PauseMate
Breathe. Reflect. Choose.
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A moment of intention before every mindless scroll. Breathing exercises that adapt the more you reach. Focus sessions, weekly insights, and streaks. 100% on-device.
Your phone isn't the problem. The compulsive reach is.
PauseMate doesn't block your apps. It makes you breathe before you open them. A pause that gets harder the more compulsively you reach — then resets every hour. Gentle guidance, not punishment.
ESCALATING FRICTION — SMARTER THAN A BLOCK
Most app blockers treat every open the same. PauseMate adapts:
• First open: A quick breathing pause
• Second open (same hour): A guided reflection
• Third+ opens: A timed delay that increases
• After 60 minutes, friction resets — every hour is a fresh start
Casual use stays easy. Compulsive re-opening gets progressively harder. No other app does this.
FOCUS SESSIONS — HARDWARE-ENFORCED DEEP WORK
Start a Focus Session and selected apps become completely unavailable. Not honor-system unavailable — FamilyControls-enforced unavailable. No "just this once" button. No workaround.
• Quick Focus: 25, 50, or 90-minute sessions
• Scheduled Focus: Recurring blocks for work hours, bedtime, study time
• Early exit requires typing "END" — deliberate friction by design
INTENT-BASED UNLOCK
After completing a nudge, you choose how long you need: 1, 5, 15, or 30 minutes. PauseMate remembers what you chose last time — so you can see the gap between what you request and what you actually use.
WEEKLY ATTENTION AUDIT
Every Sunday evening, one notification: "Your weekly reflection is ready."
• Total pauses, completions, and bypasses
• Your most-bypassed app and the reason (boredom? habit? necessity?)
• One specific, actionable suggestion
No data science jargon. One insight. One action.
MINDFULNESS STREAKS
Every completed nudge counts toward your streak:
• 7 days: "One week of mindfulness."
• 30 days: "A full month. This is who you are now."
• 90 days: "90 days of choosing presence over impulse."
Your streak celebrates effort, not perfection.
100% ON-DEVICE
All your data stays on your phone. No account. No server. No data collection. Nothing leaves your device.
FREE FOREVER
• Unlimited shield rules
• Escalating friction
• Quick focus sessions
• Mindfulness streaks
• Weekly audit
• Intent-based unlock
Premium unlocks scheduled focus sessions, extended history, and advanced pattern analysis.
PauseMate sits between apps that are too gentle — a quick pause you dismiss in 1 second — and apps that are too harsh — permanent blocks you disable after a day. It meets you where you are.
Your attention. Your rules. Your progress.
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Information
- Size
- 9.3 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Annual €17.99
- Monthly €1.99
- Lifetime €59.99
- Provider
Mpc digital Ltd
- Mpc digital Ltd has identified itself as a trader for this app and confirmed that this product or service complies with European Union law.
- DUNS Number
234726208 - Address
283 Maplin Way North
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
N/A
SS1 3NX
United Kingdom - Phone Number
+44 7758942252 - Email
michael@mpcdigital.co.uk
- Copyright
- © 2026 MPC Digital Ltd
