A keyboard counter that keeps going outside the browser tab
Most keyboard counter tools are web pages, and a web page can only hear the keys you press while its tab is in front. Mouse and Key Press Counter is a keyboard counter that runs on Windows itself. It counts every keystroke and every mouse click in any program or game, from the tray, whether or not its panel is open.
The panel leads with a single figure: presses today, keys and clicks added together. Under it, a short line compares today with your recent days, such as 18% above your usual, once there are at least two earlier days to compare against. Then comes a bar chart of the last seven days, each bar split into a keyboard part and a mouse part, scaled to the busiest day in view so even a quiet week has shape.
Beneath the chart are Keys today, Clicks today and your Best day with its date. The All time section gives lifetime presses with the keystroke and click split and the date counting began.
Keyboard click counter and mouse tracker in one
Clicks from the left, right and middle buttons and both side buttons all count. Scrolling the wheel does not, so a long page of reading leaves the click figure alone. On the keyboard side every key press is one count, and Windows' own key repeat while a key is held adds to it the way a held key adds letters to a document.
The two sides are kept apart, which matters when hardware changes. Swap in a new mouse and you can zero the click figure while years of keystrokes stay where they are.
Use it as a PC usage tracker
Keystrokes and clicks are a rough but honest measure of how much hands-on time a day held. Read the seven bars side by side and a heavy Monday or a light Friday shows at a glance, without any timer running.
The streak line beside the chart turns that into a habit record: it reads, for example, 12 days in a row. Your Best day row names the busiest date on file, so you know what a big day looks like for you.
Setting it up
For a glance without opening anything, right-click the tray icon: the top two lines of the menu show your lifetime keystrokes and clicks, such as 1,204,880 keystrokes and 311,042 clicks.
- Launch it once. It lives in the notification area beside the clock rather than on the taskbar.
- Right-click the icon and switch on Start with Windows so no day is missed.
- Left-click the icon to open the panel; it closes again when you click away.
- Choose Keep the counts on top to leave the panel above other windows. It can then be dragged by its title.
- Restart the key count and Restart the click count sit in the same menu, each with its own confirmation.
