Life & fun · September 1, 2026
finit – Track screen time honestly and see where your life really goes
finit is a screen time tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch that keeps a complete, private history of your usage. It records every app each day and turns the data into weeks, months, years, and a lifetime projection. Four hours a day equals ten years of your life. finit never block
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finit is a screen time tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch that records daily app usage and maintains a complete private history on the user's device. It calculates data across weeks, months, years, and lifetime projections, showing how daily screen time translates to years of life spent. The app displays usage as a visual grid of weeks, allows comparison with friends, and integrates sleep and exercise data from Apple Health. Unlike blocking tools, finit simply presents honest usage numbers without restrictions or notifications, with all data syncing privately through iCloud.
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finit never blocks an app and never deletes a day. Every app and every day it measures, kept for years on your iPhone. See where your time really goes.
The screen-time app that never blocks an app and never deletes a day. See where your hours really go, app by app, year after year. Then take your time back. No blockers, no shame. An hour here, an evening there. Screen time disappears the moment it's spent. finit keeps the record: every app, every day, kept for years. Suddenly you see the pattern. And what you see, you can change. No lockouts needed. Week, month, year, all-time: honest bars against your own average, and which apps took the most. See what a decade of scrolling looks like A lifetime projection for each of your top apps: at your current pace, against the average life expectancy where you live. When "two hours a day" reads as…from getfinit.com
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