How to know how much time you spend using WhatsApp per day

Do you think you spend too much time using WhatsApp? Would you like to measure the minutes and hours you spend per day hooked on the application? Surely on certain occasions family or friends have given you a warning about how much you spend inside. Perhaps it would be convenient to know the exact time to be more aware of the use that you give to WhatsApp. This is very easy installing some applications that will give you this data.

If you have an iPhone, you won't even need to have one, simply by entering Settings, Battery, you can see the minutes you spend in each app , both in the last 24 hours and in the last 10 days.However, here are some of the applications that will let you know if you really are addicted to WhatsApp, or if, on the contrary, the problem is not as serious as it seems.

Quality Time

This application is one of those that will let you know how much time you use WhatsApp per day. And not only from this service, but also from others such as Instagram or Facebook. In other words, with Quality Time you will be able to know the number of minutes and hours you spend in each app. Its interface is very simple, being able to control the weather at all times with real-time statistics. We can say that QualityTime offers a detailed analysis of the use of your smartphone. In addition, it offers the possibility of creating usage restrictions such as "Alerts" and the "Rest" function, which will allow you to disappear from WhatsApp for as long as you want.

If you create a QualityTime account you will be able to see detailed information for up to 6 months, and a backup copy will be made in the cloud.Among some of its main characteristics we can summarize the following:

• Daily and weekly summary, with the exact time of use and the number of times you enter WhatsApp
• Ability to expand to view hourly usage on a selected date.
• Ability to touch any app to record usage history specific to that app.

App Usage

This application is free and will allow you to keep an exact control of the daily use that you give to WhastApp. It even has an option for you to know the number of notifications you receive and the exact time of the notifications. To all this we must add that you can schedule a daily time for the app to notify you if you exceed it. Imagine that you only want to use WhatsApp one hour a day, when you exceed those 60 minutes an alarm will sound for you to leave the service aside.

These are some of its main functions:

• Use history of WhatsApp and other apps: collect usage time
• Query history: Count how many times you query the device
• Activity history: records the time you open WhatsApp and other apps
• Notification History: Shows the time notifications were posted
• Excess usage warning: alerts you when you use the device or WhatsApp for a long time
• Most Used Apps: Displays the most used apps in a widget or notification
• Installation Tracking: Track installed and uninstalled apps
• Installation notice: notifies you when apps are installed and does a daily summary
• App management: uninstall apps with a touch and organize them using various options

Your Hour

Another of the applications that will help you to know the time of use that you give to WhatsApp is Your Hour. Once you install it and give permissions, every time you open WhatsApp on your phone it will show an overlay counter that will tell you in real time how many minutes and seconds you have insideof the application that day. In this way, you will be able to keep track of the exact time you spend in the service in detail.

Note that Your Hour establishes by default a maximum daily WhatsApp usage limit of half an hour. Don't worry, because if it seems little to you and you want to upload it, you can do it from the app settings. Initially the counter appears green, but it turns orange as you get closer to the end of time. If you ignore it and go too far, the counter will turn red.

If you want to know the usage time of WhatsApp, all you have to do is go to the Monitoring section in the application settings. In Auto Lock you can establish if you want WhatsApp to be blocked automatically if you exceed the limit established for that day. Choose in the Floating Clock section if you want the superimposed counter to appear that we explained a little above.

Usage time (IOS)

iOS 12 has the Time of Use function, which, like the previous apps, will allow you to limit the time you use WhatsApp and have other data, such as the notifications you send. Really, to know the exact time you spend in the app you will have to enter the battery in settingsHere you will see the exact minutes that you spend inside the application or with activity in the background.

If you think it's too much, to restrict it go to Screen Time and set a limit under “App usage limits”. You will receive a notification when the established usage time is reached. It is also possible to schedule a rest time so that during the time you decide you cannot use WhatsApp or anyone else can contact you.