Stay present.Step away.
Stayaway keeps your Windows PC active with natural mouse, keyboard and scroll activity while you think, take a call or take a break. One key stops everything.
Free for mouse activity. Every Pro feature free for 7 days, no card. Windows 10 and 11, about 4.1 MB.
- 30-day refundAny purchase, in full. Just ask.
- Checksums publishedCheck the installer is the one we built.
- Every field listedThe privacy page names all it sends.
- Settings stay localOn your own computer, never sent to us.
Thinking doesn't move the mouse.
A long read, a phone call, ten minutes staring at a hard problem: none of it registers as activity. The screen dims, your status turns to away, and the time looks empty. Stayaway keeps the computer active through the parts of work that happen away from the keyboard.
It moves like a hand, not a metronome.
A basic mouse jiggler nudges the pointer the same way on a fixed timer. Stayaway moves it the way a person does.
The pointer speeds up and slows down along a curve, and never jumps across the screen.
Pauses of different lengths, the way a hand leaves the mouse and comes back to it.
Harmless keys in short bursts, and scrolling the way someone reads a long page.
Start it yourself. Or don't.
With Auto Detect and Smart Resume, Stayaway starts when you have been idle and stops the moment you are back.
- You're working
Nothing happens. Stayaway waits in the system tray.
- You step awayPRO
After the idle time you choose, Auto Detect starts a run on its own.
- It keeps things active
Natural movement with rests, at the Activity Level you picked.
- You come backPRO
Touch the mouse and Smart Resume stops it at once. You never fight it for the pointer.
Free for the basics. Pro for the rest.
The free plan keeps the mouse moving for good. Pro adds everything else, and a new account gets all of it for 7 days.
- Mouse ActivityMoves the pointer along curved, eased paths with pauses, the way a hand does.
- Emergency StopAlt+X stops everything at once, from any app.
- Tray and shortcutsRuns from the system tray, with a shortcut for each action.
- Keyboard ActivityPresses harmless keys in short, varied bursts.
- Scroll ActivityScrolls the wheel by varying amounts, like someone reading.
- Screen RotationSwitches between your open apps, and optionally browser tabs, every few minutes.
- Auto DetectStarts on its own once you have been idle for a while.
- Smart ResumeStops the instant you move the mouse yourself.
- Activity LevelsOne dial, from Ultra Low to Ultra High, sets how busy the activity is.
- Screen PresetsFits pointer and scroll travel to a single, dual or ultra-wide screen.
- Launch at loginStarts with Windows and waits in the tray.
Honest about what it does.
An app that moves your mouse should tell you exactly what it does, and what it won't promise.
Read exactly what the app sendsStayaway does
- Move, type and scroll on your own computer, and nothing else.
- Keep your settings on your computer.
- Tell you when a run stops, and why.
Stayaway does not
- Take screenshots, or read what is on your screen.
- Record your keystrokes, or send us what you were doing.
- Promise no monitoring software can tell. No tool honestly can.
One price, stated once.
Every Pro plan includes every Pro feature on up to 3 computers. Any purchase can be refunded in full within 30 days.
Pro for as long as Stayaway exists. Nothing to renew, nothing to cancel.
Start your 7-day trialOr stay on Free: mouse activity, the tray, shortcuts and Emergency Stop, with no time limit.
Asked first.
All questions- Will this make me undetectable?
- No, and we won't pretend otherwise. It keeps your computer from reading as idle. No tool can promise more.
- Does it stop my computer from sleeping or locking?
- Yes, while it runs. When you stop it, your normal power and lock settings apply again.
- Why does Windows warn me when I install it?
- Stayaway is not code-signed yet. Click More info, then Run anyway, and check the file against the published SHA-256.
- Can I use it on my work computer?
- That depends on your employer's rules, and only you know them. Deciding is your responsibility.
Try every Pro feature for 7 days.
No card. After the trial it keeps working on the free plan.