Pausa — Daily App Blocker
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About this app
Your attention, back where you meant to spend it — without giving up the apps you like.
Pausa is a calm app blocker built on one idea: you decide how much screen time is enough, and Pausa helps you keep your word. No guilt, no lectures, no account. A budget, not a ban.
A BUDGET, NOT A BAN
Keep the apps you enjoy, in the amount you actually chose. Give each one a daily time budget in minutes and spend it however you like — one long sitting or ten short visits. When five minutes remain, Pausa tells you quietly, so the end of the budget never ambushes you. Your home screen shows what remains for each app in plain minutes — information, not judgment.
A WALL THAT HOLDS
When a budget runs out, most blocking screens get dismissed without a glance. Pausa's wall rises in stages instead. First comes a calm pause: a quiet, full-screen moment with one honest question. If you carry on, the next stage asks for a deliberate action — something you cannot do on autopilot. Keep pushing, and a cooldown begins. Each stage is brief, and each one hands the decision back to you. That is what makes this app blocker hold: it interrupts the reflex, not the person.
STRICT MODE, WHEN YOU WANT IT
Some weeks you want the wall taller. Strict Mode makes loosening slow and tightening instant. Raising a budget or easing the wall asks you to sit through 60 seconds of stillness first. Lowering a budget or firming the wall happens right away. Impulse meets friction. Intention never does.
AN EVENING THAT IS YOURS
End the day on your own terms. Set an evening window and your chosen apps go quiet for the night, so the last hour before sleep belongs to you rather than to a feed. Shape the window however your evenings actually run — dinner onwards, the final hour of the day, or the whole night through.
AN HONEST MIRROR
See your screen time as it is, with no lecture attached. Your Pausa Score sums up each day at a glance, and weekly and monthly views show the longer shape of things. A rolling seven-day trend sits alongside, so one odd day never gets to tell the whole story. It is a mirror, not a report card — nothing breaks, nothing resets, and an off day costs you nothing.
FOR ANY APP THAT EATS YOUR TIME
Feeds, games, browsers, video — if it takes more of your day than you would like, it can carry a budget. Pausa sets an app time budget for a browser or a game as readily as for a social feed, so the whole habit is covered, not just one corner of it.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your habits are nobody's business but yours, and Pausa is built so it stays that way.
- Everything lives on your phone; nothing you do is sent anywhere.
- There is no account and no sign-up; the app never asks who you are.
- It works fully offline, with no ads and no analytics watching over your shoulder.
- Notifications are local, made on your phone for your phone; nothing arrives from a server.
FREE, ALL OF IT
Pausa is free. No trial to run out, nothing to unlock, no subscription, no ads. The whole app, from the first launch.
Set a daily time budget you believe in. Meet the wall when it matters. Pausa is the app blocker that treats you like an adult.
Pausa is a calm app blocker built on one idea: you decide how much screen time is enough, and Pausa helps you keep your word. No guilt, no lectures, no account. A budget, not a ban.
A BUDGET, NOT A BAN
Keep the apps you enjoy, in the amount you actually chose. Give each one a daily time budget in minutes and spend it however you like — one long sitting or ten short visits. When five minutes remain, Pausa tells you quietly, so the end of the budget never ambushes you. Your home screen shows what remains for each app in plain minutes — information, not judgment.
A WALL THAT HOLDS
When a budget runs out, most blocking screens get dismissed without a glance. Pausa's wall rises in stages instead. First comes a calm pause: a quiet, full-screen moment with one honest question. If you carry on, the next stage asks for a deliberate action — something you cannot do on autopilot. Keep pushing, and a cooldown begins. Each stage is brief, and each one hands the decision back to you. That is what makes this app blocker hold: it interrupts the reflex, not the person.
STRICT MODE, WHEN YOU WANT IT
Some weeks you want the wall taller. Strict Mode makes loosening slow and tightening instant. Raising a budget or easing the wall asks you to sit through 60 seconds of stillness first. Lowering a budget or firming the wall happens right away. Impulse meets friction. Intention never does.
AN EVENING THAT IS YOURS
End the day on your own terms. Set an evening window and your chosen apps go quiet for the night, so the last hour before sleep belongs to you rather than to a feed. Shape the window however your evenings actually run — dinner onwards, the final hour of the day, or the whole night through.
AN HONEST MIRROR
See your screen time as it is, with no lecture attached. Your Pausa Score sums up each day at a glance, and weekly and monthly views show the longer shape of things. A rolling seven-day trend sits alongside, so one odd day never gets to tell the whole story. It is a mirror, not a report card — nothing breaks, nothing resets, and an off day costs you nothing.
FOR ANY APP THAT EATS YOUR TIME
Feeds, games, browsers, video — if it takes more of your day than you would like, it can carry a budget. Pausa sets an app time budget for a browser or a game as readily as for a social feed, so the whole habit is covered, not just one corner of it.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your habits are nobody's business but yours, and Pausa is built so it stays that way.
- Everything lives on your phone; nothing you do is sent anywhere.
- There is no account and no sign-up; the app never asks who you are.
- It works fully offline, with no ads and no analytics watching over your shoulder.
- Notifications are local, made on your phone for your phone; nothing arrives from a server.
FREE, ALL OF IT
Pausa is free. No trial to run out, nothing to unlock, no subscription, no ads. The whole app, from the first launch.
Set a daily time budget you believe in. Meet the wall when it matters. Pausa is the app blocker that treats you like an adult.
A free, calm app blocker. Set a daily time budget for each app, and keep it.
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- This app may share these data types with third partiesPersonal info and Financial info
- No data collectedLearn more about how developers declare collection
- Data is encrypted in transit
- Data can’t be deleted
What’s new
Pausa turns with your phone now.
The app was locked upright. It isn't any more — landscape, tablets and unfolded foldables each get a proper layout, with nothing tucked behind the navigation bar.
Pausa is still free. No trial, no purchase.
Everything stays on your phone. No account. No analytics.
The app was locked upright. It isn't any more — landscape, tablets and unfolded foldables each get a proper layout, with nothing tucked behind the navigation bar.
Pausa is still free. No trial, no purchase.
Everything stays on your phone. No account. No analytics.
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About the developer
MOUNIR EL BEDRAOUI
mounireb@gmail.com
1066 Rte des Tufferières
38630 Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin
France
