Best Grok Bot Usage Trackers for Mac (2026)
Grok Bot is the awkward one to track, because the allowance is not metered where you would look for it. Here are the real options on a Mac, and what each one can actually see.
First, the thing that confuses everyone
Grok Bot is not Grok Build. Grok Build is the coding CLI and xAI meters it directly. Grok Bot is the always-on agent that comes with SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra and Cursor Teams Premium, and Cursor documents that linking a SuperGrok subscription grants usage on the Cursor meter rather than creating a second meter on x.ai.
That single fact decides everything below. There is no xAI page to check and no xAI endpoint to call. If a tool claims to read your Grok Bot allowance from xAI, it is reading something else.
#1: SessionWatcher (menu bar)
SessionWatcher reads the Cursor session already on your Mac, so if you are signed into Cursor there is usually nothing to set up at all. It shows the percentage of your Grok Bot allowance used and when the window resets, in the menu bar, beside every other tool you track. Pro Annual and Pro Lifetime include Grok Bot.
If you hold SuperGrok Heavy but never installed Cursor, you can paste a Cursor dashboard session in Settings instead. It reads and displays usage on your Mac, and does not read your code or your conversations.
#2: The Cursor dashboard
Free, authoritative, and the source every other option reads from. The cost is that it is a web page: you only see the number when you stop what you are doing and go and load it, which is exactly when you are least likely to bother.
#3: DIY scripts
You can drive the same dashboard endpoint from a cron job and pipe it into your status bar of choice. Free and completely yours. The honest cost is that this particular surface is undocumented, so it breaks quietly when Cursor changes something, and you find out the same way you would have without it.
Which one should you use?
If Grok Bot is the only thing you are watching and you check it rarely, open the Cursor dashboard and save your money. A menu bar reading earns its cost when you are tracking several tools at once, or when you have already been caught out mid-task. That is the whole argument, and there is no version of it where a tracker writes your code for you.
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok Bot the same as Grok?
No. Grok Build is the coding CLI, metered by xAI directly. Grok Bot is the always-on agent bundled with SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra and Cursor Teams Premium. They are separate products on separate meters, so a tracker that reads one does not read the other.
Why does a Grok Bot tracker need Cursor?
Because that is where the allowance lives. Cursor documents that linking a SuperGrok subscription grants usage on the Cursor meter and does not create a second meter on x.ai. There is no xAI endpoint to ask, so any tracker has to read the Cursor dashboard session.
What if I never installed Cursor?
SessionWatcher lets you paste a Cursor dashboard session in Settings. That path exists specifically for SuperGrok Heavy subscribers who have the allowance but not the editor.
Does it read my code?
No. It reads and displays usage on your Mac, and does not read code or conversation content.
Which tier includes Grok Bot?
Pro Annual and Pro Lifetime include Grok Bot. Solo and Bundle cover Claude Code, Codex and Cursor only.
SessionWatcherEvery tracker here watches one tool.
This one watches seventeen.
Native macOS menu bar app. Track Claude and Codex usage, costs, and rate limits in real-time.
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