Little Pause shows you how much time short videos really take, then helps you take some of it back. For you and for your kids. Made by a parent, for our kids, with no ads anywhere.

START BY LEARNING YOUR HABITS
For the first 3 days, Little Pause just counts. Nothing appears over your apps. Then you see your real average, for example "180 swipes and 66 minutes a day", with a suggested limit based on your own numbers.

SEE THE DIFFERENCE
Turn on limits and Little Pause compares before and after: fewer swipes a day, minutes back each day, and hours saved over a year.

GENTLE LIMITS
• Limit by number of videos, by minutes, or both. Whichever comes first pauses the feed
• Gentle, Balanced and Firm starting points, or your own daily numbers
• A small counter shows how many videos are left, and how long you've been scrolling
• Short breaks every 10 videos: a few seconds' pause or a few slow breaths
• A calm pause screen when time's up. Messages, posts and long videos keep working
• A few extra passes a day, each after a short breathing countdown
• Quick switches in the notification bar: Kid mode, limits on or off, a 15-minute pause

MADE FOR FAMILIES
• Adult and Kid profiles, each with its own limits and daily count
• One slide hands your phone to your kid; switching back needs your parent PIN
• Calm activities on the pause screen, picked for your child's age, no reading needed:
3–5 years: colour a picture, pop slow bubbles, help a sleepy animal fall asleep
6–8 years: connect shapes, match shapes, mirror drawing, doodle, balloon breathing
9–12 years: balloon and box breathing, animal stretches, find three things
• My Little Garden: every calm pause grows a flower on your child's Home screen
• Adults get a simple breathing pause

CLEAR STATS
• Filters for 7 days, this week, last week, this month, last month, 90 days and all time
• Swipes and minutes per day, by app, and your busiest hours
• Today's progress in the notification bar and Quick Settings tiles

YOUR LANGUAGE
English, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati, Malayalam, Punjabi, Urdu, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Vietnamese and Indonesian. Pick one in Settings, or follow your phone.

WORKS WITH
Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Snapchat Spotlight and TikTok.

YOUR PRIVACY
Little Pause uses Android's Accessibility service to see when a short-video feed is open and when the next video appears. It needs this to count videos and to show the pause screen.
• Screen content is read only inside the supported apps
• It is processed on your phone and never stored or sent anywhere
• Daily totals (videos, minutes, limits) are shared under a random ID to improve the app. Kid mode totals are shared only if you turn it on
• Delete what was shared in Settings, or switch the service off in Android Settings
The Permissions & privacy page in the app explains every permission.

FREE FOR EVERY FAMILY
Little Pause is free, with no ads, ever, for you or your kids. If it helps your family, you can support it once with Pro: choose how often short breaks come, extra time in Firm, a parent PIN before a child's extra time, strict mode and per-app limits. No subscription.

Questions or ideas? Write to thepiyushbansal@gmail.com