ScrollTrace app tracks how far you scroll daily — launched 20 days ago on Android
ScrollTrace is an Android app that measures how far your finger actually travels while scrolling on your phone each day. A solo developer built and launched it 20 days ago. It focuses on one simple metric: total scroll distance.
As more people look for ways to understand their phone habits, ScrollTrace takes a narrow angle — it just counts how much you scroll. Instead of tracking screen time broadly, it gives you one concrete number: how far your finger has moved across the screen today. That simplicity is the whole point.
This is a classic solo side-project launch: one developer, one idea, one feature, shipped fast. For indie app builders, it's a useful example of finding a tight niche within the crowded 'digital wellbeing' space. The app doesn't try to do everything — it does one thing and makes it visible, which is a viable strategy for standing out in a busy app market.
Key points
- Measures total daily scroll distance on Android — one simple number
- Built and launched solo in under three weeks as a side project
- Targets the 'digital wellbeing' niche with a single focused feature
- Shows that a minimal single-feature app can still find an audience
- Useful reference for indie developers exploring simple utility app ideas
Quick term guide
- Android
- The main operating system used on most non-Apple mobile phones.
- Finger
- An early internet tool for showing a person’s short public status or details.
- build
- A chosen set of in-game abilities or items a player equips for their character.
- digital wellbeing
- A category of apps and tools that help people become more aware of — and manage — how much time they spend on their devices.
- digital
- Work or products that can be made and delivered online.
- side project
- A small project someone builds outside their main job or main business.
- reference
- Using a source to find information or confirm facts while working.
- developers
- Developers are people who build software, apps, or websites.