grindmaxx.app — about & privacy

built for grindlords.
not advertisers.

GRINDMAXXER is a local-first focus tracker. your data stays on your machine. the only thing that ever leaves is what you choose to flex.

the arc

What is GRINDMAXXER?

GRINDMAXXER is a local productivity tracker that watches what apps and websites you're using and turns your day into a score. No fluff, no fake metrics, no engagement-brained dashboards trying to keep you on the app. Just the truth about your day.

Most productivity tools are built to make you feel productive. GRINDMAXXER is built to make you actually be productive. It tracks the apps, flags the NPC behaviour, celebrates the Ws, and calls you out on the Ls. Then it resets at 5am and you do it again.

Share Ws. Post Ls. Stay on your grind. That's the whole thing.

privacy

Your Data Stays Yours

Everything GRINDMAXXER tracks lives in a SQLite database on your machine. No server. No cloud. No "stored securely on our servers" language that actually means we have all your data. We literally cannot see it.

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100% local storage
Sessions, URLs, app names — all in ~/Library/Application Support/GRINDMAXXER/data.db. Delete the folder, delete everything.
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Private browsing: always skipped
Incognito detection is always on. Chrome, Arc, Brave — protected. Safari can't expose its private mode via AppleScript, known gap.
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No account required
No signup, no email. A random UUID is generated locally — that's your identity. We genuinely don't know who you are.
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You control retention
Set data retention to 30, 60, 90 days or forever. Built-in purge in the admin panel. Your history, your call.
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No telemetry. Ever.
No analytics, no crash reporting, no usage data. The app cannot contact any server unless you explicitly configure the public server URL.
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Not monetizing your data
GRINDMAXXER is not a data play. We are not building an ad product. We are not an "intelligence platform." We're a tool for people serious about their time.
opt-in sharing

What Gets Shared (and What Never Does)

The Wall and Leaderboard are 100% opt-in. Nothing posts without you hitting share. Here's the full breakdown:

the culture

Sharing Ws. Posting Ls. Staying on Your Grind.

The Wall is a public feed of grind cards. When you post, you're sharing your score, grind hours, and top apps. No DMs, no comments, no follows, no algorithm deciding what you see.

The Leaderboard ranks grindlords by score, hours, or consistency. It's opt-in. Your UUID deduplicates posts server-side — it's never shown publicly, only your chosen username.

Why share at all? Because accountability works. When grindlords post their Ws and call out their Ls honestly, it creates a culture where showing up consistently is the norm. Not fake productivity — actual output. The Ls matter as much as the Ws. That's the whole point.