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Screenshot monitoring

Screenshots on a random schedule, so there is no predictable gap to sit out — and a notification to the person every time one is taken.

The rate you set is an average, not a timetable

Most tools take a screenshot every ten minutes, which means everyone learns when the next one is coming. scrin.io draws each interval at random instead, so there is no window to sit out.

  • One capture in ten arrives about a minute after the last one.
  • The longest gap runs to just under twice the interval you chose.
  • Two screenshots a minute apart are the feature working, not a glitch.

How often

Set a rate for the whole team, or a different one for a particular person.

Plan Screenshots per hour Can be raised to
Free 3 3
Standard 6 6
Professional 12 30

Compare the plans.

Everyone knows it is on

Each capture puts a small notification near the system tray of the person it was taken from. It is on by default, and it is there on purpose: a screenshot nobody knew about is worth less as evidence and costs more in trust.

There is no hidden mode. The tracker cannot be made invisible, because we never built a way to do it — see privacy & transparency.

Blurred, when the content is not your business

Screenshots can be blurred for the whole team or for one person. A blurred screenshot still shows that work was happening and what kind of screen it was, without the text on it being readable — which is usually all a timesheet needs to stand up.

Every screen, not just the first one

People who work across two or three monitors are the ones a single-screen capture misunderstands most — the reference is on one screen and the work on another. All connected displays are captured by default, and a secondary screen can be excluded for a particular person when there is a reason to.

Who can see them

  • Managers see the team's screenshots on the timeline, next to the time they belong to.
  • Everyone sees their own, and can remove any of their own submitted data.
  • Screenshots can be included in a shared report link, or left out of it.