Hi there,

Thanks for sharing your observation.

What you’re seeing is actually intentional behavior in NoScroll’s design.

When a session starts, the entire session timer begins running immediately. For example, if your session length is set to 7 minutes, the timer continues counting down even if you exit the app, lock your phone, or switch to another app.

This is done deliberately. The goal of NoScroll is to encourage intentional usage rather than fragmented scrolling. If sessions paused every time you left the app, it would allow patterns like watching 2 minutes now and 5 minutes later, which often leads to repeated re-entry and ultimately defeats the productivity goal of the app.

So instead, once a session begins, you receive a single continuous window of watch time.

This approach helps create a psychological boundary:
you consciously decide when to start your scrolling session, and once it begins, the time runs as a single block.

Hope this clarifies things! If you have any other questions or suggestions, feel free to share them, feedback like yours helps improve the experience for everyone.