Turn screen time into time well spent.

Instead shows you what you could have done with the time you spent on your phone. Enter today’s screen time to get started.

How much screen time did you have today?

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Minutes

This screen time stays in your browser for this visit only — it isn’t saved or sent anywhere.

How Instead works

Enter your screen time

Tell us how many hours and minutes you spent on your phone today.

Choose what interests you

Pick the topics you’d like to spend more of your time on.

Discover what you could have done instead

Get activity ideas sized to the time you actually have.

Why use the Android app?

On Android, Instead can read your screen time automatically once you allow access, so you never have to enter it by hand. On the web, you enter it manually each visit.

Your screen time data stays on your device. We don’t collect, store, or share it.

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See it in action

Allow access, or enter your screen time yourself

Pick the interests you want more of

See your screen time, then explore what you could do instead

Get Instead on Android

Install the Android app to read your screen time automatically and get activity ideas without typing anything in.

Get it on Google Play

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