Can you choose whether the screen turns off during a long task?
The short answer
Yes. During tasks, you can follow the system setting, let the display turn off while FinchStory keeps running, or keep the screen awake for continuous monitoring.
Tasks can keep running with the display off
When you do not need to watch the screen, the display can sleep while FinchStory continues the active task.
Keep the display awake when you want to watch progress
For tasks you want to monitor continuously, you can keep the screen awake or simply keep following the normal system power setting.
What’s new
Added task-time power options.
Supports following the system power setting.
Supports display-off while tasks keep running.
Supports keeping the display awake during tasks.
FinchStory 1.0.138 · October 6, 2026