UsageNotch for Android 1.3.0 — scanner for every phone, history, live countdown

UsageNotch for Android 1.3.0 adds a scanner that works on every phone, your history, pace warnings, a live countdown and a lot of polish.

Scanning fixed

• The QR scanner is now built into the app, so it works on phones where "Scan QR code" said the scanner wasn't available. It asks for the camera when you open it. Frames stay in memory and are never saved.
• Torch button, and Scan a screenshot instead using Android's photo picker.
• When it finds your PC, the frame turns into a pill with your PC's name and a confirming tap.

Easier internet sync

• Turn on internet sync in UsageNotch for Windows 2.4 (two clicks). The phone picks it up by itself the next time it's on the same Wi-Fi as your PC. No new code to scan.

See more

• Tap a ring and it grows into a full-screen view: a large ring, the pace forecast and a 24-hour chart you can scrub with your finger, with light haptic ticks. The back gesture shrinks it away.
• History tab: 7 or 30 days of daily usage, total, daily average, busiest day, your streak, and a weekday × hour map of your busiest times. Days and hours without readings are shown as no data. Needs Windows 2.4.
• Pace under each limit, such as "At this pace: limit around 4:10 PM".

Know before you run out

• Live countdown: an ongoing notification with the percentage and a countdown to the reset, also on the lock screen. On Android 16 it's a Live Update with a status-bar chip.
• Usage alerts at 80% and 95%, and "runs out in about 1 h 30 min at this pace" when a limit would run out before it resets. Each fires once per reset period.
• Quick Settings tile with the percentage; tap it to refresh. Add it from the Widgets tab in one tap.
• Reset alerts now vibrate gently.

Polish

• Wallpaper colors (Material You) on Android 12+, and a themed monochrome icon.
• Percentages roll digit by digit, rings spring to new readings and glow above 90%, and a glass copy of the dock follows you as you scroll (blurred on Android 12+).
• Predictive back from any tab. Reduce motion turns the animations off.
• Widgets can go on the lock screen on devices that support it.

Download UsageNotch-1.3.0.apk on your phone. It installs over earlier versions and keeps your pairing. Works with UsageNotch for Windows 2.3; history and pace need 2.4 (installed copies update automatically). The APK is signed with the same key as before (certificate SHA-256 ddafa1fb472f7ee28c91c7badab1930e5ba9b8a7e78b96ad33bec36798148091).