How Faro turns screen time into a rest rhythm.

01 · What to do when a Rest Alert appears

A Rest Alert means Faro has found a moment where taking a short eye rest would help. You can start a rest without opening the Faro app.

When the Rest Alert appears, start a rest in any of these ways:

• long-press the floating button;
• tap the Rest button on the Alert Card;
• tap the Alert Card background when the card is shown;
• follow the countdown until the rest is complete.

The floating button is the fastest option. If you see Faro near the edge of the screen, press and hold it to begin resting.

The Alert Card gives you clearer actions. Rest starts the countdown, while Snooze delays the reminder for a short time. During the countdown, look away from the screen. When it finishes, Faro records the rest automatically and starts a new screen-use cycle.

02 · How Faro guides a rest while you use other apps

Faro works while you use your phone, not only while the Faro app is open. A floating button stays near the edge of the screen. When your screen session runs longer than your On Screen setting, Faro becomes more noticeable and may show a Rest Alert.

Depending on your reminder mode, Faro may show a floating button, a screen-edge cue, a top overlay Alert Card, Rest and Snooze actions, and a short rest countdown.

For safety, Faro skips alerts during known navigation apps and active calls or video calls, and lets you add more excluded apps in Preferences. If an app should never be covered by a reminder, add it to the excluded list before relying on Faro.

If Faro is not appearing, check Android permissions such as Usage Access, Display over other apps, Notifications, and battery or background restrictions.

03 · How rests are recorded

You do not need to log rests manually. Faro records a completed rest when you start a rest from the floating button or Alert Card and finish the countdown.

Faro also tracks other responses separately:

• Snooze means you delayed the rest;
• Pause or Silence Time means you intentionally quieted reminders;
• ending the screen session naturally may still count as a positive response;
• ignoring the alert does not count as a completed rest.

This helps Weekly Records show not only how much you used your phone, but how you responded when rest opportunities appeared.

04 · Daily progress and streaks stay simple

Today's progress and streaks are designed to keep the habit approachable. The main screen gives you a light daily signal that helps you keep the eye-rest habit going, not a strict grade for every minute of phone use.

If your day includes enough meaningful rest compared with your screen rhythm, Faro treats the day as completed and keeps your streak alive. You do not need a perfect day. The goal is to notice long sessions, take short rests, and come back tomorrow.

Pro insights go deeper. Rest Rhythm Score looks at real long-use opportunities and how you responded across the week.

05 · What Rest Rhythm Score means

Rest Rhythm Score is the more precise Pro signal. It shows how consistently you respond when Faro finds a real rest opportunity. It is a habit signal, not a medical score.

Faro first looks for continuous screen-on sessions that reach your current On Screen setting. Short checks below that point do not count against your rhythm. Once a real opportunity appears, Faro looks at what happened next.

• Rested on time: highest credit
• Screen session ended naturally: high credit
• Snoozed once: partial credit
• Snoozed multiple times: lower credit
• Paused reminders: small credit
• No response: no credit

If there is not enough rhythm data yet, Faro keeps the score unscored until more real opportunities appear.

06 · Weekly Records and insights

Weekly Records help you answer a simple question: was my rest rhythm better this week?

Faro combines screen-use summaries, completed rests, snoozes, pauses, long sessions, active hours, and Rhythm Score snapshots. This gives more context than total screen time alone. A week with high screen time can still show improvement if you responded to rest opportunities more consistently.

The Rhythm Map keeps the reading simple: color shows screen load, and the number shows Rhythm Score. You can see which parts of the week carried heavier use and whether your rest response stayed steady.

App-level insights are separate and require your opt-in. When enabled, Faro can show which apps tend to make rest harder to keep. When disabled, Faro does not store app names for those insights.

07 · Presets and custom rhythm

Faro starts with simple reminder presets so you do not have to tune every number from the beginning.

A preset controls the basic rhythm of how long you can stay on screen, how long a rest should last, and how long Faro stays quiet after a rest, snooze, or pause.

With Pro features, you can fine-tune the timing more precisely. This lets you make Faro softer for relaxed reading, stronger for heavy work sessions, or quieter when you need fewer interruptions.

The best rhythm is the one you can keep using. Faro is designed to support consistency, not force a single strict routine.

08 · Invite codes and Pro credit

Faro uses Invite for its sharing system. You can share your invite code with another person. If they make their first Pro purchase and enter your code within 2 days, both accounts can receive 7 extra Pro days.

A few rules apply:

• up to 5 people can use your invite code;
• a person can save only one invite code;
• you cannot use your own invite code;
• the same two accounts cannot invite each other in both directions;
• the same device cannot repeatedly use invite codes;
• invite credit is connected to Pro access, not cash or points.

Invite credit can be saved before it is used, but it can only be applied after at least one Pro purchase. In other words, invite credit extends Pro time; it does not unlock Pro by itself without a qualifying Pro purchase.

If a related purchase is refunded, canceled, invalid, or not eligible, the invite credit may stay pending, be canceled, or fail to apply. Because Invite is an experimental growth feature, availability, reward days, limits, and conditions may change.