Screen time — Limits and requests

The Time screen lets you control how many hours your child can use the computer each day, define access schedules, set up a special mode for homework hours, and manage the extra time requests your child sends when they reach their limit.

Unlike other sections of the panel, the Time screen always works on a specific device. The first thing you should do every time you open it is select the child’s device from the selector at the top.

The two main tabs

The Time screen is divided into two tabs:

Today: shows the current day’s status — how much time has been used on the device, what extra time requests your child has sent, and gives you quick access to actions like adding time or resetting the counter.
Settings: where you define the rules applied each day — the hour limit, extra time presets, per-app limits, study mode, and access schedules.

Today tab

What you see on this screen

The Today tab shows a clear view of today’s device usage:

Control status: A visual indicator showing whether time control is active on the device. If control is disabled, the child can browse without a time limit even if one is configured.

Time used: How much time the child has been using the device today. The counter updates in real time while the agent is active.

Time remaining: The hours and minutes left until the daily limit you have configured. When it reaches zero, browsing is automatically blocked until the next day or until you manually add time.

Usage history: A chart or list showing activity peaks throughout the day — at what times the device was active and for how long in each window.

Pending requests: If your child has sent extra time requests, they appear here with the amount of time requested. You can approve or reject them directly from this screen.

Available actions in Today

Action	What it does
Approve request	Adds the time your child requested to today’s available time, without changing the limit configured for future days.
Reject request	Your child sees their request was denied and the limit stays the same.
Add time now	Grants additional minutes manually, regardless of whether there is a pending request. Useful when you decide to give more time on the spot.
Reset time	Sets today’s counter to zero. The child gets the full limit again as if it were the start of the day.
Disable control today	Disables the time limit for the current day without deleting the configuration for future days. Useful for weekends or special days.

How to handle your child’s time requests

When your child reaches the configured time limit, browsing is blocked and a screen appears informing them they have hit their limit. On that screen, the child can send an extra time request specifying how much additional time they need.

You receive that request in the Today tab and can also get a notification if you have alerts configured in Settings → Notifications.

Usage tip: Establishing a clear family policy about time requests — when they are approved and when they are not — makes the system work much better. If your child knows the conditions in advance (for example, “if you have finished your homework, I will approve 30 more minutes”), requests become a positive negotiation tool rather than a conflict point.

Settings tab

The Settings tab is where you establish the rules applied each day. Changes you make here affect future days; they do not change what has already happened today.

Daily limit

The daily limit defines how many hours your child can browse on the device each day. When that time runs out, browsing is automatically blocked until the next day or until you manually add time.

To configure it:

Select the child’s device.
In the Settings tab, enable the daily limit option.
Define the allowed hours and minutes.
Save. The change takes effect from the next day.

What counts as “screen time”? The agent measures the time the Windows user is active on the device with the proxy running. It does not distinguish between “educational time” and “leisure time” — you make that distinction by configuring study mode for homework hours.

Extra time presets

Presets are time shortcuts you can use when you want to grant extra time quickly. Instead of typing an amount each time, you define common values in advance like “+15 minutes”, “+30 minutes”, or “+1 hour”. When you receive a request or want to add time from the Today tab, you can choose one of these presets with a single click.

To configure them, go to the Settings tab and edit the extra time presets with the values you use most frequently.

Per-app limits

If you have app reporting active in the agent, you can define how much time the child can use specific applications, independently of the general browsing limit.

For example: you can allow 2 hours of general browsing but only 30 minutes of Roblox or Minecraft. When the child exceeds the limit for that application, the agent closes or blocks it, but the rest of browsing remains available.

To add an app limit:

Click Add app limit.
Type the process name as it appears in the system (for example, robloxplayerlauncher.exe).
Define the maximum daily time for that application.
Save.

If you do not know the exact process name, you can find it in Activity → Applications, where the agent already reports which processes it has seen running.

Study mode

Study mode defines a list of allowed domains during the hours you have marked as homework time. When study mode is active, any website not on that list is blocked, regardless of the normal protection rules.

This is ideal for when your child says they are doing homework but is actually gaming or on social media: during study hours, they can only access the websites you have explicitly approved.

To configure it:

Enable study mode from the Settings tab.
Define the study period schedule (for example, 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM Monday through Friday).
Add the domains your child needs for homework: the school website, educational platforms, online libraries, etc.
Save.

During that schedule, the agent applies a strict whitelist: only the domains you have added are accessible. Everything else is blocked even if it does not appear in the normal Protection rules.

Access schedules

In addition to the daily limit and study mode, you can define time windows during which the device is available. Outside those windows, browsing is blocked regardless of remaining time.

For example:

Allow the device Monday to Friday from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Allow the device on weekends from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
Completely block the device between 10:00 PM and 8:00 AM every day.

Schedules complement the daily limit: the child can use the device only during allowed windows AND only until the daily time runs out. Whichever limit is hit first blocks access.

Common problems

The counter does not move even though the child is using the PC

Possible causes:

The agent is not active on the device. Check in Devices that the last contact is recent.
You selected the wrong device in the Today tab.
The child is using a different Windows user account where the agent is not configured.

The limit runs out but the child keeps browsing

Verify that time control is enabled (not manually disabled for that day).
Check that the agent has recent contact with the panel — if it has been more than 10 minutes without communicating, it may be applying an older version of the configuration.
Verify that the browser the child uses passes through the agent’s local proxy.

Study mode hours do not match real schedule

The system uses the configured time zone to determine when study mode or schedules activate. If the schedule does not match what you expect, go to Settings → Appearance and confirm the time zone is correctly set.

My child’s requests do not reach me as notifications

To receive notifications for time requests, go to Settings → Notifications and enable time request alerts. You can receive them by email if you have SMTP configured, or by Telegram if you have that integration active.