Is a live salary dashboard motivating or distracting?
I’m building PayDance, a lightweight salary dashboard that shows how much you’ve earned today in real time. 💸
The idea came from a simple feeling I had at work: salary shows up once a month, but the time and effort behind it happen every day. I wanted to make that progress visible without turning it into another time tracker, attendance system, or productivity scoreboard.
PayDance lets you set your salary and schedule, then shows today’s earned amount, work progress, time remaining, and estimated total. It supports monthly, daily, and hourly pay, lunch breaks, custom workdays, and overnight shifts.
There’s also a Mini Mode that keeps only the live amount in a small always-on-top window, so you can glance at it without opening the full dashboard.
I intentionally kept it local-first and privacy-friendly: no account, no ads, no telemetry, and no salary data upload. PayDance is open source, bilingual, and available as a portable Windows app plus a mobile-friendly web version. 🔒
You can try it here: PayDance ✨
I’d love your honest feedback:
Does seeing live earnings feel motivating or distracting?
Would you keep something like this visible during work?
What should PayDance never become?
Thanks for checking it out!
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