
Screen Time / Usage Summary
Design the mobile Screen Time summary view that shows how the day was spent across apps and categories. This is a system-level screen, so it should feel calm, factual, and easy to scan without looking like an app dashboard.
The main structure is a daily bar chart at the top, with a clear breakdown below it: total usage, app list, category totals, and any limit indicators. The screen should make it obvious what took the most time and where the limits are being hit.
Treat the chart as the anchor and the lists as the explanation. Users should be able to compare today against the rest of the week, then drill into which apps are driving each category. Keep the hierarchy tight so the summary reads fast on a phone.
The interesting part is balancing detail with restraint: enough information to understand habits at a glance, but not so much that the screen feels busy or judgmental. Limits need to be visible as part of the usage story, not bolted on afterward.
Use one visual language for both usage and limits, so blocked time, remaining time, and over-limit states feel like variations of the same system rather than separate widgets.
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