Nexus Labs has released ScreenWatch Pro, an app dedicated to one purpose: monitoring how much time you spend in other apps that monitor how much time you spend. It syncs with popular trackers like FocusGuard and TimeSentry, compiling data on sessions already dedicated to tallying your phone use.
At a demo in Helix Park, founder Lila Voss opened the app while she spent 14 minutes reviewing her own device's habit logs. "This closes the loop," Voss explained. Her screen showed a pie chart of her monitoring time: 47% on FocusGuard, 32% on TimeSentry.
Early adopters report spending an average of 22 minutes a day inside their tracking apps. ScreenWatch Pro adds about three minutes of its own overhead per check-in. One beta tester, a software engineer, noted his total screen time rose 8% after installation—mostly from lingering in the new app’s dashboard.
The tool integrates with smartwatches to buzz you if your meta-tracking exceeds 30 minutes in an hour. Nexus Labs expects 500,000 downloads this quarter, citing demand for "precision in distraction measurement."
Subscription tiers start at $4.99 a month. The premium version graphs three nested layers of tracking data back to January 2023. Voss confirmed there are no current plans to develop an app that tracks time spent in ScreenWatch Pro.
