Gazenest

YOU OPENED YOUTUBE FOR 5 MINUTES. THAT WAS 47 MINUTES AGO. The average YouTube user watches around 312 hours per year. Thirteen full days. You probably have no idea how close you are to that number, because YouTube shows you what to watch next but never shows you what you have actually done. Gazenest is the missing layer. Install it, sign in, and watch YouTube exactly like you always do. Your dashboard fills up on its own. Solo plan from €9.00/mo. Your first numbers appear within 24 hours of normal use. HONEST WATCH TRACKING Gazenest counts only seconds where your YouTube tab is active, the browser window has focus, and the video is actually playing. Not background-tab time. Not audio you walked away from. Real attention, measured honestly. All three behavioral scores are derived from Honest Watch Time. A score built on inflated data is a score about how often you leave tabs open, not about your actual habits. WHAT CHANGES FROM DAY ONE (ALL PLANS) - Every video you watch is logged automatically via Honest Watch Tracking, across every device you sign in on - "Watched" badges appear directly on thumbnails everywhere on YouTube, so you stop rewatching videos you already decided were not worth your time - One click hides already-seen videos from your homepage, so YouTube stops recycling the same content at you - Binge Detection flags sessions where you watched more than 3 videos back to back without a pause - Star any video from your history to build a personal Favorites list you can actually return to - Your full watch history lives in a dashboard at gazenest.com: searchable, filterable, exportable, and yours - Everything syncs instantly across desktop, laptop, and profiles the moment you log in INTENT MODE (PLUS AND ABOVE) Before each YouTube session, Gazenest asks one question: what are you here for? Pick a mode: - Learning - Relax 20 min (soft timer, no hard block) - Research - Specific video - Free scroll The YouTube UI adapts. In Learning mode, the homepage stays calm and Shorts are dimmed. In Relax 20 min, a discreet countdown appears. In Specific video, suggestions fade out so you actually leave when you are done. You stay in control. Gazenest removes the autopilot. THREE SCORES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN SOMETHING Every week, Gazenest computes three numbers from your real behavior. Each is on a 0 to 100 scale. SELF-CONTROL SCORE How often you stuck to the intent you set. How often Free scroll beat Learning. CLARITY SCORE How focused your viewing was. Three coherent topics score higher than 47 rabbit holes. DIVERSITY SCORE How varied your channels and topics are. Too low means bubble. Too high means scattered. There is a healthy band, and Gazenest shows you yours. You also get an hourly heatmap of when you watch, and a behavioral profile that updates over time: Passive Scroller, Active Learner, Night Owl, Topic Hopper. A weekly email summarizes the seven days. No shame, no nudging, just numbers. FAMILY PLAN (UP TO 5 ACCOUNTS) One subscription, five seats, including a Child Mode for younger viewers. Parents see aggregate trends, never individual videos by default. Privacy stays inside the family. PRO TIER, FOR POWER USERS - Customize Feed: permanently hide channels that are over-represented in your homepage - Notion and Obsidian integration: every watch event flows into your knowledge base as a note you can tag and link - Smart alerts: get a ping when your Free scroll time crosses a threshold you set yourself - Import your full YouTube history from Google Takeout, so your dashboard starts with years of data instead of zero HOW IT COMPARES TO WATCHMARKER Watchmarker only works on the browser where you installed it. Uninstall it and your data is gone. No sync, no history, no behavioral scoring, no intent layer. Gazenest stores everything in your account. Your data follows you across browsers, devices, and reinstalls. You get a searchable history, three behavioral scores, Intent Mode, a weekly email, and a full Google Takeout import. Watchmarker is a sticker. Gazenest is a mirror. PRIVACY, IN PLAIN ENGLISH Gazenest stores video IDs, watch timestamps, and how long you watched. To bind your licence and detect account switches, the extension also reads your YouTube account name (this stays on your device and on our server; it is never sold or shared). We do not record audio, we do not capture video frames, we do not read comments you write, we do not see private playlists you do not open. Your data lives in an encrypted PostgreSQL database in the EU. You can export everything as JSON, and you can delete your account in one click from the dashboard. No dark patterns. We do not sell data. We do not run ads. The product is paid for by subscriptions, and that is the entire business model. PRICING - Solo: 9.00 EUR per month (tracking, thumbnail badges, Favorites, full history, cross-device sync -- 3 devices) - Plus: 14.00 EUR per month (unlocks Intent Mode and scoring -- 5 devices) - Family: 19.00 EUR per month (up to 4 accounts, Child Mode -- 15 shared devices) - Pro: 29.00 EUR per month (Customize Feed, Notion or Obsidian, smart alerts, history import -- 10 devices) All annual plans get 25 percent off. WHO THIS IS FOR - Anyone who suspects YouTube is costing them more time than they think, and wants the actual number before deciding what to do about it - Productivity-focused users and ADHD brains who need an external mirror, not a nag: real data, no shame, no blockers PERMISSIONS, BRIEFLY Gazenest needs access to youtube.com to read which video you are on and how long it has been playing. It needs storage to remember your session. That is it. No browsing history outside YouTube, no other sites, no clipboard, no microphone. EVERY VIDEO YOU WATCH BEFORE INSTALLING IS DATA YOU WILL NEVER RECOVER. The dashboard starts empty and fills over time. The sooner you install, the richer your picture. Solo from €9.00/mo. 60 seconds to your first number.