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Vetroscope Docs

Your first run

Sign in or create an account

Section titled “Sign in or create an account”

Vetroscope requires an account. On first launch, register with an email and password or choose Continue with Google. New accounts start a 14-day trial with full access to all Vetroscope features. See Plans and trial for what happens after trial expires.

The tray window

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Vetroscope lives in your menu bar (macOS) or system tray (Windows). Click the tray icon to open the app, or press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+B anywhere. Click the pin in the header to keep the window open while you work in other apps.

On macOS you can also show today’s tracked time right next to the tray icon: Settings → Activity Tracking → Show time in menu bar. This is enabled by default.

Finding your way around

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The bottom of the tray window has five tabs:

  • Home — The main dashboard where today’s total, your apps, breakdowns, tags, and what’s playing are shown.
  • Charts — See app/tag activity over a day, week, month, or year with a quick graphical view.
  • Chat — A conversational chat agent that queries your Vetroscope data.
  • Activity — A scrollable feed of all screen time activity (limited to 24 hours).
  • Settings — For app configuration.

Four more views open as their own windows from the header on the Home page:

The welcome tour

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The first launch walks you through the basics. Tracking starts on its own the moment the app is running — there are no timers to start and nothing to remember. Open Vetroscope after an hour of normal work and you’ll see your day filling in.

Next steps

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