Free forever tier · Windows, macOS & Linux · No keylogging or screenshots, ever.
The problem
Hubstaff, Time Doctor, and ActivTrak score you on mouse twitches and keystroke counts. Read a long document, think before you type, or step away for five minutes, and your “activity %” drops — even when you’re doing your best work. Stayaway gives those minutes back, without the anxiety.
How it works
Low, medium, or high — each a tuned, human-realistic pattern of eased mouse paths, natural scroll, and safe keys. Set up in under a minute.
Your mouse, scroll, and status stay naturally active on the schedule you set, so your computer reads as in-use.
Touch the keyboard or mouse and it yields instantly. Nothing is logged, nothing leaves your machine.
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Why Stayaway
Eased mouse paths, natural scroll, and safe keystrokes that never type into anything — so your computer and activity trackers keep reading as active.
Touch the keyboard or mouse and Stayaway steps aside immediately. It never fights you for the cursor. You are always in control.
Scan your machine for known monitoring agents — the trackers that score you — so you always know what you're working against.
A cover identity lets Stayaway sit in your tray as something unremarkable, and a hotkey starts it in a second.
Runs 100% on your machine. No keylogging, no screenshots, no uploads — ever. Your activity never leaves your device.
Free forever, $4.99/mo, or $79.99 lifetime — no fake scarcity, no upgrade ladder. And we never promise the impossible: read exactly how detection works in our public detection lab.
Pricing
$4.99/mo
Billed monthly
Honest answers
It depends on your employer’s policies and local law — we can’t make that call for you. Stayaway is built for legitimate autonomy and focus: reading, thinking, presentations, kiosk machines, and not being penalized for stepping away. We’re honest about the risk and never tell you to “beat your boss.”
Anyone who promises “100% undetectable” is selling you something. We aim for best-effort, human-realistic behavior and explain exactly how it works in our public detection lab. No guarantees — just honesty.
No. Stayaway runs entirely on your machine. No keylogging, no screenshots, no activity uploads — your activity never leaves your device.
It yields the instant you touch the keyboard or mouse. You’re always in control — Stayaway never fights you for the cursor.
Yes. If Stayaway isn’t for you, our refund policy has you covered — no dark patterns, no hoops.
Download Stayaway free and run it in under a minute — on Windows, macOS, and Linux.