Life & fun · September 29, 2020
Buildwatch for Xcode, a Mac app to track your compile times
Buildwatch is a menu bar app that lets you keep an eye on your compile times throughout the day. With a glance, you can see how much time you spent building in Xcode today and how many times you've built your apps.
Buildwatch for Xcode, a Mac app to track your compile times launched on September 29, 2020 with 5 votes, #1,584 of 3,898 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.
What it does
Toggle between hourly, daily, and weekly views right from the menu bar. Need a birds-eye view? Not a problem. Open the "More info" window and go all the way back to the beginning of time. With just a glance at your menu bar, see how much time you spent building in Xcode today and how many times you've built your apps. Or, if you prefer, just display a minimal watch icon. Hover over any segment of a graph for a deeper look at the data behind it. We'll tell you how many builds there were and how long they took. Cycle between average build time, total build time, and number of builds by clicking the header anywhere in the app. Select from a dropdown of all your recent projects to get detailed…from buildwatch.app
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