Thumbsight counts every reel and Short you watch, shows which topics and creators take your time, and helps you scroll less with gentle breaks, not hard blocks. Everything stays on your phone.
"2 hours on Instagram" doesn't help you change anything. Knowing you watched 140 reels, mostly late at night, mostly from five creators, and felt worse afterwards does.
Instagram: 2 h 04 min
142 reels · 61% comedy · 48 min after midnight · 9 AI-labelled · you rated it "not worth it"
Thumbsight works quietly while you use your apps as normal. Then it shows you the patterns and gives you tools that actually change them.
Thumbsight notices each time you swipe to a new reel or Short and keeps an accurate count, live.
A small pill over the reel shows today's count as you scroll.
Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Snapchat, Moj, Josh and Chingari, plus popular YouTube builds.
See how much time goes to reels versus full-length videos.
Counts the Instagram stories you view and who posted them.
Every reel is sorted into a topic on your phone, so you can see what your feed is feeding you.
Comedy, fitness, tech, food and more, worked out on the device from captions and hashtags.
The creators who hold your attention longest, with their profile pictures.
How many reels were AI-made, paid partnerships, or pushed by friends' likes and reposts.
When you scroll, how long sessions drift between topics, and how much is after midnight.
No hard blocks you'll switch off in a week. Small moments of friction, right when you need them.
The counter turns amber every few reels or minutes, and once at bedtime.
Every N reels, solve a quick sum or tick off a to-do to keep watching.
Mark a to-do "before reels" and the gate stays until it's done.
Stricter rules for study or sleep hours, locked with a friend's code.
Scrolling less is half the job. Thumbsight also helps you get a feed worth watching.
Set limits per topic, and say what you're here for before you start.
Pick what you want less and more of, get simple steps, and see your feed shift over days.
Day-by-day programs that check your progress automatically and award badges.
"This week you learned about…" plus an optional save list for useful reels.
Numbers are only half the story. Thumbsight also asks how you feel.
A quick before-and-after mood check shows how reels really leave you feeling.
One daily score from screen time, reels, pickups, quick checks and phone-free breaks.
How far your thumb scrolled, what that time could have been, and week vs last week.
Today's count and to-dos at a glance.
Habits stick better when someone's watching with you.
Swap codes with friends. Fewest reels in 7 days wins.
Send your weekly card to a friend on WhatsApp.
Six shareable cards on your last 30 days.
Messages sent, Snapchat streak alerts, calls, and social vs productive apps. Counts only, never content.
Screen-time dashboards, app blockers and the apps' own timers all help a little. None of them were built to understand short-form video.
| Feature | Thumbsight | Built-in screen time | App blockers | In-app time limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counts each reel and Short | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Shows the topics you watch | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Top creators and how long they hold you | ✓ | – | – | – |
| AI-made and sponsored reel tracking | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Short-form vs long-form time | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Breaks after a number of reels | ✓ | – | ~ | – |
| Puzzle or to-do gate instead of a hard block | ✓ | – | ~ | – |
| Daily time limits | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| One view across many short-video apps | ✓ | ~ | ~ | – |
| Mood check-ins before and after scrolling | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Friend challenges and shareable Wrapped | ✓ | – | ~ | – |
| No account, nothing leaves your phone | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | – |
| Built by a company that doesn't profit from your scroll | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
A short, plain-language tour explains exactly what Thumbsight reads and why, before you agree to anything.
Allow Thumbsight in Android's accessibility settings. It only works inside short-video apps.
Your counts, topics and patterns build up on their own. Add limits and Focus Play whenever you're ready.
Thumbsight has no account, no server, no ads and no analytics. Here's exactly how it treats your data.
Everything is processed and stored on your phone. Nothing is ever sent to us or anyone else.
A reel's caption is used to guess its topic, then thrown away. Only the topic is kept.
Chat and call stats are off by default. When on, they keep counts and names only, never what anyone said.
Thumbsight never taps, skips, likes or blocks anything in other apps. It only shows its own screens.
It pauses itself when a payment or bank app opens, so those apps work normally.
Back up to a file you control, or delete everything with one tap in Settings.
Not yet. iOS doesn't let one app see what another app shows, so Thumbsight can't count reels on iPhone. It's built for Android.
No. Thumbsight never stores what a message says. Chat and call stats are off unless you turn them on, and even then only counts, times and display names are kept, on your phone.
No. It never taps, skips or blocks anything inside other apps. It shows nudges, break screens and Focus Play gates over reels, and you decide what to do next.
No. There is no account, no server, no ads and no analytics. Everything is processed and stored on your phone, and you can delete it all from Settings.
It's the only way Android lets an app notice when you swipe to a new reel. Thumbsight uses it only inside short-video apps, never in other apps, and pauses itself when a payment or bank app opens.
Thumbsight is in development and heading to Google Play. Join the early access list to try it first.
Be one of the first to try Thumbsight on Android. We'll email you when early access opens.
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