How often are you on your iPhone? Screen Time will tell you.

Screen Time, a new iPhone feature, monitors your phone usage, including how much time you spend using certain apps. Credit: TNS/Apple
NAME Screen Time
WHAT IT IS This feature that comes with Apple’s iOS 12 upgrade lets you know how much time you’re spending on your iPhone.
HOW MUCH Free
COMPATIBLE WITH iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, requires iOS
WHAT’S GOOD Screen Time sends a summary notification each Sunday with a link to see the detailed usage of every app you've been using.
The weekly report will tell you on average how many hours and minutes each day you use your phone. The report also lists the day of the week you use your phone the most, the first app you use after pickup, how often you unlock the phone, how many times each day you use email and Safari, how many messages you send each day, most-used apps, the number of notifications you receive and more.
Screen Time, which can be found under iOS Settings, can also be helpful for setting screen time limits for you and your kids. You can set up downtime, which will prevent you from using certain apps during the times you set and also set hard time limits for apps.
You can set your kids' iPhone to shut down any or all apps after the amount of time you set. The limit is customizable per day, and Screen Time has its own passcode so your kids will have more trouble trying to bypass it. (For more information, go to Apple's Screen Time support page at support.apple.com/en-us/HT208982.)
WHAT’S NOT You may be frightened to find out how much time you spend on your phone.
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