Put your phone face down. We count how long you go without touching it.
Turn your phone face down
The timer starts when it’s face down.
Linked: your computer shows the clock.
Put it back face down to keep going.
Study Timer for Finals
This study timer for finals runs 25/5, 50/10 or 90/15 blocks, or your own lengths. Put your phone face down and it counts every time you pick it up, then shows your total study time and how much of it was phone-free.
It’s free, with no app to install and no signup.
Revision hours on a plain timer include every phone check
A plain timer counts the minutes you sat at the desk, including the ones you spent on your phone.
With this study timer, the phone lies face down while you revise, and it counts every time you pick it up. At the end of the day, you see how much of your revision was phone-free.
Free. No signup. Nothing to install.
On average, students studying at home got distracted in under 6 minutes
Researchers watched 263 middle school, high school and university students during a 15-minute study session at home.
On average, they spent only 65% of those 15 minutes actually studying. The rest of the time they were distracted, most often by social media and texting.
Source: Rosen, Carrier and Cheever, Facebook and texting made me do it: media-induced task-switching while studying, Computers in Human Behavior, 2013.
See how your own session compares.
Your record on this device
Finish a session and your totals show up here. They are stored in this browser only.
- Sessions
- 0
- Phone-free time
- 0 min
- Times caught
- 0
- Longest without touching it
- 0 min
Every phone check during revision gets a CAUGHT stamp
Lift the phone, lock it or open another app, and you get a CAUGHT stamp, a sound and a live timer showing how long you’ve been on your phone.
Put it back face down to continue. Studying on a computer? Scan the QR code shown with the timer to open it on your phone.
Free. No signup. Nothing to install.
Finals study blocks run 25, 50 or 90 minutes, with free breaks
Pick 25/5, 50/10 or 90/15 from the list under the start button, or set your own lengths with Custom. Rather count up? It’s in the same list.
When a block ends, a chime plays and the break starts by itself. Pickups during a break don’t count.
Free. No signup. Nothing to install.
A whole revision day fits in one session with one total
Keep starting blocks until you’re done for the day, then press Finish.
The card shows your total study time, how much of it was phone-free, your pickups and your longest phone-free stretch.
Free. No signup. Nothing to install.
- Session length
- 50:00
- In your hand
- 08:48
- Picked up the phone
- 9
- Longest without touching it
- 11:20
Motion readings from your phone never leave your browser
- The motion sensor only tells the page whether the phone is face down. Each reading is checked in your browser and dropped. None are saved or sent.
- No sign-up and no email. Visits are counted with Google Analytics, which never sees your timer or your phone.
- Your totals sit in this browser’s storage. Clear your browsing data and they are gone.
- The end card is made on your device. Nobody sees it unless you save or share it.
Read exactly what the site stores and loads.
No account. Nothing to install.
This timer counts pickups and keeps your phone in reach, with nothing to install
| Caught Scrolling | Regular study timer | App blocker | Phone in another room | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counts your phone pickups | ||||
| Shows your phone-free time | Some show screen time | |||
| Nothing to install | ||||
| Phone stays in reach for emergencies | ||||
| Physically stops you using apps |
Free. No signup. Nothing to install.
How it works, in three steps
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Open the timer on your phone
Studying on a computer? Scan the QR code shown with the timer to open it on your phone. Pick a 25, 50 or 90-minute block, or a custom one, then press start.
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Keep the phone face down
The clock starts when you put your phone face down. Every time you pick up the phone, it counts as a catch.
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Press Finish
You get your phone-free time, your pickups and your longest stretch without touching your phone, on one card.
Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.