PauseOwl
Utilities
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Here’s a polished **App Store Description** for PauseOwl:
PauseOwl — Screen Time, Simplified
Sometimes screen time just needs to stop.
Dinner is ready. It’s time for bed. Homework needs to get done. Or maybe your child simply needs a break.
With **PauseOwl**, you can pause selected apps on your child’s device right from your phone — without taking their device away or setting up complicated schedules.
When it’s time for a break, just tap **STOP**. When they’re ready to use the app again, tap **ALLOW**.
SIMPLE PARENT CONTROLS
PauseOwl is designed around one simple idea: give parents an easy way to pause an app when it matters.
• Choose which apps you want to control
• Tap STOP from your phone
• The selected apps pause on your child’s device
• Tap ALLOW when they can use them again
FRIENDLIER SCREEN-TIME BREAKS
Instead of a generic blocked screen, PauseOwl Family lets you tell your child why it’s time to pause.
Choose from friendly messages for:
• Dinner Time
• Bedtime
• Family Time
• Rest Your Eyes
• Time Offline
• Take a Break
You can also send your own custom message.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
PauseOwl is about giving parents simple controls — not monitoring children.
There are no activity dashboards, browsing-history reports, advertising profiles, or social features.
START FREE
Use PauseOwl free with:
• 1 child
• 1 controlled app
• Unlimited STOP & ALLOW
• Take a Break messaging
Want more control?
PAUSEOWL FAMILY — ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION
Unlock PauseOwl Family for a **one-time purchase of $9.99**.
Get:
• Unlimited controlled apps
• STOP ALL & ALLOW ALL
• All friendly break reasons
• Custom parent messages
**No monthly subscription. One payment. Yours for good.**
PauseOwl makes screen-time boundaries simpler: when it’s time to stop, just tap STOP.
Ratings & Reviews
Choosing apps now happens on your child's device.
That device is the only one that knows what is actually installed on it, so the list is simply right — and the names and icons are there.
• Your child's device lists its own apps. You pause them from your phone, as before
• Apps that were missing from the list now appear, with their names and icons
• Untick an app to remove it, in the same list you added it from
• Choosing a whole category works now, and brings the apps inside it with it
• An app you stopped stays stopped when the list changes
• A device is no longer shown as connected if it cannot actually pause anything
• Steadier confirmation after you tap STOP
Thank you for using PauseOwl.
The developer, Alok Shrestha, 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 Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Other Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Alok Shrestha
- Size
- 5.9 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- 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+
- Copyright
- © 2026 PauseOwl
