Beta Program
Chronos tracks your time automatically with 95%+ accuracy — no timers, no manual entry, no guesswork.
Using patent-pending handle enumeration, Chronos detects the exact file you're working on, matches it to a project, and logs your time in the background. Everything runs locally on your machine. Nothing leaves your device.
Beta period: February 14 – March 14, 2026 • Free access to all features
Professionals who bill by the hour lose 15–30% of their billable time to inaccurate manual tracking.
You forget to start them. You forget to stop them. You switch between tasks and lose track. At the end of the day, you reconstruct from memory — and memory is unreliable.
When you open "Baker.pdf" in Adobe, existing tools can't tell if it's for Baker vs. County litigation, Baker LLC accounting, or Baker Construction. They guess — and guess wrong 30–40% of the time.
Most time trackers upload screenshots, keystrokes, or activity data to remote servers. For attorneys, consultants, and healthcare professionals, that's a compliance liability.
Patent-pending handle enumeration replaces guesswork with certainty
Once per second, Chronos checks your active application. Uses just 0.1% CPU.
Instead of parsing window titles, Chronos reads the OS-level file handles to get the actual file path.
The file path is matched to your project. C:\Cases\Baker-vs-County\Baker.pdf maps to the right client, every time.
Only metadata is stored — project name, activity type, timestamp — in an AES-256 encrypted local database.
No screenshots saved. No cloud processing. No data leaves your device. File content is never read — only the path.
Chronos runs three detection strategies in parallel and uses the highest-confidence result
Fast • ~50% of detections
Regex extraction from window titles. Works well with apps that show full file paths (VS Code, Revit, AutoCAD).
Medium • ~30% of detections
Searches your project folders for the active filename. Resolves ambiguity when titles are truncated or generic.
Precise • ~20% of detections • Patent Pending
Queries the OS for every file handle open by the active process. Gets the exact file path, even when the window title says nothing useful. 95–98% accuracy on Windows.
Point Chronos at a project folder and it automatically profiles the contents — identifying file patterns, document numbering schemes (BATES, RFI, revision numbers), and activity types. It generates a project profile that defines how your time should be classified.
Chronos doesn't just log which project you worked on — it classifies what kind of work you were doing. A two-tier system uses fast heuristics first (file extension, naming patterns) and only invokes local AI when confidence is below 85%.
Chronos monitors system-level keyboard and mouse activity to automatically distinguish between active work, idle time, and manual breaks — no input from you required. When you step away from your desk, Chronos silently separates that time so it never inflates your billable hours.
Reports break down every session into active vs. idle vs. paused time, so you bill only for real work. Polling runs every 10 seconds at near-zero CPU cost.
Daily, weekly, and monthly reports with breakdowns by client, project, and activity type. Set hourly rates per project and Chronos calculates earnings automatically.
Chronos runs in the background using less than 50MB of memory and 0.1% CPU. Starts in under 2 seconds and stays out of your way.
Visual data exists in memory for less than 100ms when AI classification runs, then is destroyed. Never written to disk.
All detection, classification, and AI runs on your machine. Your data never touches an external server.
Every database entry encrypted with a unique initialization vector. HMAC authentication detects tampering.
Attorney-client privilege protected. HIPAA compliant by design. No data transmission means no exposure risk.
Full access to every feature — help shape the product before launch
$9.99/mo after launch
$19.99/seat/mo after launch
Expert witnesses, litigation attorneys, and paralegals. Track time across case files, depositions, and document review with attorney-client privilege fully protected.
BIM managers, architects, and VDC coordinators. Auto-detect time across Revit models, Navisworks reviews, AutoCAD drawings, and project deliverables.
Management consultants, IT contractors, and solo professionals juggling multiple clients. Automatic invoicing data without a single timer click.
Software engineers and tech leads. Classify time by codebase, branch, and project folder. API access for integration with your existing workflow tools.
Handle enumeration is Chronos's patent-pending technology that queries the operating system for every file handle open by the active process. Instead of guessing from the window title, it gets the exact file path — like C:\Cases\Baker-vs-County\Baker.pdf — achieving 95–98% detection accuracy on Windows.
Those tools rely on manual timers or basic window title parsing. Chronos is fully automatic — no start/stop buttons. It detects files at the OS level, classifies activity with local AI, and runs 100% offline. No data ever leaves your device.
Yes. Chronos stores only metadata (file paths, timestamps, project names) in an AES-256-GCM encrypted local database. File contents are never read. Nothing is transmitted. Designed for attorney-client privilege and HIPAA compliance.
No. Chronos works completely offline. Internet is only needed for license activation and optional AI model downloads. All tracking, detection, and reporting runs locally.
You'll have the option to subscribe to Pro ($9.99/mo) or Enterprise ($19.99/seat/mo). Your data and settings carry over. If you choose not to subscribe, your data stays on your machine — we never delete your local files.
Any professional who bills by the hour: attorneys, expert witnesses, architects, BIM managers, consultants, freelancers, and software developers. If you track billable time, Chronos can automate it.
Beta runs February 14 – March 14, 2026. Limited spots available.
We'll send you setup instructions before the beta launch.