ScreenLeash — Financial Accountability for Screen Time

How many of us want to not open a website—but do it anyway, out of habit? 😅 You tell yourself you'll just check one thing. A few minutes. Then it's half an hour. Then an hour. The tab was already open. The muscle memory took over. You didn't really choose to be there; you just ended up there. Again. ScreenLeash is for anyone who's tired of that loop. It doesn't block sites. It doesn't shame you. It gives you something better: a clear line, real consequences, and a dashboard that shows you exactly where you stand. ⏱️ WHAT SCREENLEASH DOES Track time on websites. The extension runs in the background and records how long you spend on each site. You decide which sites matter—social media, news, YouTube, forums, whatever drains your attention—and you create goals for them. Two kinds of goals: Do Less (limits). Set a daily allowance in minutes (e.g. 30 minutes per day on a site). Your usage is cumulative: day one you get 30 minutes, day two you get another 30 on top, and so on. If your total time crosses that ceiling, you breach. The first breach is free; after that, you're charged a penalty you set (e.g. ₹50), and the penalty escalates each time (e.g. 1.5×) up to a cap you choose. So the cost of "just one more click" becomes real. Do More (targets). Set a minimum you want to hit (e.g. 60 minutes per day on a learning or work site). The extension tracks progress toward a floor. If you don't meet the floor by the end of the day, you breach and the same penalty system applies. Good for making sure you actually show up for the sites you care about. Accountability that sticks. Breaches aren't just logged—they're charged (via Razorpay Auto-Pay, which you set up once). Optional Slack notifications can ping you when you breach, so you're not hiding from the number. When there's a real cost to crossing the line, habit starts to bend to intention. 🖥️ HOW IT FEELS IN PRACTICE Popup: Click the ScreenLeash icon to see your goals, how much time you've used today, how close you are to your ceiling or floor, and what the next penalty is. Quick reality check before you fall into a scroll. New tab dashboard: Your new tab can be a ScreenLeash dashboard—a grid of goals with small charts showing usage over time, the limit line, and breach points. You see your pattern at a glance: which days you stayed under, which days you didn't. No more guessing. Badge: When you've breached, the extension badge shows how many breaches are pending (e.g. "2"). A small, constant nudge that the tally is real. Settings and goals: Goals are created and edited on the ScreenLeash website (linked from the extension). There you set the site pattern (e.g. youtube.com, twitter.com), daily rate, starting penalty, multiplier, cap, and optional respite and cooldown. The extension stays in sync with your account. So you're not just "trying to do better." You have a contract with yourself: a number, a line, and money on the line if you cross it. ❓ WHY CONSEQUENCES INSTEAD OF BLOCKING? Blockers can feel like a game. You disable them when they're annoying, or you find workarounds. There's no cost to breaking the rule except guilt—and guilt is easy to ignore in the moment. ScreenLeash doesn't stop you from opening a site. You can go over. But if you do, you breach, you get charged, and the next breach costs more (up to your cap). So the question shifts from "Can I get around the blocker?" to "Is this visit worth the price?" That reframe—from "I'm not allowed" to "I'm choosing to pay"—is where habit change actually lives for many people. 👤 WHO IT'S FOR People who know they overuse certain sites and have tried "just being more disciplined" or simple timers without success. Anyone who wants limits but doesn't want a hard block—e.g. "I'm okay with 20 minutes of Twitter, but not two hours." Do More users who want to commit to a minimum time on learning, exercise, or work tools and need a nudge (and a penalty) when they skip. Teams or accountability partners who use Slack: optional breach notifications make your progress and breaches visible, so you're not alone with the goal. 🚀 WHAT YOU NEED TO GET STARTED 1. Install the extension and sign in (or sign up) with your ScreenLeash account. Your session syncs when you use the website in the same browser. 2. Set up Auto-Pay (Razorpay mandate) once. This is how penalties are charged when you breach. No mandate, no goals—by design. 3. Create goals on the website: add the site pattern, choose Do Less or Do More, set your daily rate, penalties, and optional respite and cooldown. The extension will start tracking and enforcing. 4. Use the dashboard (optional): enable "Use as new tab page" in the extension so every new tab shows your goals and charts. Or open the dashboard from the popup when you want a look. 🔒 PRIVACY AND DATA Time is tracked per goal and per day, and stored in your account so you can see history and breach history. The extension only talks to the ScreenLeash service and Razorpay for payments. No selling of your data; the product is about your goals, not your profile. ✅ IN SHORT ScreenLeash is for the gap between "I don't want to open this site" and "I opened it again." It doesn't rely on willpower alone. It adds a line, visibility, and consequences—so that over time, the habit of "just checking" runs into the habit of "I don't want to pay for this," and the second one gets a say. If that's the kind of accountability you've been looking for, give it a try. Your future self might thank you. ScreenLeash: Track. Set limits. Get accountable.