WhatPulse vs Markdown Buddy

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WhatPulse compared with Markdown Buddy
Detail	WhatPulse	Markdown Buddy
What it does	Track keystrokes, clicks, applications and websites to understand your computer usage and productivity patterns	Native Markdown editor and preview for macOS with workspace tree, find and replace, link map, and clickable task lists
Stage	Established	Not given
Founded	2003	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Pricing	Premium plans available monthly and yearly with discount for annual billing. Free plan includes basic tracking up to 3 computers. Premium removes computer limit and adds unlimited history, web insights, application heatmaps, network traffic breakdown, time tracking profiles, CSV exports and dashboar	$4.99 one-off purchase on the Mac App Store
Key features	Keystroke and keyboard heatmap tracking Mouse click counting and movement tracking with heatmaps Application usage breakdown by time and input Website and domain tracking without content monitoring Window title tracking and project categorization Network bandwidth monitoring and traffic analysis Uptime and idle time tracking CSV data export and custom reports Time tracking profiles for projects and contexts WhatPulse Leagues weekly competitive rankings	Import Word, PDF and RTF to Markdown with headings and tables
What makes it different	Competitive Leagues feature with weekly rankings and divisions Multi-platform support for Windows, macOS and Linux Detailed window-level insights for granular productivity analysis	No subscription: one-off $4.99 purchase with all features included and free updates Complete privacy: no data collection, no network access unless you add your own API key Search by meaning: find sections with semantic similarity computed on your Mac AI project overview generation with Apple Intelligence or local models MCP support for AI agents to read and suggest changes to projects
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	55 +1 (up) since last check	3 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	55	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	46	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	2105	18

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