Cadence – See how fast you really type

Try it now

Type the text below. Watch your speed in the menu bar at the top, and see which keys you use most. Tap the text below to type it, or play a sample.

Words0

Burst— wpm

Effective— wpm

0 presses · Your speed shows after a few words. Not usedMost used

A typing test times a sprint. Real writing stops and starts while you think. Cadence shows both.

A sample month. The shaded band is time spent thinking.

Short pauses count as thinking. Step away for more than two minutes and the clock stops.

The dashboard shows your speed in each app, for any day, week, month, or year.

App	Words	Burst	Effective
Mail	1,240	84	58
Notes	860	91	63
Messages	610	78	44
TextEdit	320	88	61

Cadence counts your keys. It never keeps your words.

No words saved

Only counts and times. Nobody can read back what you typed.

Nothing leaves your Mac

No account, and Cadence sends nothing anywhere. Your data is one file on your Mac.

Passwords stay out

Cadence counts nothing on the lock screen or in password fields.

You are in control

Pause counting, or skip an app, from the menu bar. Try it at the top of this page.

Here is all that Cadence saves for one minute of typing:

9:41 AMMail212 keys38 s typing9 s thinking

It also saves how many times you pressed each key that day.

This is a test build. Apple has not checked it yet, so the first time you open it, you allow it in System Settings.

Download CadenceOpen the file and drag Cadence into Applications.
Open itA small icon with your speed appears in the menu bar.
Allow Input MonitoringYour Mac asks this for any app that counts keys. Then Cadence starts counting, and it opens by itself when you log in.

Cadence for MacmacOS 15 or later · Apple silicon and Intel

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