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The iPhone is our constant companion and it is impossible to imagine everyday life without it. Usually only a hand movement away, we carry the iPhone around with us all day. And so we activate and use the device very often every day, sometimes even (unconsciously) more often than we would actually like. If you’ve always wondered how often a day you pick up your iPhone and which apps you then use, we will show you below how you can easily find out!
requirements
To find out how often a day you pick up your iPhone and activate it, we make use of the “screen time” function. With the screen time you can analyze your iPhone usage behavior and – somewhat hidden – see the information about the activations. The prerequisite for this is of course that you have activated screen time so that you can already access data on your usage behavior.
If you have not yet activated the function on your iPhone, you have to switch it on in the Settings app under “Screen time” → “Activate screen time”. When asked whether this iPhone is for you or your child, you tap on “My iPhone”. If you have now activated screen time, you must first collect data for a few days in order to be able to continue with the next step.
Show iPhone activations per week
If you have already activated screen time and used it for a few days, go to “Screen time” in the settings app and tap on “Show all activities” in the main view. Make sure that the “Weekly” tab is selected at the top and scrolls down to the “Activations” category.
Here you can now see how often you have activated your iPhone in the current week on average. In our example there are an average of 57 activations per day. The highest number of activations were recorded on Tuesday (73), while the total number of activations this week is 286. With a tap on the arrow in the top left, you get to the data for the entire last week. For a better understanding: Activations mean here how often you have picked up your iPhone and unlocked it.
Under the subheading “1. Use after activation ”you can see which apps you used first after switching on your iPhone and how often you did this. In our example you can see that in the current week we have opened WhatsApp 33 times after switching on the iPhone.
If you want to see the days on which you used an app particularly often after switching on the iPhone, tap on it to go to the detailed view. If you now tap on a bar in the diagram, the exact value for the respective day will be displayed.
Show iPhone activations per day
In addition to the weekly view, which gives a general impression of the iPhone activations, you can also look at the values for individual days.
Simply tap on a bar in the diagram to show the activations for a specific day. You will then see on the one hand when you activated your iPhone for the first time (in our example at 12:33 a.m.) and on the other hand, how often you have switched your iPhone on in total (in our example 71 times). In the small bar chart you can also see at what time of day you picked up your iPhone and how often.
Here, too, you can see which apps you used first after activation. With a tap on the app you get to the detailed view, in which the app usage is shown broken down by hours.
With the help of the screen time function and the “Activations” area, you can now easily analyze your own iPhone usage behavior and – if you come to the conclusion that you pick it up too often and switch it on – steer it back into healthier paths and use it to reduce.
Source: iPhone Tricks