Pause Scroll: App Limits

Andriy Marochkin

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About this app

The feed never ends. You open something “for a minute” and an hour is gone. Pause Scroll puts one second between you and the next scroll — a pause, then a choice: continue, or put the phone down.

This is not a lecture and not a lockout. It is a breath. A digital wellbeing tool that helps you take back screen time without drama.

FOR YOU
Protect the apps that steal your evening. Always pause, or only after a daily limit — from 30 minutes to 4 hours. Focus mode keeps the pause on while you work or sleep. See today, yesterday, and the week. Clear. No shame.

FOR FAMILIES
Child mode asks for a 4-digit parent PIN after the pause. Protection cannot be removed without the code. Group several apps under one shared time budget. Ask for the PIN every time, or only after 30 minutes, an hour, or longer.

WHAT YOU GET
• A pause before the feed
• Daily app limits and a shared group limit
• Child mode and parental PIN
• Focus sessions
• Screen time for today, yesterday, and the week
• Goals and day streaks
• Work and night schedules
• Light and dark theme
• English, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese

HOW IT WORKS
1. Choose which apps to protect.
2. Pick always-on pause or pause after a limit.
3. Allow Accessibility. Pause Scroll uses the Android Accessibility Service only to see the package name of the app that just opened, so it can show a pause. It does not read the screen, messages, passwords, or keystrokes, and it does not send this data off the device. You can turn the service off in Android Settings → Accessibility.
4. Usage access is optional and stays on the phone, so you can see real screen time.

Privacy: no account, no cloud, no Pause Scroll server. Your limits, PIN hash, and history live only on this device.

Download Pause Scroll. One second before the feed. After that, you decide.