Take a breath,
before you scroll.
MindfulPause adds a gentle pause the moment you open a distracting app. One breath, so you decide on purpose instead of scrolling out of habit.
Completely free · no paywall · no data
How it works
Set it up once
You add the MindfulPause shortcut once. After that you create one short automation per app in the iOS Shortcuts app, about a minute per app. The app walks you through every tap with real screenshots, from the “Automation” tab at the bottom of Shortcuts to the iOS prompt where you pick “Always Allow”.
Pause for a moment
Open Instagram after that and a calm breathing pause appears on its own, with one simple question: do you really need this right now?
Decide on purpose
Tap “not now” and the app stays shut. If you really want in, MindfulPause lets the app through and you tap it once more. The decision is yours every single time.
Grows with you.
Never wilts.
Every mindful choice grows a flower. Other apps let your little tree die the moment you slip. Yours never does. It only grows in the good moments and waits patiently through the rest.
- ✓ Every “not now” grows a flower
- ✓ It never wilts, a hard week breaks nothing
- ✓ A bee stops by on every fifth mindful choice
- ✓ On your home screen as a widget, medium and large
See how often
you choose to resist.
No invented “hours saved”. Just honest numbers: how often you paused and decided against it, and how often you went in anyway.
- ✓ Counts the real moments you resisted
- ✓ Pause length of 3, 5, 10 or 30 seconds
- ✓ Set it up for as many apps as you like
- ✓ Everything stays on your device
Your garden,
always in view.
Your garden lives right on your home screen. One glance and you see how far it has grown, without opening the app at all.
- ✓ Medium and large, fits any home screen
- ✓ Grows on its own with every mindful choice
- ✓ A calm sight instead of one more notification
- ✓ Nothing to open, it is simply there
A quiet
look back.
A short, optional recap on Sunday evening: how often you paused on purpose this week. Share it if you feel like it. No pressure, no invented numbers, just your real moments.
- ✓ Shows your real mindful choices of the week
- ✓ Opt in, off by default, you decide
- ✓ Sundays at 7 PM, switch it off anytime
- ✓ No “hours saved”, no shame, only your wins
Privacy first
MindfulPause collects no data. No account, no tracking, no servers. Everything stays on your device, and it all works offline.
Less reflex. More intent.
MindfulPause is on the App Store and it is completely free: no subscription, no paywall, nothing locked behind “premium”. If you want to help, there is an optional donation. It unlocks nothing, on purpose. It just keeps the app alive. Why I built this →
Download on the App StoreQuestions? Just write to me.