Pause for a Cause

Name: Pause for a Cause
Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Author: Tab for a Cause

By: Gladly, Inc.

Pause the doomscroll and help a cause. Do good while breaking habits.

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Features & Capabilities

Pause for a Cause blocks your most distracting sites and shows a calm pause screen. When you reach a blocked site, you can unlock a few minutes by watching a short ad, directing the revenue to a charity you choose. Track your impact with Pauses and Impact Points, and customize how long unlocks last and how many you get per day.

Progress syncs across devices via Gladly, and you can switch causes anytime. Your privacy matters: the blocklist stays local to your device, no browsing data is collected or sold, and ads are served through partners with anonymized data where applicable.

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1.0.6 Last updated: 2026-03-12

Creation date:

2026-03-01

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Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Content scripts matches:

<all_urls>

Size:

40.37KB

Email:

co*****@tabforacause.org

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Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-21

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 39,893 ▲ 140

Other rankings

#123 in Well-being ▼ 92

#4 in cause keyword 25

#22 in pause keyword 11 ▲ 8

#27 in self control keyword 45 ▲

#240 in good keyword 17 ▲

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Developed by:

Tab for a Cause

Chrome Web Store

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/pause-for-a-cause/bmlblmjmnopadgpidfggickadhffcobm

Email:

co*****@tabforacause.org

User Reviews

absurdly laggy. at first it was working normally, but now even opening a tab from a blocked website causes so much lag that after accidentally blocking my chrome homepage and trying to visit it i had to wait several minutes for my computer to unfreeze so i could write this review. ONE SECOND on a blocked tab leads to SEVERAL MINUTES of lag. i know this is a problem with the extension and not my device because i am experiencing the same exact results on both my school laptop and my VERY HIGH QUALITY macbook. on the plus side, the lag stops me from visiting certain websites while i work. on the downside, i can't even unblock them when i DO have freetime to use them because of how laggy it is.

VS*****, 2026-05-08

Need to break your screen addiction? This is perfect, works really well and UI is incredibly clean! And just found out they have a mobile app!

*****, 2026-04-14

Great for helping me reduce mindless scrolling while also doing good in the world

Ca*****, 2026-03-17

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Is Pause for a Cause Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Pause for a Cause requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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Pause for a Cause is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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