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Free screen time tracker for Windows · v1.0.0ScreenWise

See where the hours go, and take some of them back.

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Digital wellbeing for Windows. Screen time, sessions, limits and focus, stored on your PC.

Version
v1.0.0
Price
Free
Platform
Windows desktop
Requires
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
Made by
Manas Jha@manasjhamj

Features

Everything in ScreenWise.

Tracking

  • Tracks the app in front every second, quietly from the tray
  • Splits your time into active, passive (reading) and idle
  • Ignores alt-tab flicker: an app counts after 2 seconds in front
  • Fullscreen video and calls count as active time
  • Stops counting once your display would have gone to sleep
  • Background music and video is listening time, never screen time
  • Handles lock, sleep and resume properly

Overview

  • Today's screen time, compared with yesterday
  • An active, passive and idle ring
  • A live line on what you're using, reading, watching or calling in
  • A half-hour heat strip of your day
  • Your top five apps
  • An animated companion, one of seven, or your own photo

Timeline

  • Browse any past day
  • Eight tiles: sessions, breaks, focus, app switches, day span and more
  • 24-hour lanes per app: scroll to zoom, click a block for exact times
  • Active time by hour and by category, and your most common switches
  • An activity log of every block over a minute

Applications

  • Every app you've used this year, searchable, with totals
  • Per-app detail: today, yesterday, 7-day average and longest session
  • Rename apps, give them a category, or hide them from your stats
  • Add, rename, recolour or delete categories

Focus & limits

  • Focus sessions from 25 minutes to 2 hours, or any length you like
  • Distracting apps get minimised when they jump in front
  • A countdown ring, an interruption count, and end early if you must
  • Daily time caps per app: warn, remind every 15 minutes, or strict
  • A heads-up when 5 minutes are left

Streaks

  • Six kinds of goal, from "screen time under 3h" to "focus 1h a day"
  • A days-in-a-row streak, built in
  • Current and best runs, with three freeze days a month
  • A GitHub-style year graph of any streak

Reports

  • Weekly, monthly and yearly reports, each compared with the last
  • A month heatmap, weekdays vs weekends, top apps and categories
  • Personal records: longest day, longest session, earliest start, latest finish
  • Insights, including how late you're up
  • Click any day for a quick summary

Notifications

  • A daily digest at the time you choose, and a weekly one on Mondays
  • A nudge when a streak is at risk
  • Break reminders after 30 to 120 minutes of activity
  • Click one to jump straight to the right page

Tray & settings

  • A tray popup with today's total, the current app, focus and pause
  • Starts with Windows, quietly in the tray
  • Light, dark or system theme, accent colours, five fonts, Mica glass on Windows 11
  • Set your idle threshold, and when your day starts
  • Keep full detail for 3 months, or forever
  • Export everything to JSON, or delete it all

Privacy, plainly.

Everything stays in a database on your PC. ScreenWise makes no network requests at all, never reads window titles, and lets you export or delete your data whenever you like.

Read the full privacy policy

FAQ

Questions, answered.

  • How do I check my screen time on Windows?
    Windows doesn't come with a screen time dashboard like your phone has. Install ScreenWise from the Microsoft Store and it tracks from the tray: today's total, every app you used, and a timeline of your day, split into active, passive and idle time.
  • Can I set time limits for apps on Windows?
    Yes. ScreenWise gives any app a daily limit. Pick a single warning, a reminder every 15 minutes, or strict mode, which minimises the app once you're over. You get a heads-up when 5 minutes are left.
  • Does ScreenWise track websites?
    Not yet. It tracks apps, so your browser counts as one app. Website tracking is on the list.
  • Is ScreenWise private?
    Yes. Everything stays in a database on your PC, and ScreenWise makes no network requests at all. There's no account, and it never reads window titles.
  • Can I export or delete my data?
    Yes. Export everything to JSON from Settings, choose how long full detail is kept, from 3 months to forever, or delete it all in one go.
  • Does it work on Windows 10?
    Yes. ScreenWise runs on Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. The optional Mica glass look needs Windows 11.
  • Is ScreenWise free?
    Yes. It's free on the Microsoft Store. No trial, no account.

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