Website usage heatmap

Question

I have a web application I wish to find the usage patterns for.

I wish to be able to track (and generate) usage heatmaps, I have checked this question and ClickHeat.
The problem is those are good for tracking clicks. I want to track the usage by tracking mouse cursor location.
The assumption is the mouse is mostly located where the user looks...

onmousemove with a sample interval is what I currently have.
Is there a JS library that does that more efficiently, or at least outside my site's code?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 02 '12 at 15:26

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Try taking a look at this heatmap.js by Patrick Wied. Be sure to click on the Display Website's RealTime Heatmap button to see it in action.

The heatmap.js library is currently supported in Firefox 3.6+, Chrome 10, Safari 5, Opera 11 and IE 9+.

answered Nov 02 '12 at 15:26

Chase

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@MuhammadUmer - Seems so: https://github.com/pa7/heatmap.js – Chase Jan 05 '15 at 22:22
on their site they say for commercial use you need a license, afaik. someone confirm? – Muhammad Umer Jan 06 '15 at 02:19
Yeah, that is indeed what it says here http://www.patrick-wied.at/static/heatmapjs/get-heatmap.html. I suppose it depends on what you're looking to use it for. You can probably reach out to them at: `heatmap-q@patrick-wied.at`. – Chase Jan 06 '15 at 06:08

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 02 '12 at 15:31

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If you have a very small website or are willing to pay for this feature, you might want to check out https://mouseflow.com/. I've never used it and don't know anyone who has, but I have investigated it, and it seems like it could be something like what you're looking for.

answered Nov 02 '12 at 15:31

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It looks good, but I don't want to spend money on it – Ofir Farchy Nov 02 '12 at 15:43
How many visitors does your site get per month? They do have a very limited free plan. – Joshua Dwire Nov 02 '12 at 15:44
I have around 20 registered users for my application, with around 200 sessions per month. – Ofir Farchy Nov 02 '12 at 15:46
MouseFlow will let you have up to 100 recorded sessions/month. See https://mouseflow.com/pricing/. – Joshua Dwire Nov 02 '12 at 15:49

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 08 '13 at 07:54

A very simple to install and free solution is offered by etracker:

https://www.etracker.com/en/etracker-products-realtime-webanalytics-visitor-voice/etracker-visitor-motion/visitor-motion-lite.html

The free version offers 100 free page impressions per month. A heatmap isn't included, though - that's only available in the higher plans. But you can analyze the motions of each of the 100 visitors. That should give you a first impression on your visitors behaviour.

Website usage heatmap

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