Every day at 8 PM, DailyBridge emails a summary of today's screen-time to the recipients you configured. It records only the timestamps of screen on/off and lock/unlock — never any per-app usage or browsing details.
You can preview what the daily email will look like any time using View Sample Email on the home page — it opens an in-app preview with sample content, so you can see the full layout right away (without waiting for your own data to accumulate).
Android's Doze mode aggressively freezes background apps after several minutes of inactivity. A frozen DailyBridge can't observe screen events, so the resulting summary has gaps. This is the only system permission DailyBridge needs — it requests no location or any other sensitive permission.
Adding DailyBridge to the battery-optimization whitelist exempts it from Doze. On Huawei / HarmonyOS phones, the equivalent is the App launch manager — see the Huawei section below.
The two Required Setup items inside the app cover the universal Android requirements. Besides the Required Setup items inside the app, please also check the following brand-specific settings.
Open the recent apps screen, quickly tap the DailyBridge app icon at the top of the card, then choose Keep open. Confirm a small lock icon appears on the card.
Open DailyBridge's App info, find Mobile data and allow all data usage.
System Settings → Battery: turn OFF Power saving mode. Background usage limits: turn OFF Put unused apps to sleep. Tap the three-dot menu (top-right) and turn OFF Adaptive battery. Then System Settings → Device care → Memory → Excluded apps: add DailyBridge.
Open DailyBridge's App info, then open Mobile data usage and enable Background data AND Unrestricted data usage.
System Settings → Battery → Battery saver: turn OFF Battery saver AND Adaptive battery.
Open the recent apps screen, then swipe down on the DailyBridge card to lock it. Confirm a small lock icon appears on the card.
Huawei phones include a built-in System Manager app that periodically cleans background processes via Smart Maintenance. Open the System Manager app from your home screen → tap the gear icon (top-right) → turn OFF Smart Maintenance.
Open the recent apps screen. On HyperOS, swipe down on the DailyBridge card to lock it. On older MIUI, long-press the card and pick Lock from the menu. Confirm a small lock icon appears on the card.
Open DailyBridge's App info, find Battery saver / Battery and choose No restrictions or no background limit. If not visible there: System Settings → Apps → Manage apps → DailyBridge → Battery saver. Some devices: Security → Battery & performance → App power management → DailyBridge → Background settings → No restrictions.
Open Security or Phone Manager → Permissions / App management → Autostart manager, find DailyBridge and enable Autostart. MIUI 14: System Settings → Apps → Manage apps → DailyBridge → App permissions → Display pop-up windows / Autostart.
Open the recent apps screen, then swipe down on the DailyBridge card to lock it. Confirm a small lock icon appears on the card.
In the App info — or via System Settings → App management → App list → DailyBridge → Battery management (or System Settings → Battery → App power management) — set DailyBridge to Allow background running or no restrictions.
System Settings → App management → App list → DailyBridge: enable Autostart. Some devices: open Phone Manager → Privacy & permissions → Autostart manager.
Open the recent apps screen, then swipe down on the DailyBridge card to lock it. Confirm a small lock icon appears on the card.
Open DailyBridge's App info, tap Battery management and choose Allow all background activity.
System Settings → Apps → Autostart: enable DailyBridge. System Settings → Battery → Power-saving settings: turn OFF Sleep standby optimization.
Open the recent apps screen, then swipe down on the DailyBridge card to lock it. Confirm a small lock icon appears on the card.
In the App info Battery section, enable Background high power consumption. Or go to System Settings → Battery → Background high power / Background battery management and add DailyBridge to the allowlist with no restrictions.
System Settings → More settings → Apps → Autostart: find DailyBridge and enable Autostart. Some devices: open iManager → App management → Permission management → Autostart.
On the home page, tap Pause DailyBridge. While paused, no email is sent. Resume by tapping Start DailyBridge in the same place.
Pausing does not delete your existing event log or recipient list — those are restored when you resume.
Up to 5 recipients are supported. The form starts with one input row; tap the + button to add more rows. Tap the × next to a row to remove it.
Multiple recipients remain available on the free tier even after the trial expires.
Confirm a new recipient actually receives mail. When the app says a report was sent, that only means the email service accepted the request — it can't tell whether the address is real. A mistyped or non-existent address fails silently, with no warning. After adding a recipient, wait for the next 8 PM send, then check with them that it actually arrived (have them look in spam, too).
The first 14 days after install give you the full feature set. After 14 days without subscribing, the daily report degrades to a total-time-only summary (multi-recipient still works for free).
Subscribe via the top-right menu → Premium. Both monthly and annual plans are offered. Subscriptions sync across your devices automatically — use Restore Purchase on a new install.
Most reasons fall into one of these buckets:
noreply@getdailybridge.app may be filtered. Mark as Not Spam to fix future deliveries.If none of the above resolves it, please email us with the date and recipient address that didn't receive a report.