JP the Cat vs gpucheck

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JP the Cat compared with gpucheck
Detail	JP the Cat	gpucheck
What it does	Track token usage and costs for AI coding agents on your Mac	Test a used NVIDIA GPU's health in one command
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Pricing	$12.99 one-time for one Mac; $9.99 per additional Mac. Includes free updates. 7-day free trial with no card required. After trial, the menu-bar cost total stays free; a license unlocks the full dashboard, widget, and alerts.	Health check: Free. Signed certificate: $29 USD per certificate.
Key features	Real-time menu bar cost display with cache-aware deduplication for Claude Official 5-hour and weekly limit percentages for Codex, Claude, and Grok macOS widget in small, medium, and large sizes 24 themes including Sunlit light and Midnight dark modes Per-provider and per-model cost breakdown dashboard Configurable 7, 14, 30, or 90-day time windows 80% usage alert with native macOS banner and optional meow sound Notarized by Apple and Developer ID signed Local-first design with no data upload to servers	10-minute sustained stress test Plain-language problem explanations Cryptographically signed certificates with Ed25519 One-time server-issued challenge binding Public verification page for certificates Online revocation check Delete token for result removal Salted hash card identifier protection
What makes it different	Accurate real-dollar costs for Claude with cache awareness, unlike free tools that misprice cache tokens Native Swift app with no Electron, designed for performance and minimal menu bar footprint One-time purchase with free updates, no subscription or account required Completely local data privacy—no prompts, code, or tokens ever leave your Mac	Open source under Apache-2.0 license with no account required Catches problems under sustained load that brief checks miss Server-side grading against healthy reference set prevents manipulation Privacy-preserving with salted hash identifiers and opt-in uploads Honest about limitations of certificate as proof
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	5 no change since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	1	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	0
Referring domains (Majestic)	29	0

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