Opal Saved Humans Over 500 Million Hours

Opal’s mission is to help people focus better. Focus, however, is hard to measure. One clear and measurable impact we can track is time saved.

During onboarding, people tell Opal how much time they currently spend on their phone. From the moment they start using the app, we measure how their total screen time changes.

The result is clear: you spend significantly less time on screens after you start using Opal. When we add together the time saved by everyone actively using Opal, we’re able to calculate the total impact our community is having.

On average, people save 1h 23m every day with Opal. Someone who spent 5h 10m a day on their phone, for example, might be down to 3h 47m. The calculation is simple: your screen time when you started, minus the screen time Opal measures today, added up across everyone actively using Opal.

One caveat worth stating. The starting number is self-reported, and people install a screen time app on a bad week. We only count people actively using Opal, so anyone who installed and quit is out. Both of those push the number up. It is our best estimate, not a measurement.

As of June 2026, Opal users have saved over 500 million hours.

The live number is on the homepage. It moves every second.

500 million hours is a lot of time.

It is about 57,000 years.

The number that matters more is the one on your own phone.

1 hour 23 minutes a day is 21 full days a year, back.

The most important part is not the size of either number. It is what people are doing with the time they get back.

Every day, we hear from people using Opal to study, work, sleep better, spend time with family, finish creative projects, move their bodies, see friends, pick up hobbies, and build routines that support the life they want.

That is the impact we care about.

Opal is not about using technology less for the sake of it.

It is about using technology well.

Phones, apps, AI, and the internet are powerful tools. Opal helps people build the boundaries they need to get the most out of those tools while still making time for focus, rest, relationships, creativity, and everything else that matters.

Thank you for being part of the Opal community, for reclaiming your time back, and for helping us grow our impact on the world.

Here’s to the next 500 million hours.