Your parents don't ask about homework to annoy you. They ask because your future matters to them — and right now they can't see the work, so they worry.
Press start, do your work, press end. They get a short summary that proves it happened. No arguing, no explaining, no "I promise I did it."
Play games. Watch a movie. Hang out with your friends. You've earned it — and nobody's going to question it.
One big timer. A goal your parent set. Pause when you need to. Press end when you're done. That's the whole thing.
Because it matters, and because we know it's the first thing you want to know.
A recording is a recording. It's not nothing. We know that. If you had a choice between this and total privacy, most people would pick total privacy — us too.
But the alternative — someone sitting in the room, someone checking every hour, someone asking "did you really?" — is worse. This is the least-invasive trade we could design. You give up one thing. You get the rest of your evening back.
If you ever want to see the settings, the recordings, or anything else — just ask your parent. Everything is visible, nothing is hidden.
It's cheaper than the fights, quieter than the lectures, and over in 90 minutes.