Analytics to help you understand and control your website usage, leading to less distractions and enhanced productivity

Latest Version

Version
1.42.6
Update
October 22, 2024
Size
7.09MiB
Developer
stayfreeapps.com
Category
Users
200,000+
Rating
4.7582 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
Deutsch
English (United States)
Français
Español
Italiano
Português (Brasil)
日本語
한국어
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Permissions
Alarms
Tabs
Storage
Notifications
WebNavigation
Scripting
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StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics Extension

✦ What is StayFree?

StayFree - Web Analytics & Screen Time Tracker is an analytics, self control, productivity, and web addiction controller extension. Now featuring \"YouTube Plus,\" StayFree provides analytics to help you understand and control your internet usage, with enhanced capabilities specifically for YouTube. Get daily website usage statistics, identify factors leading to distractions (such as advertisements you have seen), and focus your time by restricting the usage of distracting websites, including customizable YouTube viewing experiences.

✦ What makes StayFree special?

✔ We are now multi-platform! StayFree is the highest rated screen time & self control app on the Play Store
✔ Extremely fast and user-friendly interface
✔ Most accurate usage statistics
✔ Quick customer support
✔ New! YouTube Plus: Customize your YouTube experience to save time and avoid distractions

StayFree - Web Analytics & Screen Time Tracker helps you:
📵 Overcome web addiction
🔋 Stay focused
😌 Gain self-control
📱 Reduce screen time
🛡 Reduce distraction
💯 Boost productivity
🤳 Unplug more often
📈 Increase your digital wellbeing
🧠 Understand how you consume the web
👪 Spend quality time with family or yourself
💪 Reduce wasted time with digital detox

✦ Extension's Features:

★ Website usage history: Get statistics of your daily usage history.
★ Digital profile: Understand the kind of ads you're being shown and what websites are showing them.
★ Share usage across devices: Connect Android devices and other browsers to view website and mobile app usage in one place.
★ Over-use reminder: Get notified when you spend too much time on a website and start your digital detox.
★ Block mode: Temporarily block any website that you are over-using.
★ YouTube Plus: Enhance your YouTube experience with customizable features like hiding shorts, comments, top bar, recommended videos, disabling end cards, and autoplay.

✦ YOU ARE IMPORTANT

We'd really appreciate it if you could rate us 5 stars here on the Chrome Web Store. Your rating is crucial in establishing trust with our user base. If you have suggestions or want to see something improved, don't hesitate to reach out!

✦ CONTACT US

We love hearing from our users and getting their feedback! If you run into any issues with the app or have suggestions on what we can do to improve it, please send us an email: [email protected]


StayFree is built by Sensor Tower.
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Source Manifest.json

{
"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
"manifest_version":3,
"name":"__MSG_name__",
"description":"__MSG_description__",
"version":"1.42.6",
"icons":{"16":"icon-16.png",
"48":"icon-48.png",
"128":"icon-128.png"},
"default_locale":"en_US",
"permissions":["alarms",
"tabs",
"storage",
"notifications",
"webNavigation",
"scripting",
"favicon"],
"optional_permissions":["history"],
"host_permissions":["*://*/*"],
"web_accessible_resources":[{"resources":["assets/*",
"_favicon/*",
"*.css",
"*.png"],
"matches":["*://*/*"]}],
"background":{"service_worker":"background.js"},
"action":{"default_popup":"popup.html"},
"content_scripts":[{"matches":["*://*/*"],
"all_frames":true,
"run_at":"document_start",
"js":["content-scripts/ad-finder.js"]},{"matches":["*://*/*"],
"js":["content-scripts/auto-connect-redirect.js",
"content-scripts/prompt-collector.js"]},{"matches":["*://*/*"],
"run_at":"document_end",
"js":["content-scripts/block-website.js",
"content-scripts/keyword-blocking.js",
"content-scripts/usage-monitoring.js"]},{"matches":["*://*.facebook.com/*",
"*://*.instagram.com/*",
"*://*.snapchat.com/*",
"*://*.tiktok.com/*",
"*://*.x.com/*",
"*://*.youtube.com/*"],
"run_at":"document_end",
"css":["content-scripts/in-app-blocking.css"],
"js":["content-scripts/in-app-blocking.js"]},{"matches":["https://stayfreeapps.com/extension-get-started"],
"run_at":"document_start",
"js":["content-scripts/onboarding-redirect.js"]}]}
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How to download and manually install StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension file

Select and download the StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install StayFree - Website Blocker & Web Analytics extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Chethan (ID: 0000008356c1f5bf) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/08/2024 August 2024 edit: I am still using this amazing extension. The latest couple of features such as the Youtube in-app blocking and whitelisting certain channels are excellent. One small suggestion, when Youtube has been blocked by stayfree, it would be really helpful if the allowed channels are linked directly on the "StayFree YouTube was blocked!" page. It would make things much more accessible. I'm forever gonna use this extension nonetheless! Thank you, amazing StayFree team. (Old Review: The UI is awesome, and with all the features, this is a must-add extension! The Website blocker is an extremely handy feature especially for a student like me who got to stay as far as possible from all those online distractions. Not to Mention the very useful feature of web analytics which shows the exact amount of time I've been on various websites. At the end of the day, this is an amazing extension! Recommended!)

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Arjun Goel (ID: 000000a331ef25f5) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/02/2024 This is soooo amazing! It is exactly what I need. The one thing I highly recommend they change is so that you can set a screen time limit for a combined number of websites, and for the computer in general! But really good. Thanks for this extension! If you are going to use this, give it a 5 star review because this extension NEEDS to get out there. More people need to see this; it would help a lot of people manage and keep track of screen time. 👍👍👍

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Rami M (ID: 000000f588abc871) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/18/2024 Love that you can easily sync all your devices and have shared limits for all of them. The developers of StayFree built such an amazing product. The more I use the application and explore it's features, the more I'm amazed by the UX we're getting

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Daniel Delozier (ID: 000000a8791897c5) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/14/2024 This is such a good app

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CrazyDistructor (ID: 000000c41033f304) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/12/2024 Funziona alla grande