel the urgency to recover. Always visible, always honest.

Earnings

The Dopamine Drip

Watch money accumulate as you track hours in Harvest. When payday hits, earnings animate flowing into Main — the "bank your loot" moment.

Vault

Your Gold Reserve

A protected savings number. Set a percentage of your main balance or link it to a specific account. This is the score you're protecting.

Features

Built for freelancers
who track time.

Harvest Integration

Connects to Harvest and pulls time entries automatically. Watch earnings tick up throughout the day as you work. Running timer counted too.

Polls every 2–5 min

Bank & Card Sync

Link accounts via SimpleFIN Bridge for daily balance updates. See your real net position in one honest number, always in the menu bar.

16,000+ institutions

Contract Trickle

Got a $1,500 build due in 30 days? Add it and watch $50/day drip into earnings. When payment lands, it flows into Main.

Independent tracking

Vault Rules

Set a savings percentage or link to a specific account. The Vault becomes the score you protect — dips trigger hoarding instinct.

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Setup

Running in 2 minutes.

01

Download & launch

Drop CoinHUD in Applications. It lives in your menu bar — no dock icon, no window.

02

Connect Harvest

Paste your API token, set your hourly rate and tax buffer. Earnings start dripping.

03

Link your bank

Optionally connect via SimpleFIN Bridge ($15/yr) for automatic balance syncing.

04

Watch the numbers

That's it. The coin counter does the rest. You'll start hoarding without trying.

Start hoarding
real money.

CoinHUD is free. If it changes how you think about spending, consider buying the developer a coffee.

Download for Mac
Free download · macOS 14+ · Tip jar inside