The core features are about timing, not reporting volume.

The app is most useful when something is changing inside the session: request chains are getting longer, a retry path keeps firing, a fallback provider takes over, an editor tool keeps making background calls, or the signal is climbing fast enough that a notification matters.

Those are the moments where delayed billing summaries are weakest. TokenBar moves the signal closer to the work so the cause is still obvious.

For many developers, privacy is only part of the reason. The bigger reason is that another cloud analytics workflow adds more friction than the original problem deserved.

TokenBar stays useful because it keeps the monitoring lightweight enough to leave running every day on macOS.

The point is not to flood you with metrics. The point is to keep enough high-value signal nearby that cost control becomes part of normal development behavior instead of a separate reporting ritual.

That is why the feature page, pricing page, and use-case pages all reinforce the same model: earlier visibility, smaller surprises.