After nearly four years of (supposedly) tracking everything we do on our Apple devices, Screen Time looks like it’s here to stay. That’s a good thing, for the most part — who amongst us wouldn’t do well with a strict Twitter browsing limit for the day? — but there’s one major thing holding the feature back: Screen Time itself. Screen Time is broken. Very broken. A quick Reddit search turns up many, many iOS users complaining about what many are calling a “major bug.” And we’ve encountered it firsthand.
The crux of the problem is that Screen Time is registering Safari use when the app isn’t even in use. Screen Time reports end up showing a ludicrous number of hours spent on a single website, even when the user hasn’t directly spent more than a few minutes on it. Some users even say Screen Time is reporting sites they’ve never accessed or apps they don’t have installed.
