TallyDownload

A Mac app for Wayland PowerSchool

Your grades,
to two decimal places.

See the number behind the letter. Try a score before you earn it, and find out what you need on the final.

Download for MacHow to install

macOS 14 or later. Apple silicon.
Version 1.2.0. No browser extension needed.

Overview

Semester 1

Semester 1

Average across courses

93.22%A
Courses
6
Graded work
18

Courses

Interactive preview with made-up grades. Choose a page to look around.

Everything in the app.

Exact grades, predictions, goals, and local data controls.

Overview

Your courses in one place.

See your course average, recent scores, and distance to the next letter grade. Grade rulers put every course on the same 60 to 100 scale.

Courses

See how the number adds up.

Open assignments and category breakdowns. Switch quarters and semesters, search your work, and review grading rules, weights, multipliers, and excluded assignments.

What if

Try the next score.

Change a score, try a retake, leave out an assignment, or add future work. Choose its category, reporting term, and multiplier. Save scenarios and come back to them.

Goals

Know the score you need.

Set a target for your next assignment or a final worth a share of your semester. Tally rounds required scores up to the next hundredth and tells you when a target is out of reach.

Refreshes every two minutes

Connect once in the app. New scores arrive while Tally runs. Closing the window keeps it running; Quit Tally stops it.

Your workspace, saved

Keep scenarios and custom rules, export a backup, or explore sample grades. Manage your connection in Settings.

Built for macOS

A native window with a translucent sidebar, keyboard shortcuts, and light or dark appearance that follows your system.

Install Tally.

A standalone Mac app. Sign in with your school account.

  1. Download and unzip

    Download Tally for Mac, then double-click Tally-mac.zip in Downloads to unpack it.

  2. Move Tally to Applications

    Drag Tally.app into your Applications folder. Open it from there.

  3. Allow the first launch

    This build is not signed with an Apple Developer ID or notarized by Apple. macOS may say the developer cannot be verified or Apple cannot check it for malicious software.

    If you trust this download:

    1. Try opening Tally once, then dismiss the warning with Done or OK.
    2. Open System Settings and choose Privacy & Security.
    3. Scroll down to Security and select Open Anyway for Tally.
    4. Confirm with your password or Touch ID if asked, then choose Open.

    This creates an exception for Tally’s future launches. If your school manages your Mac, this option may be unavailable; ask your administrator.

    Apple’s guide to opening downloaded apps

  4. Connect PowerSchool

    Choose Connect PowerSchool. Sign in to your Wayland account on your school’s own sign-in page in the window that opens. Your courses and assignments load automatically.

Your grades stay on your Mac.

Your school session, grade cache, and saved scenarios are stored locally. You enter your password on your school’s sign-in page. This website never receives your grades or login.

Tally reads your grades from PowerSchool. It is independent of PowerSchool and Wayland Public Schools. Your school’s gradebook remains the official record.

A few useful shortcuts

Overview
⌘1
Courses
⌘2
What if
⌘3
Goals
⌘4
Settings
⌘,
Reload dashboard
⌘R
Close window
⌘W
Quit Tally
⌘Q

Good to know.

Does Tally work with every PowerSchool school?

This version supports Wayland PowerSchool. Other districts can use different sign-in systems and grading rules.

How does Tally calculate grades?

Tally uses assignment scores, category weights, reporting-term formulas, multipliers, extra credit, and exclusions. It keeps full precision until the result is displayed. Courses without confirmed rules are marked as estimates; grades without underlying scores are labeled separately.

Why might Tally differ from PowerSchool?

Hidden scores, unpublished rules, and teacher overrides can change the official result. The app lets you inspect its rules and enter category weights by hand. Letter grades use a standard scale that may differ from your school’s. PowerSchool is always the official grade record.

Will I need to sign in every time?

Tally saves the school session on your Mac and restores it when you reopen the app. Your school can still expire the session. If it does, choose Reconnect and sign in again. Cached grades remain available between updates.

Do predictions change my real grades?

No. Changed scores, added assignments, and saved scenarios stay in Tally. They do not write to PowerSchool.

Can I look around before signing in?

Yes. Choose sample grades in the app’s welcome screen or Settings. They are made-up courses. You can also try the interactive preview on this page.

What can I do with my saved data?

In Settings, export a JSON backup of grades and scenarios. Reset scenarios and manual rules while staying connected, or disconnect to clear your school session and cached grades.

Does it work on Windows, iPhone, or an Intel Mac?

The current download is for Apple silicon Macs with macOS 14 or later. Windows, Intel Mac, iPhone, and Android builds are not available.