PauseMate

Reclaim your time with an app that feels as intentional as the habits you're building.

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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