Keep your screen awake for a task
Start with the task you need to finish. Each guide pairs a suitable timer preset with the limits that matter in that situation.
Opens the tool and keeps the screen awake until you stop. Keep that tab visible and watch its pill: a hidden tab releases the wake lock, and Safari needs a tap before it grants one.
Open the full toolKitchen, home and practice
4 guidesHands busy, screen propped a step away.
- Cook mode
Keep your screen on while cooking
Keep the tab on screen beside the recipe. Switching apps on a phone releases the lock until you return.
- Minimal mode
Keep the screen on while reading
Articles in the browser stay awake in this tab. For a reading app, put it side by side with AwakeTab.
- Minimal mode
Keep iPad on for sheet music
Side by side with the score app. Low Power Mode still forces a 30-second Auto-Lock.
- Clock mode
Keep the screen on for a workout
Lock the orientation and plug in. Sweaty taps can stop the session.
Work and study
5 guidesManaged laptops, calls, slides and exams, each with its own rules.
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Keep a work laptop display awake
Holds only the display timeout while visible. Not closing the lid, smart cards or your Teams status.
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Keep the screen on in a video call
Helps when the player pauses. It will not keep Teams, Slack or Zoom presence green.
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Keep the screen on while presenting
Full-screen slides hide the tab. Use the floating window in desktop Chrome, Edge or Firefox 151+, or mind the OS display timeout.
- Minimal mode
Keep a teleprompter screen awake
Not a scrolling prompter. Keep your script visible beside it, side by side or with the floating window.
- Clock mode
Keep the classroom screen on while you teach
Keeps the display on while this tab is visible. A school policy that locks the screen still applies; ask IT about the timeout.
Screens nobody touches
4 guidesDashboards, kiosks and long jobs left running.
- Minimal mode
Keep a dashboard screen switched on
Keep AwakeTab visible on the same display: side by side, a second window or its own monitor.
- Minimal mode
Keep a kiosk browser display on
Not a locked-down kiosk shell. Pair it with your OS kiosk mode.
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Keep the screen on while downloading
Keeps the display on while this tab is visible. Closing the lid still puts the laptop to sleep.
- Minimal mode
Keep your computer awake while an AI agent or long build runs
Keeps the screen on. It cannot stop a site's own inactivity timeout or the throttling of a hidden tab.
At night
1 guideA calm clock on a dark screen, beside the bed or the couch.
- Night mode
Run a night clock on OLED
Plug in. Pixel shift lowers burn-in risk; it does not remove it.