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Pauza

A screen time app that rewards you for staying off social media - every minute off earns tokens you can stake in 1v1 friend challenges, where the lowest screen time wins the pot.

Pauza home screen: daily social media time (32m), 98% social-free score, token balance, claimable rewards and the user's 3D avatar. The "take a pauza" button starts a blocking session.

Cost / License

  • Freemium (Subscription)
  • Proprietary

Platforms

  • Mac
  • iPhone  Requires iOS 26 or later
Charts screen with daily, weekly and monthly views: social media time tracked automatically via Apple Screen Time, plus physical health progress (daily steps) that earns bonus tokens.
Creating a friend challenge: pick an opponent and a challenge type — earn more tokens, less total scroll time, less time in a specific app, or "don't open the app first".
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Live 1v1 challenge ("less in app: Instagram"): both players' time side by side, real-time leader, deadline countdown and the token prize for the winner. No self-reporting - time comes from Apple Screen Time.
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  • Developed by

    GB flagA24Z AI

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.

  • Pricing

    Subscription ranging between $5 and $10 per month + free version with limited functionality.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • German
    • Spanish
    • Arabic
    • Chinese

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What is Pauza?

Pauza is a screen time app for iPhone where focus is a game you win together. Most blockers rely on willpower — and willpower runs out. Pauza adds something stronger: a real stake and a friend on the other side.

CHALLENGE A FRIEND Pauza's core differentiator is 1v1 friend challenges: two people commit tokens and compete to scroll less. Whoever loses really pays — the loser's tokens go to the winner. Screen time is tracked automatically via Apple's Screen Time API, so there is no self-reporting and cheating is impossible. A real stake and someone watching make it far harder to reach for the feed — no other screen time app has this.

EARN SCREEN TIME BACK Instead of punishing users, Pauza rewards them: every minute spent off social media becomes tokens. Streaks multiply earnings, and progress is visualized through 15 "Aura" levels — from Dust (day 1) to Lumen (1,000 days).

BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS Limits on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and other apps are set in seconds, with three friction modes: Awareness (a usage counter on every open), Soft (each open costs tokens), and Hard (locked sessions where leaving early requires paying a token commitment).

SEE WHERE THE HOURS GO A clear app-by-app breakdown of the day — no guessing, just the truth about where the time went.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN The blocklist never leaves the device — it's built on Apple's Screen Time API. Only an anonymous daily total syncs, so friends see minutes, never which apps were used. The optional avatar selfie is processed once and deleted, never stored.

FREE + PRO The core app — blocking, tracking, streaks and challenges — is free, with no sign-up required to start. Pauza Pro unlocks longer Hard mode sessions, extended challenges, and full weekly / monthly / yearly analytics. A macOS companion app syncs the daily score across devices.