Every keyboard shortcut in the app you're using

To read the menu bar of the app you're using. The permission prompt says it word for word: "Keysi needs Accessibility access to read the keyboard shortcuts of the app you're using. It never controls your keyboard or mouse without an explicit click on a shortcut row."

Keysi is closed source, so I've listed every Accessibility call it makes, every network request and every file it reads, with the commands to check each one yourself: what Keysi can see, and what it sends.

Two network calls happen on their own: a license check to Gumroad and an update check against Keysi's Sparkle appcast. With analytics off, the default, nothing about your menus, apps or shortcuts leaves your Mac.

If you turn usage analytics on (in Settings, or on the welcome window's last page), Keysi sends product events to an EU-hosted PostHog instance: app launches, Settings tabs opened, the overlay appearing, the app a shortcut ran in, how setup went, and licensing events such as an upgrade prompt. Never your license key, what you paid, the menus it reads, or even a shortcut's name. Crash diagnostics are off by default too. When on, Apple's MetricKit generates them on your Mac and they stay there unless you share them yourself. Full list on the privacy page.

The Accessibility API Keysi uses to read another app's menus doesn't work in the App Sandbox, and every Mac App Store app must be sandboxed. KeyCue, KeyClu and Keylume are distributed outside the store too, and so was the original CheatSheet.

It's signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so it opens normally. Sparkle updates are signed with an EdDSA key built into the app and verified before they install. Check the signature yourself:

Yes, in one line:

It's the same signed, notarized DMG as the Download button, pinned by checksum, from Keysi's own tap. Sparkle still handles updates and the cask knows it, so Homebrew won't reinstall over a newer version. Already have Keysi in Applications? Add --adopt.

No. Keysi can see keystrokes while you hold ⌘ but not swallow them, so anything you typed would reach the app underneath too, and I won't install an input tap to change that. Press the global hotkey (⇧⌘K by default) instead: same content, in a panel you can search.

Secure input is on, so macOS hides your typing from every app but the one you're typing into, Keysi included. Password fields and Terminal's Secure Keyboard Entry turn it on. The overlay still works; Shortcut Coach just stops counting the shortcuts you type. Click the lock to see which app turned it on and how to turn it off.

Often it's macOS itself: the login window sometimes leaves it on after you unlock. Lock and unlock your Mac (⌃⌘Q) to clear it.

Keysi keeps working. After the 14 days (and a short grace period) it drops to the free tier: every shortcut still shows, rows still run, custom sheets still load. The coaching stops: reminders, unlimited Practice Mode, progress figures and the weekly summary. You keep one free Practice drill a day. Nothing you set up is deleted, and Keysi keeps counting locally, so upgrading later picks up where you left off.

Macs: up to 3 at once. To move a license, choose Settings ▸ Keysi Pro ▸ Deactivate This Mac on the old one, then activate the new one with the same key.

Refunds: 30 days, no questions asked. See Terms & refunds.

Updates: free forever. Sparkle checks automatically, or use "Check for Updates…" in the menu bar item.

Usually that's right after it launches, or on its Welcome screen, before it has a real menu bar. Open a document or project and try again.

Electron apps work: Slack, VS Code and Figma all return correct menus. For bindings that never reach an app's menu bar, the built-in custom sheets fill the gap.

Yes. In Settings ▸ Triggers pick ⌘, ⌥, ⌃ or ⇧ and set the hold delay. Keysi warns you about the trade-offs (⌥ also reveals alternate menu items, ⌃ overlaps with secondary click and Full Keyboard Access, ⇧ can trip Slow Keys or Sticky Keys) but lets you choose. The global hotkey (⇧⌘K by default) can be rebound too.