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Goals 2.0: daily practice, streaks, and quiet hours by day

Goals become something you keep up day to day, with streaks, per-day results, and new goals for viewing distance and easing the face-touch and nail-biting habits.

v1.2.0

Daily goals you can keep a streak on

  • Goals can now be an ongoing daily practice: each day gets its own result, the goal keeps going until you archive it, and you build a streak. The classic fixed-deadline challenge is still there when you want a set end date.
  • New goals to choose from: hold a comfortable viewing distance, plus two separate daily limits for face-touching and nail-biting, each judged on its own.
  • An optional once-a-day nudge: the first time you pass a goal's daily limit, you get a single gentle heads-up. It respects Quiet Hours, snooze, and pause just like every other alert.
  • Goals you've finished or put away move to a Past view with an Archived tag, so your list only shows what you're working on now.
  • You can pin the goals and graphs you care about to the dashboard, so it stays a quick glance instead of a long list.
  • Quiet Hours can now apply to the days you choose (weekdays, weekends, or a custom set), with quick presets and simple time controls.
  • The on-screen alert card is easier to read over your live view and always appears in the top-right corner.
  • Smoother, steadier panels: the dashboard and alerts no longer flicker when they refresh.
  • Faster launch: the app window now opens right away instead of waiting for the camera to start. The live view shows a brief “Starting camera…” message and fills in a moment later.

Past goals, alert sounds, and a calmer window

Goals now have a finish line, alerts can make a sound, and the app's dialogs and pop-ups behave like one tidy window.

v1.1.1

Goals that wrap up, alerts you can hear, calmer dialogs

  • Goals that reach their end date now resolve to Met or Missed and move into a new Past goals section, so your dashboard only shows what you're working on now. A new setting can archive ended goals automatically.
  • Alerts can now play your system's alert sound: the same sound and volume you've chosen in your computer's settings. It's on by default and easy to turn off in Settings → Alerts.
  • Dialogs now open inside the app window instead of as separate floating windows, so the app no longer shows up twice in Mission Control or the app switcher.
  • Notices wait their turn: update prompts and reminders no longer pile on top of a dialog you're already reading.
  • On a laptop, the app gives a one-time heads-up that camera awareness uses more power on battery, with a don't-show-again option.
  • If the app ever crashes, the next launch offers (once) to send the error report. Nothing is sent unless you choose to send it.
  • The live view is much lighter on your processor, and drawing pauses entirely while the window is hidden, with no change to detection quality.
  • Picture-in-Picture polish: tidier resize grips, and closing it now fully quits the app without leaving a stray menu-bar icon.

Launch polish and new ScreenGuardian identity

A larger release that brings the new ScreenGuardian identity, clearer account flows, better notification-focused use, and stronger release/security foundations.

v1.1.0

New identity, smoother accounts, and stronger foundations

  • ScreenGuardian now uses the new SG mark across the app, website, installer icons, and browser tab icons.
  • Website tabs now use light and dark favicon variants so the mark stays visible in different browser themes.
  • Account, sign-in, and sign-up pages are clearer, with better recovery paths when opening the app-to-browser sign-in link.
  • Notification mode is now a more intentional alerts-only mode: the live view stays available while local stats, charts, goals, dashboard panels, and history pause.
  • The Help menu and support surfaces now link to privacy, security, third-party notices, status, and documentation in plainer language.
  • Feedback and crash-report flows are clearer about what is sent, and reports now include better diagnostic context when you choose to send them.
  • The public status page and update feeds are easier to monitor, so outages and broken release assets are easier to catch.
  • Security hardening protects feedback and report storage from oversized attachments while keeping text reports available.
Launch readiness

Legal, privacy, and release-readiness pass

  • Added first-run Terms and Privacy acceptance for future production releases.
  • Added third-party notices and clearer licensing/attribution surfaces.
  • Added privacy, security, accessibility, data inventory, backup, breach-response, and support documentation used for launch review.
  • Improved update/release testing notes so future updates can be checked before public release.

Update and startup hotfixes

A set of releases focused on making updates clearer, startup calmer, and reports more reliable.

v1.0.18

Notification mode and Mac theme fix

  • Notification mode now keeps the live view on while pausing local history, stats, charts, goals, and dashboard panels.
  • Changing between dark, light, and system themes is much lighter on Mac.
  • Crash reports are clearly opt-in and never include camera frames, screenshots, posture history, habit history, microphone data, typed content, or raw local files.
  • Repeated app launches bring the existing window forward instead of competing for the camera.
v1.0.17

Notification mode and theme polish

  • Notification mode keeps the live view available while local stats, dashboard, goals, charts, and alert history are paused.
  • Changing themes is lighter-weight and should no longer freeze on Mac.
  • Signing in from the app can reopen or copy the browser link if the first tab was missed.
  • Face-touch cues better recognize broad cheek, chin, nose, and forehead contact.
v1.0.16

Theme visibility fix

  • Top-bar controls now stay visible when switching between dark, light, and system themes.
  • Custom accent colors are checked for contrast before they are used on app chrome.
v1.0.15

