A free, private app for Windows that shows how long you use your PC: every app, website, Google Sheet and file, plus when you logged in and out.
Open it any time, or get a neat PDF report of any day.
Windows 10 & 11 · No account · No admin rights needed · Everything stays on your PC
| ⏱️ Time on every app | Chrome, Brave, Excel, Tally, WhatsApp, even Calculator: how long, how often, and when |
| 🌐 Websites & Google Sheets | Not just "Chrome", but which website, which sheet and which file you were actually on |
| 🕘 Log-in & log-out times | When the PC started, when you began working, when you stopped, every day |
| 📄 PDF report of any day | One click gives a clean report for today, any day, a week or a month |
| 📊 Day, Week, Month views | Timeline, charts, calendar and a full activity log. Hover over anything for details |
| 🎯 Focus mode | Hides YouTube, Instagram and other distractions for 25, 50 or 90 minutes |
| 💼 Clients & timesheets | Turns screen time into hours per client, with amounts at your hourly rate |
| ✅ Attendance | Arrived, left, late or overtime, checked against your work hours |
| 💧 Healthy reminders | Breaks, eye rest (20-20-20), water and a late-night warning |
| 📞 Calls & meetings | Knows when you're on a call, so meetings count even when you're not typing |
| 🔍 Search your history | "When did I work on that invoice?" or "What was I doing at 3 PM Tuesday?" |
| 🔒 Completely private | No account, no cloud, no keystrokes, no screenshots. Your data stays on your PC |
- Download: click the Download for Windows button above. You get a file called
ScreenTimeTracker.zip. - Extract: right-click the zip file → Extract All… → Extract.
- Install: open the folder and double-click
Install Screen Time Tracker. - Choose: answer one question: "Start automatically every time you turn on your PC?"
- Yes (recommended): it runs by itself in the background. You never have to start it.
- No: it runs only when you open it from the Start menu.
Done! Look for the small 🕐 clock icon near the time (bottom-right of your screen). Click it, or press Ctrl + Alt + S, to see your screen time.
Note
Seeing a blue "Windows protected your PC" box? That's normal for free apps from small makers. Click More info, then Run anyway. The app is open-source, so anyone can read exactly what it does.
| I want to… | Do this |
|---|---|
| See my screen time | Click the clock icon near the time, or press Ctrl + Alt + S |
| See another day | Use the ‹ › arrows at the top of the dashboard |
| Get a PDF report | Click the 🖨 printer button, then pick a day, week, month or any dates |
| Know my log-in / log-out time | Open the Log tab (or Week for every day of the week) |
| See which website or sheet I used | Look at Websites and Pages, sheets & files on the Day tab, or click an app |
| Stop distractions | Right-click the clock icon → Focus mode → 25 / 50 / 90 minutes |
| Track hours per client | Work tab → Manage projects & clients → add a few keywords per client |
| Turn "start with Windows" on or off | Right-click the clock icon → Start automatically with Windows |
| Pause tracking for a while | Right-click the clock icon → Pause tracking |
| Change settings | Click ⚙ in the dashboard |
📖 Full step-by-step guide with pictures: How to use Screen Time Tracker. It's also inside the download.
Week: daily bars and log-in / log-out times |
Month: a calendar of your screen time |
Log: a diary of your whole day |
Work: clients, hours and attendance |
PDF report: any day, any time |
Screen Time Wrapped: a shareable card of your month |
Do I have to start it every day?
No. If you chose "Yes" while installing, it starts by itself every time you turn on your PC. You can change this any time: right-click the clock icon → Start automatically with Windows.
Does it count time when I'm away from the PC?
No. After 5 minutes without touching the keyboard or mouse it stops counting, and removes those 5 minutes. If a video, music or a call is playing, it keeps counting, because you're watching or talking.
Is my data safe? Does it upload anything?
Your data stays on your PC (in
%APPDATA%\Screen Time Tracker). Nothing is uploaded. It never records what you type, screenshots or passwords. The only internet use is checking the correct time and whether a new version exists.
Will it slow down my PC?
No. It checks which window is in front once a second, which is a tiny job.
How do I uninstall it?
Windows Settings → Apps → Installed apps → Screen Time Tracker → Uninstall. It asks whether to keep or delete your history.
🛠️ For developers
- Plain C# (C# 5) WinForms, built with the compiler that ships with Windows: run
build.bat. launch.ps1compilessrc\*.csin memory and runs it. This is how the installed app runs, so it also works where Windows Smart App Control blocks unsigned.exefiles.tools\package.ps1buildsScreenTimeTracker.zip(installer + guide + app).- Handy flags:
--data <folder> --seed-demo(sample data),--snapshot out.png --view day|week|month|log|work,--report out.pdf,--wrapped out.png,--dialog settings,--selftest out.txt. - Main files:
Tracker.cs(the 1-second sampler),Store.cs(data),Dash*.cs(dashboard),Report.cs(PDF),Insights.cs,Work.cs,Browser.cs,Clock.cs,WinEvents.cs.