Hourglass

Hourglass sits in the notification area and notes which window is in focus, second by second. You never start or stop a timer. At the end of the day it shows where the time went: which apps, which websites, how much of it was productive, and when you were actually at the PC.

What it does

Tracks the app and window in focus, and for browsers the website named in the title bar. No browser extension is installed.
Stops the clock when you step away: after 3 minutes without keyboard or mouse input (you choose the gap), and when the PC is locked or asleep. Sound playing or a full-screen video keeps it running, so a film is not counted as idle.
Today at a glance: total screen time, productive against distracting, first and last activity, and a timeline of the day coloured by category.
Top apps and top websites for any day, week or month, with time, share and the trend against the period before.
Daily bars stacked by category and an hour-of-day heatmap. For any app, time per day and the window titles that took the most of it.
Focus statistics: your longest uninterrupted stretch and how often you switch apps each hour.
Categories (Work, Communication, Browsing, Entertainment, Games, Utilities) with a productive, neutral or distracting rating. Common apps and sites start with sensible values; change any of them and past days change with it.
Daily limits per app, website or category, a daily screen time goal and an optional end-of-day summary, as Windows notifications. They only remind you: nothing is blocked or closed.
Light and dark mode, and export of every session to CSV.

Privacy

Everything stays in one file on your PC. The only thing Hourglass contacts is this store, to check the licence and look for a new version. No activity is ever sent.
Pause tracking for 15 or 60 minutes, or until you resume, from the notification-area icon.
Name apps whose window titles must never be recorded. Private and incognito browser windows are logged as "Private" by default, with no title and no website.
Delete a day, an app, or everything, whenever you like.

Good to know

Websites are worked out from the browser's title bar and nothing else, so a page whose title does not name its site is filed under whatever the title does say.
It records only while it is running, so let it start with Windows.
It installs for your user account only and never asks for administrator rights.
The 14-day trial has everything. After it, Hourglass needs a licence: without one it stops tracking and opens only its Licence page. Nothing is deleted, and what was recorded is shown again once a licence is active.

One-time purchase for one PC. Includes every version released in the following 12 months; the version you have keeps working after that.

What it does

Tracks the app and window in focus, and for browsers the website named in the title bar. No browser extension is installed.
Stops the clock when you step away: after 3 minutes without keyboard or mouse input (you choose the gap), and when the PC is locked or asleep. Sound playing or a full-screen video keeps it running, so a film is not counted as idle.
Today at a glance: total screen time, productive against distracting, first and last activity, and a timeline of the day coloured by category.
Top apps and top websites for any day, week or month, with time, share and the trend against the period before.
Daily bars stacked by category and an hour-of-day heatmap. For any app, time per day and the window titles that took the most of it.
Focus statistics: your longest uninterrupted stretch and how often you switch apps each hour.
Categories (Work, Communication, Browsing, Entertainment, Games, Utilities) with a productive, neutral or distracting rating. Common apps and sites start with sensible values; change any of them and past days change with it.
Daily limits per app, website or category, a daily screen time goal and an optional end-of-day summary, as Windows notifications. They only remind you: nothing is blocked or closed.
Light and dark mode, and export of every session to CSV.

Privacy

Everything stays in one file on your PC. The only thing Hourglass contacts is this store, to check the licence and look for a new version. No activity is ever sent.
Pause tracking for 15 or 60 minutes, or until you resume, from the notification-area icon.
Name apps whose window titles must never be recorded. Private and incognito browser windows are logged as "Private" by default, with no title and no website.
Delete a day, an app, or everything, whenever you like.

Good to know

Websites are worked out from the browser's title bar and nothing else, so a page whose title does not name its site is filed under whatever the title does say.
It records only while it is running, so let it start with Windows.
It installs for your user account only and never asks for administrator rights.
The 14-day trial has everything. After it, Hourglass needs a licence: without one it stops tracking and opens only its Licence page. Nothing is deleted, and what was recorded is shown again once a licence is active.

One-time purchase for one PC. Includes every version released in the following 12 months; the version you have keeps working after that.

See where your screen time goes, without ever starting a timer.

What it does

Privacy

Good to know

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Hourglass

See where your screen time goes, without ever starting a timer.

What it does

Privacy

Good to know

A closer look.

Need somethinglike this built?