Live Metrics · macOS
Your speed, live in the menu bar.
A speedometer for your typing — WPM, CPM and accuracy in real time, right from the menu bar. Hit ⌥⇧P and watch it move as you type.
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Glance up. Know your speed.
No window, no test — just the number, live.
What a live speedometer is actually for
A live reading is not a report. It is a peripheral signal — one number you catch in the corner of your eye while your attention stays on the writing. Most typing tools make you stop, open a window, and read a result. The Live Metrics HUD does the opposite: it gives you a single moving figure you can glance at without breaking your line of thought, then leaves you alone.
One signal while you move, detail when you stop
While your fingers are going, the HUD shows the bare minimum — the number, climbing and falling with your pace. That restraint is deliberate; a busy panel would compete with the thing you are typing. The moment you pause, it blooms: accuracy, the session so far, the fuller picture. You read detail when reading detail is free, not while you are mid-sentence.
Why the live number runs hot
Watch the figure and it will swing far higher and lower than you expect. That is correct. A burst across a familiar word might read 130; the next hesitation drops it to 40. Live speed is raw and twitchy by design. The settled truth lives in your typing statistics, where full sessions average out into a number you can compare against the average over weeks.
Yours to place and tune
The HUD is a draggable overlay you call up with ⌥⇧P and dismiss when you are done — it does not own a corner of your screen. What it shows and where it sits is yours to set, so the one signal you keep in view is the one that matters to you. Pair it with per-app speed to see where that pace actually holds up.
Frequently asked.
What is the Live Metrics HUD?
A small floating panel that shows your live typing speed and accuracy as you work. While typing it stays minimal; the moment you pause it blooms to show the session detail.
Does it get in the way?
No — it is a compact, draggable overlay you summon with a shortcut (⌥⇧P) and dismiss when you are done. Most of the time Pulse just lives quietly in the menu bar.
Is the live number the same as my WPM score?
The live reading is your raw, in-the-moment pace and moves with every keystroke. Your tracked averages and records are computed afterward from full sessions, so the HUD will always swing wider than the numbers on your stats screen.