Gazenest - YouTube Habit Tracker Autor: ibasaw

YOU OPENED YOUTUBE FOR 5 MINUTES. THAT WAS 47 MINUTES AGO.

The average YouTube user watches around 312 hours per year. Thirteen full days. You probably have no idea how close you are to that number, because YouTube shows you what to watch next but never shows you what you have actually done.

Gazenest is the missing layer. Install, sign in, and watch YouTube exactly like you always do. Your dashboard fills up on its own.

Solo plan from 9.00 EUR per month. Your first numbers appear within 24 hours of normal use.

WHAT CHANGES FROM DAY ONE

• Every video you watch is logged automatically, across every device you sign in on, with zero effort on your part
• "Watched" badges appear directly on thumbnails everywhere on YouTube, so you stop rewatching videos you already decided were not worth your time
• One click hides already-seen videos from your homepage, so YouTube stops recycling the same content at you
• Star any video from your history to build a personal Favorites list you can actually return to
• Your full watch history lives in a dashboard at gazenest.com: searchable, filterable, exportable, and yours
• Everything syncs instantly across desktop, laptop, and profiles the moment you log in

INTENT MODE (PLUS AND ABOVE)

Before each session, Gazenest asks one question: what are you here for? Pick a mode and the YouTube interface adapts to it.

• Learning: calm homepage, Shorts dimmed
• Relax 20 min: discreet countdown, soft timer, no hard block
• Research: search-first layout
• Specific video: suggestions fade out so you leave when you are done
• Free scroll: full YouTube, but counted

You stay in control. Gazenest removes the autopilot.

THREE SCORES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN SOMETHING

Every week, Gazenest computes three numbers from your real behavior, each on a 0 to 100 scale.

• Self-Control Score: how often you stuck to the intent you set
• Clarity Score: how focused your viewing was - three coherent topics score higher than 47 rabbit holes
• Diversity Score: how varied your channels and topics are, with a healthy band shown on the chart

You also get an hourly heatmap and an evolving behavioral profile: Passive Scroller, Active Learner, Night Owl, Topic Hopper. A weekly email summarizes the seven days. No shame, no nudging, just numbers.

FAMILY PLAN

One subscription, up to 5 accounts, including a Child Mode. Parents see aggregate trends, not individual videos by default. Privacy stays inside the family.

PRO, FOR POWER USERS

• Customize Feed: permanently hide channels that dominate your homepage
• Notion and Obsidian integration: every watch flows into your knowledge base as a tagged, linkable note
• Smart alerts: get pinged when Free scroll crosses a threshold you set
• Full history import via Google Takeout, so your dashboard starts with years of data

HOW IT COMPARES TO WATCHMARKER

Watchmarker only works on the browser where you installed it. Uninstall it and your data is gone. No sync, no history, no behavioral scoring, no intent layer.

Gazenest stores everything in your account. Your data follows you across browsers, devices, and reinstalls. You get a searchable history, three behavioral scores, Intent Mode, a weekly email, and a full Google Takeout import.

Watchmarker is a sticker. Gazenest is a mirror.

PRIVACY, IN PLAIN ENGLISH

Gazenest stores video IDs, watch timestamps, and watch duration. To bind your licence and detect account switches, the extension also reads your YouTube account name (this stays on your device and on our server; it is never sold or shared). We do not record audio, we do not capture frames, we do not read your comments, we do not see private playlists you do not open. Your data lives in an encrypted PostgreSQL database in the EU. Export everything as JSON. Delete your account in one click. We do not sell data, we do not run ads. Subscriptions pay for the product, and that is the entire business model.

PRICING

• Solo: 9.00 EUR per month (tracking, thumbnail badges, Favorites, full history, cross-device sync - 3 devices)
• Plus: 14.00 EUR per month (Intent Mode and scoring unlocked - 5 devices)
• Family: 19.00 EUR per month (up to 4 accounts, Child Mode - 15 shared devices)
• Pro: 29.00 EUR per month (Customize Feed, Notion or Obsidian, smart alerts, history import - 10 devices)

Annual plans get 25 percent off.

WHO THIS IS FOR

• Anyone who suspects YouTube is costing them more time than they think, and wants the actual number before deciding what to do about it
• Productivity-focused users and ADHD brains who need an external mirror, not a nag: real data, no shame, no blockers

PERMISSIONS

Access to youtube.com to read which video is playing and for how long. Storage to keep your session. That is it. No other sites, no clipboard, no microphone, no browsing history outside YouTube.

EVERY VIDEO YOU WATCH BEFORE INSTALLING IS DATA YOU WILL NEVER RECOVER.

The dashboard starts empty and fills over time. The sooner you install, the richer your picture.

Solo from 9.00 EUR per month. 60 seconds to your first number. gazenest.com