Block precisely
Choose the apps that steal your time. Phone, Messages and Maps always stay available.
Focus without negotiation
Your phone.
On your terms.
pause.lock shields the apps designed to pull you back in, while calls, messages and maps remain exactly where you need them.
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Choose what
goes quiet.
Tap apps to add or remove them from this shield.
Always available
Phone Messages Maps
Tap any step to explore · resumes automatically
No account requiredData stays localEssentials always open
The quiet leak
A few minutes becomes 76 days a year.
The average person spends about 4h 37m on their phone every day and checks it around 144 times. This is not a willpower problem. It is a system designed to interrupt you.
4h 37m
daily phone time
144×
daily pickups
76 days
each year
How pause.lock works
Selective app blocking,
without losing essentials.
pause.lock is a focus and screen-time blocker for iOS, Android, and the web. You choose distracting apps to shield in profiles such as Deep Work, Sleep, and Deep Study, then start a strict timed session. Phone, Messages, Maps, and emergency calling remain available.
Profiles, focus history, impulse attempts, streaks, and analytics stay on your device. pause.lock does not require a hosted account, upload your usage history, sell personal data, or use advertising trackers. Optional exit hatches add a delay, accountability approval, or a typing challenge before an early unlock.
Built for the moment of weakness
A boundary you set once.
Then stop debating.
Make it stick
Start a timer you cannot casually cancel. Your future self gets the final say.
Keep your phone useful
No dumb phone and no all-or-nothing detox. Keep every tool you actually need.
The return
More sleep. More work.
More actual life.
Protect two hours a day and you recover one full waking month each year. Start with one session and feel the difference tonight.
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