Døgn vs WakaTime
Last updated: July 2026
WakaTime is the established name in coding metrics: an open-source plugin — including claude-code-wakatime — feeds your activity to a cloud dashboard with per-project, per-language and per-branch metrics, programming goals and leaderboards. For understanding and comparing how you code, it is excellent. Døgn is the opposite trade-off: everything stays on your Mac, and the goal is billable hours you can turn into an invoice.
Where WakaTime is the better fit
- Rich dev metrics: time per project, file, branch, commit, language and more.
- An open-source Claude Code plugin (claude-code-wakatime) and a large plugin ecosystem across editors.
- Programming goals and public or private leaderboards to compare and compete.
- A capable free tier, with paid plans for longer history and data export.
- Cross-platform and editor-agnostic — not tied to the Mac.
Where Døgn is the better fit
- Everything stays on your Mac — no account, no cloud dashboard, no telemetry.
- Built around billable time: clients, projects, per-project rates and live earnings.
- Tracks your whole working day, including meetings and manual timers — not just coding.
- A tracked-time → draft-invoice loop via a signed webhook to tjent.
- One-time purchase, plus folo meetings imported as billable time.
At a glance
| Feature | Døgn | WakaTime |
|---|---|---|
| Main goal | Billable time → invoice | Dev metrics & leaderboards |
| Where data lives | On your Mac | In WakaTime’s cloud |
| Account / login | None | Required |
| Pricing | One-time purchase | Free tier + subscription |
| Platform | macOS native | Cross-platform, editor plugins |
| Clients & rates | Core feature | Not a focus |
| Time → invoice | Signed webhook → tjent draft | Not a focus |
The short version
Pick WakaTime if you want detailed coding metrics, goals and leaderboards, and you are fine with a cloud dashboard and an account.
Pick Døgn if you want your AI coding time kept entirely on your Mac and turned into billable hours and a draft invoice.
Questions, answered
Is WakaTime local like Døgn?
No — WakaTime sends your coding activity to a cloud dashboard behind an account, which is how it builds its metrics and leaderboards. Døgn keeps everything on your Mac with no account or telemetry.
WakaTime has a free tier — why pay for Døgn?
WakaTime is great if you want free dev metrics and leaderboards in the cloud. Døgn is a paid, local Mac app with a different job: billable hours per client and project, and a draft invoice — none of which WakaTime does.
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