Soft Halo - Website Time Awareness

See the session and daily time you spend on websites, with configurable limits and progressive nudges.

Soft Halo — Website Time Awareness Know where your browsing time goes, and choose when to take a break. Soft Halo displays a timer while you browse, tracks your website usage, and provides configurable nudges and limits. Use it to stay aware of time spent on social media, entertainment, news, or any websites you choose. WEBSITE GROUPS Organize websites into groups with shared settings. Time follows the group as you move between its websites, so switching sites does not start a fresh allowance. Subdomains are included automatically. TIMERS AND PROGRESSIVE NUDGES See your session and daily browsing time. Configure first and second nudges to remind you before reaching a limit. Adjust the timer’s appearance to suit your screen and preferences. SESSION LIMITS, DAILY LIMITS AND SCHEDULES Set limits for individual browsing sessions or the day, and configure schedules for restricted access. Soft Halo blocks matching websites when the configured restriction applies. PASSWORD-AUTHORIZED ADDITIONAL TIME Set a local password to protect settings and authorize additional time when a hard limit is reached. Reminder acknowledgment is separate from authorization to extend a hard limit. USAGE HISTORY Review your recorded website usage to understand your browsing habits and adjust your groups and limits. PRIVATE BROWSING CONTROLS Private browsing support requires you to enable “Allow in Incognito” in Chrome’s extension settings. Choose whether private browsing time counts toward shared limits. Separately, choose whether private website history is not saved, retained only for the private session, or kept on this device. Blocked private tabs may display Chrome’s blocked-page screen. Use the Soft Halo toolbar popup to access the relevant controls. TRIAL AND ACTIVATION Start a 14-day free trial from the extension, or activate an existing purchase in Settings. Internet access is required for activation. The standalone extension does not require the Soft Halo desktop application. LOCAL DATA AND SUPPORT Recorded browsing history and settings are stored locally in your browser profile. The extension connects to Soft Halo’s licensing service for activation and licence verification. You can export a support bundle from Settings when troubleshooting. IMPORTANT Soft Halo is a browsing-awareness and self-management tool. It is not a tamper-proof parental-control system. Private windows are not tracked or limited unless you grant the browser’s Incognito permission. Browser-internal pages and other restricted pages may not support the timer.