Log Study Time From Your Phone

The extension only sees your desktop browser - but your phone study still counts. Add it from your dashboard here, or from the extension on your computer.

On this website

  1. Check your phone's screen time

    Open Screen Time (iPhone) or Digital Wellbeing (Android) and find how long you used the Japanese app or site you studied on that day.

    A phone's Screen Time report showing today's app usage, including a Japanese study app

  2. Open the site and sign in

    Go to japanesesystem.com in your phone's browser and sign in with the same Google account your extension is connected to. You'll find "Studied away from the browser?" on both Home and your Dashboard.

    The dashboard on a phone, with a "Studied away from the browser?" box and a "Log offline study" button above the study totals

  3. Tap "Log offline study"

    Type or pick what you studied, choose a category, set the duration and the day, then save. One entry can be up to 6 hours - split a longer day into separate entries.

    The Log offline study form on a phone, with Anki chosen as the activity, Kanji as the category, 45 minutes as the duration and Today as the date

  4. It counts everywhere

    Your totals, streak and goals on this site update straight away. The extension on your computer picks the entry up the next time you open it. Logged something by mistake? Delete it under "Offline Study" on your dashboard.

    The dashboard after logging, confirming the entry was logged and showing 45 minutes under Today, This Week, This Month and All Time
Open your dashboard

Or from the extension

Prefer to do it at your computer? The extension has the same form, and it works without an account.

  1. Open your extension dashboard

    Click the Japanese System icon in your Chrome toolbar, then click "Open Dashboard" in the popup.

    The extension popup showing your streak and an "Open Dashboard" button

  2. Scroll to Recent Activity

    On the dashboard, scroll past "Activity Insights" to the "Recent Activity" card.

    The dashboard's Activity Insights and Recent Activity sections

  3. Click "Log offline"

    In the top-right of the Recent Activity card, click the "Log offline" button to open the manual entry form.

    The "Log offline" button in the Recent Activity card

  4. Fill in the form and save

    In the "Log offline study" form, type the app or site name under Activity, pick a Category, enter the Duration, confirm the Date, then click "Save session".

    The Log offline study form with Activity, Category, Duration, and Date fields

  5. It syncs automatically

    Your entry syncs to your account on its own within about 5 minutes - watch the sync status in the top-right of the dashboard turn to "Synced just now". In a hurry? Click it to sync right away.

    The dashboard's top navigation bar showing a "Synced just now" status

Why isn't this automatic?

Chrome extensions only run inside a desktop browser, so Japanese System has no way to see what you study on your phone directly. Logging it manually keeps your full immersion time accurate for now - a mobile app that tracks this automatically is on the roadmap once there are enough learners on the site to justify building it.

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