YouTube Time

Prevent procrastination by setting a daily time limit for your YouTube usage.

What is YouTube Time?

'YouTube Time' is a Chrome extension that features a countdown timer indicating your daily YouTube usage. You can configure your daily time limit and even customize it for each day of the week. Additionally, it has the option to pause the timer when YouTube is minimized or out of focus. For occasional necessary usage, it offers a temporary override mode. YouTube Time is a tool for managing your online time and stopping procrastination effectively.

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By: Chris Smith

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 4.47 (58)

Version: 1.4.5 (Last updated: 2020-11-30)

Creation date: 2020-06-18

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
storage

Size: 84.30K

Email: ch*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 8401 ▼ 36

Other rankings

#7404 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 5

#16 in limit keyword 17 ▼ 1

#23 in youtube keyword 87 ▲ 2

#27 in usage keyword 14

#28 in override keyword 22 ▼ 1

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Extension summary

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Features:

Countdown timer: visible in the extension icon and popup window
Configurable daily time limit (found in the options page)
Ability to customize your time limit for each day of the week
Additional options for adjusting when the timer resets each day and whether to pause the timer when YouTube is minimized/out of focus
Temporary override mode in case you need to watch a video after the time limit has expired (with a configurable override limit)

YouTube Time is open source. You can find the source code here: https://github.com/ChrisSmith2/YouTube-Time

Changelog: 1.4.5

Stopped the timer from running on music.youtube.com

1.4.4

User reviews

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Pros

Very useful for managing time spent on YouTube.
Helps overcome procrastination.
Allows users to set time limits and block YouTube on certain days.
Provides an option to override time limits when necessary.

Cons

Override system frequently fails, causing frustration.
Cannot change settings after they are set.
Override function does not work well with playlists including 'watch later.'
Timer stops working or resets incorrectly at times.

Most mentioned

Override mode issues.
Timer and settings functionality problems.
Effective for reducing YouTube consumption.

Recent reviews

great but still there are some glitches

Vedansh, 2024-10-01

worked well until recently. stopped resetting time automatically. so each next day I have to do this manually.

Lesyk Mahula, 2024-05-12

Override mode isn't working! You can follow the Limit extension and try to merge with your features. That's would be nice and hope will serve the purpose as well.