Axyom: Stop Impulse Spending

Pause before you buy

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Buying is easy. Thinking should be too. Axyom adds a short pause before impulse purchases so you can walk away, plan it, or buy with intention. Most impulse purchases happen in seconds. Axyom steps in before you shop, so speed never makes the decision for you. Pick the apps where your spending starts. When you open one, Axyom appears first with a short breathing pause. Then you decide: walk away, plan it, or buy now. All three are real choices. Axyom never locks you out and never treats buying as failure. WHY IT WORKS Axyom does not block apps and does not guilt you. It adds one calm minute exactly where spending gains momentum, before the app opens, before the cart, before the regret. Most urges cannot survive a minute. WHAT YOU GET • Pause points: choose the apps where Axyom steps in. Set it once, it happens every time. • A real pause: one breath, a countdown, then a clear decision. • Three honest outcomes: walk away, plan it, or buy now with a 5 minute unlock. • Journal: every pause and decision in one place, kept automatically. • Pause impact: the amount paused, walked away from, planned, and bought, per currency. • Your pattern: Axyom reflects when your impulses tend to happen, in plain language. • Optional financial context, so a pause can talk about scale. Approximate amounts are enough. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your app choices are held by Apple's Screen Time system. Axyom cannot see which apps you picked. • What you write stays on your device. Item names, notes, and how you felt are never sent anywhere. • No account, no sign up, no bank connection. Everything is stored against a pseudonymous identifier, not your name or email. • We do not sell your data or share it with advertisers. Axyom is not a budgeting app and not a blocker. It is a pause between impulse and action, and the choice stays yours.

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Getting started with Axyom is now faster and smoother. • Onboarding questions are now optional • A simpler progress experience makes setup feel lighter • Improved first-run flow and activation • Small reliability improvements throughout the app Same idea: pause before money moves.

Version 1.7

The developer, JULIEN THEO POULAIN, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Linked to You

    The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

    • Purchases
    • Financial Info
    • Identifiers
    • Usage Data

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Information

Seller
  • JULIEN THEO POULAIN
Size
  • 9.7 MB
Category
  • Finance
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
  • English
Age Rating
4+
Copyright
  • © 2026 Julien Poulain
  • Developer Website
  • Privacy Policy

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