More reliable update checks

  • Mac builds now avoid the native updater path when the app has not been production-signed yet.
  • Update progress is more reliable during fallback downloads.
  • Repeated launches now bring the existing app window forward instead of opening another copy.
  • Camera startup on Mac waits longer before showing a warning.
  • The Help menu is easier to scan in dark mode.
v1.0.14

Clearer update progress

  • Update downloads now show live progress more reliably while the installer is being fetched.
  • Normal updates now require the native Sparkle or WinSparkle path so users are not sent back through manual installer steps.
  • Adds the first Notification mode foundation for private background alerts.
  • Improves face-touch sensitivity for cheek, chin, nose, and forehead resting poses.
v1.0.13

Cleaner downloads and app controls

  • Download cards now stay on the current release after account verification.
  • The Help menu is easier to scan and keyboard-focus.
  • Hand-to-face cues better recognize real face-touch contact.
v1.0.12

Smoother updates

  • Updates are more automatic after the first install.
  • Download and install steps now show clearer progress.
  • Update and sign-in prompts no longer stack on top of each other.
v1.0.11

Smoother app updates

  • Updates now feel more consistent across Mac and Windows.
  • Download progress now looks and feels more like the rest of ScreenGuardian.
  • Mac updates are better prepared for automatic updates after the first install.
v1.0.10

Better reports and quieter startup

  • Feedback reports now finish reliably and can be saved locally if the network fails.
  • Optional crash reports include privacy-scoped details that help diagnose issues.
  • Buttons, selected states, and in-app alerts are more readable and consistent.

More accurate posture detection

A big accuracy pass on posture and hand-to-face detection: fewer false alarms, and reminders that fit how you actually sit.

v1.0.9

Posture accuracy and calmer alerts

  • Posture detection adapts to how you sit and where your camera is, so it works whether you sit close to the camera or further back.
  • Posture reminders have more grace: a stretch or leaning in to read no longer counts as bad posture; only a sustained slouch does.
  • Turning to look at something or shifting your whole body is no longer flagged; head posture is judged against your shoulders.
  • Hand-to-face detection is more conservative, so a hand gesturing near your face no longer triggers a false alert.
  • In-app alerts now match the app's light or dark theme and are colour-coded by the type of reminder.
  • A head tilt is now reported as “level your head” instead of the incorrect “turn your head back”.

Goals and account polish

This release cleans up the Goals editor, custom date ranges, and the account center.

v1.0.8

Cleaner goals and account controls

  • Goals now use cleaner controls for time frames, date ranges, units, and actions.
  • Custom date ranges are easier to set up and edit.
  • Account is organized into clearer sections for access, downloads, devices, and security.
  • Password changes and resets now use safer confirmation steps.

Account and release readiness

A small fix release tightened account device management, app identity, and release checks.

v1.0.6

Cleaner account and device management

  • Combines membership and billing into one Plan section in Account.
  • Adds linked-device management for desktop installs.
  • Restores the packaged app and window icons for Mac and Windows.

Stability pass

Several same-day updates improved Windows camera behavior, app updates, account access, and startup smoothness.

v1.0.5

Better external webcam handling on Windows

  • Improves external webcam compatibility on Windows.
  • Keeps camera startup and calibration smoother.
v1.0.4

Quieter Windows updates

  • Makes Windows updates feel less like reinstalling the app.
  • Keeps the update experience more consistent when a backup update path is needed.
v1.0.3

Smoother video and automatic access refresh

  • Improves live preview performance on macOS and Windows.
  • Checks for updates after startup settles instead of competing with camera startup.
  • Refreshes account access in the background for signed-in accounts.
v1.0.2

Faster camera recovery

  • Keeps camera recovery smoother when starting the app, calibrating, or returning to the main view.
  • Reduces the long blank-video wait some Windows testers saw with external webcams.
v1.0.1

Cleaner setup

  • Improves Windows camera startup and calibration recovery.
  • Uses native tray notifications instead of extra popup windows.
  • Keeps downloads available through the official release page.
  • Improves setup guidance so future builds are easier to ship cleanly.

Accounts for early access

Early access now stays connected to your ScreenGuardian account, so your invite and future plan status can follow you across installs.

Account access

Account-linked access

  • Added ScreenGuardian accounts for early-access members.
  • Invite codes can be redeemed once and stay attached to the signed-in account.
  • Download buttons now guide members through access before installation.
  • Added clearer first-run guidance for macOS and Windows.

A clearer preview of the app

The homepage now gives a better look at ScreenGuardian before download, with the real desktop app shown inside the product reveal.

Product tour

Homepage preview refresh

  • Updated the hero animation to show the actual ScreenGuardian interface.
  • Added a guided walkthrough for posture, distance, breaks, and habit awareness.
  • Improved the page flow from the product reveal into the feature walkthrough.
  • Refined navigation and account pages for a more polished experience.

Posture, distance, and desk habit feedback

ScreenGuardian helps catch small desk habits while you work, without turning posture awareness into a distraction.

Desktop app

Core desktop awareness tools

  • Posture feedback highlights aligned and needs-attention states.
  • Screen distance checks help you notice when you are leaning too close.
  • 20-20-20 break timing keeps eye resets visible during longer sessions.
  • Optional hand-to-face alerts help catch repetitive habits privately on your machine.