Audit Weekly Family Screen Time Against Outdoor Activity Goals — Free
Excessive screen time displaces healthy outdoor activity. Compare daily screen minutes against outdoor play time using healthy ratio targets.
The proof surface
Screen time apps track phone usage. This evaluates screen time relative to outdoor activity for every family member, flagging balance deficits.
Why the flat version breaks
Tracking screens without tracking movement
Focusing only on device caps without encouraging outdoor activity.
Treating educational screens as physical activity
Screen tasks still involve sedentary seating time regardless of content.
Setting unrealistic zero-screen goals
Gradual ratio adjustments build sustainable family habits better than sudden bans.
How to work the screen balance chart
Enter total daily device and TV screen time per family member.
Record time spent in active outdoor play, sports, or walking.
Enter target ratio limit (e.g. 1.5 screen minutes per outdoor minute).
Identify family members exceeding balanced screen-to-outdoor ratios.
What the screen balance chart replaces
| Question | Before | Visible working |
|---|---|---|
| Tracking screens without tracking movement | Focusing only on device caps without encouraging outdoor activity. | Log outdoor activity minutes |
| Treating educational screens as physical activity | Screen tasks still involve sedentary seating time regardless of content. | Set target ratio limit |
| Setting unrealistic zero-screen goals | Gradual ratio adjustments build sustainable family habits better than sudden bans. | View excess screen time |
A local arithmetic aid replaces hand calculation, not expert review. No paid AI service is needed.
Run it on the samples, right here
FIRST-LOAD
Input is processed locally and a draft is saved automatically in this browser profile when storage is available. Reset to sample clears that draft; Pro history has its own clear button. A state link encodes your inputs in its URL: share only non-sensitive rows. Browser history, clipboard and anyone receiving the link may retain it. Optional AI use below leaves this device; it is not required.
Screen time balance arithmetic. Not medical or psychological advice; establish health habits appropriate for your family.
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the screen balance chart: your family member | daily screen minutes | outdoor activity minutes stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Go deeper: the companion app files the same reading as a plotted bar chart sheet
The article demo above runs without limits. The companion app keeps a local history, exports the rows as CSV, prints the screen balance chart reading, and holds your drafts on this device — one free run, then $ 4 one-time for the layer that keeps filing.
The screen balance chart reading is complete for free. The optional $4 layer adds print, row CSV and the last five local reading summaries; it does not add hidden answers. Checkout is not configured yet; the article demo remains unlimited.
Open the audit weekly family screen time against outdoor activity goals companionBoundary
Screen time balance arithmetic. Not medical or psychological advice; establish health habits appropriate for your family.
What this is built on
- Method: Enter target ratio limit (e.g. 1.5 screen minutes per outdoor minute).
- All sample records are invented examples. The app does not fetch measurements, policies, files or personal records.
- Google’s official pricing page, fetched 2026-09-28, lists free-tier access including AI Studio. Optional formatting only; limits and availability can change. Free-tier content may be used to improve products. Never paste private records there.
Before: Focusing only on device caps without encouraging outdoor activity. After: the screen balance chart shows the working beside each named row so the reader can change the assumption and inspect the consequence.
Optional AI formatting, not calculation
For this screen balance chart, use the free AI Studio interface only if available to you, with no paid API key. Manual entry completes the same workflow for free. Supply only fictional or non-sensitive notes. Review its output against the source; never paste unresolved questions into the numeric rows.
Format my non-sensitive notes for a screen balance chart. Return plain rows only: family member | daily screen minutes | outdoor activity minutes. Preserve supplied quantities exactly. Do not guess missing values; list questions separately. Do not calculate or add advice. I will check every row before pasting into the local tool.
Accepted schema: family member | daily screen minutes | outdoor activity minutes. No AI response is executed as code.