Prayer Pause: Screen Time

Abdullah M Alobaidi

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About this app

Pick the apps to block. Set schedules around your prayer times. When you reach for a blocked app, Prayer Pause steps in with something better: dhikr, Quran, a quick quiz or a moment of reflection. Break the bad phone habits and build better ones. Your digital detox, powered by your deen.

WHAT YOU GET

- 5 unlock methods rooted in your deen: dhikr, Quran, an Islamic quiz, reflection or dua (or shuffle for a different one each time)
- Sabr Score, a daily focus number that tracks your bypasses, resists, prayers completed and time spent in blocked apps
- Custom blocking rules with flexible schedules
- Islamic presets for Jummah, Taraweeh and Ramadan
- Brick Mode for deep focus
- Screen time insights for your blocked apps
- Prayer streaks with 3 protective passes
- Period Mode that pauses your streak during menses, so no broken streaks and no guilt
- Auto-blocks during all 5 daily prayer times
- Travel Mode with auto-detection, Qasr and prayer combining
- Full-screen alarms for every prayer time
- Home screen widgets for prayer times and daily Quran and hadith reminders
- Live prayer countdown notification on your lock screen
- Quran Reader with all 114 surahs (Arabic, transliteration, English)
- Full hadith collection (Nawawi's 40 plus Sahih al-Bukhari, 97 books)
- Dua from Hisnul Muslim
- Tasbih digital dhikr counter
- Accurate prayer times (14 calculation methods, auto-detect)
- Qibla compass with haptic feedback

PRIVACY

App blocking runs entirely on your device. Your prayer history, streaks and blocking rules are stored only on the device: no account, no cloud sync. Prayer times are fetched using your location. Install and purchase events are shared with Meta for ad measurement. Usage analytics stay off until you turn them on in Settings. No ads. No data sold.

HOW PRAYER PAUSE USES THE ACCESSIBILITY API

App blocking is powered by Android's AccessibilityService. Prayer Pause uses it only to know which app has come to the screen, so it can show your prayer pause when you open a blocked app during a prayer window. The service cannot retrieve window content: it never reads what is on your screen, never collects what you see, and never acts on your behalf. Nothing from this service leaves your device. You can turn it off at any time in Android Settings, Accessibility.

Some features require a subscription.