my screen time doesn't add up

can someone explain where all this screen time is coming from?


i dont have the “share across device” option on. the screen time of Individual apps add up to about 3 to 4 hours less than what's shown as the total in screen time. 


also in the chart shown by categories, there is a a gray category that has a similar time to the time difference i mentioned earlier

iPhone X, iOS 14

Posted on Nov 10, 2020 10:50 PM

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Posted on Nov 11, 2020 3:54 AM

Understanding Screen Time Graph (Grey Bar explained)

All apps have been assigned to certain categories in iTunes. Screen Time has chosen top 8 categories and have put all remaining categories in a category called "Others".


There are 9 Categories in Screen Time

  1. Social Networking: FaceBook, Hangout, Instagram
  2. Games : Scrabble, PUBG
  3. Entertainment: Netflix, Amazon Music
  4. Creativity: Photos, Google Photos
  5. Productivity: HDFC Bank
  6. Education: SkyView, Learn Python
  7. Reading & Reference: Kindle, NDTV
  8. Health & Fitness: BeatO, Health, Activity
  9. Others : Big Basket, 


The graph displays top 3 (Time used by user) category legends in X axis. Anything other than these legend categories is Grey bar in the graph


For example:

If the user has used Social Networking, Reading and Reference and Others category apps for the maximum time during a time span. The graph will show these three categories in the X axis as legends and remaining categories (Remaining apps which has used less than 6 min account for what is being shown in Grey Colour.


See the pic below explained


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Nov 11, 2020 3:54 AM in response to hastislsl

Understanding Screen Time Graph (Grey Bar explained)

All apps have been assigned to certain categories in iTunes. Screen Time has chosen top 8 categories and have put all remaining categories in a category called "Others".


There are 9 Categories in Screen Time

  1. Social Networking: FaceBook, Hangout, Instagram
  2. Games : Scrabble, PUBG
  3. Entertainment: Netflix, Amazon Music
  4. Creativity: Photos, Google Photos
  5. Productivity: HDFC Bank
  6. Education: SkyView, Learn Python
  7. Reading & Reference: Kindle, NDTV
  8. Health & Fitness: BeatO, Health, Activity
  9. Others : Big Basket, 


The graph displays top 3 (Time used by user) category legends in X axis. Anything other than these legend categories is Grey bar in the graph


For example:

If the user has used Social Networking, Reading and Reference and Others category apps for the maximum time during a time span. The graph will show these three categories in the X axis as legends and remaining categories (Remaining apps which has used less than 6 min account for what is being shown in Grey Colour.


See the pic below explained


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