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 That Counts Up
This study timer counts up from zero, so you see how long you have studied instead of how much time is left. Press start and turn your phone face down: when you finish, you see your study time and how much of it was phone-free.
Free, no signup.
A study timer that counts up never cuts you off mid-flow
Finish what you’re working on, then stop at a natural break. The clock shows exactly how long you studied.
An essay or a problem set rarely ends when a 25-minute timer does. With counting up, the session lasts as long as the work.
Want breaks on a schedule? Pick 25/5, 50/10 or 90/15 from the list under the start button. It’s the same study timer that detects your phone, so your totals carry over.
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
Your study time total skips every minute you pause
Pause for a snack or a stretch, and resume from where you left off.
Picking up the phone doesn’t stop the clock. That time counts as in your hand, and your card shows the rest as phone-free time.
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
The count-up clock runs past an hour, with no time limit
The clock reads minutes and seconds, then hours once you pass sixty minutes.
The ring fills once an hour. Each pickup leaves a mark at the minute it happened, so a messy hour is obvious at a glance.
Free. No signup. Nothing to install.
Phone pickups are counted every time you touch your phone
Open this page on your phone, press start and turn it face down. Lift it, lock it or open another app, and that’s one pickup.
Studying on a computer? Scan the QR code shown with the timer, and your phone opens this count-up timer full screen.
Free. No signup. Nothing to install.
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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Press start
The clock counts up from 00:00, with no length to choose. Studying on a computer? Scan the QR code to open the timer on your phone.
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Keep the phone face down
Every time you pick it up, it counts as a catch and leaves a mark on the ring.
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Press Finish when you stop
You get your study time, your phone-free time and your longest stretch without touching your phone, on one card.
Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.