Pausemark
Get Pausemark
Choose your apps
Pick the feeds you open on autopilot. Apple Screen Time shields only the apps you choose, nothing else.
Write first.
Scroll second.
Pausemark puts a small pause between the urge and the next scroll: a few honest words, then you choose.
You didn't decide to open it again.
Your thumb just knew the way.
Pausemark asks it to check with you first.
A speed bump,
not a jail.
Most journals wait in a folder. Pausemark shows up at the moment of impulse, and writing does the unlocking.
Meet the pause
Next time you tap one, a quiet prompt appears instead of the feed. The urge gets noticed instead of obeyed.
Write to unlock
Ten honest words is enough. Writing banks a minute of scroll time to spend when you choose, or you close the app.
Small entries.
Big picture.
Fast, distraction-free microjournaling that adds up to a clear view of your habits.
Ten honest words is enough.
No blank-page dread, no essay guilt. An entry the size of a thought still counts.
What's pulling at you right now?
Restless. Avoiding that email, honestly
Notice patterns without judgment.
Streaks, weekly history, and analytics show the moments you showed up.
Only the apps you choose.
Guard the feeds that eat your evenings. Everything else opens like normal.
Local-first. Exportable. Yours.
Your writing stays on your device. Never uploaded, never sold.
- No account required
- On-device journal storage
- One-tap JSON export & delete
Free to pause.
Pro to go deeper.
Start free with no account. Upgrade when you want more from your reflections.
Pausemark
Everything you need to start pausing.
Free- Fast, distraction-free journaling
- Screen Time app pausing
- Writing history & streaks
- Optional daily reminders
Pausemark Pro
Premium journaling, deeper analytics.
$4.99/month or $39.99/year · first week free- Everything in the free app
- Premium journaling features
- Deeper reflection & analytics
- Supports independent development
Optional auto-renewing subscription. Apple handles billing, cancel anytime in Settings.
Fair
questions.
Everything else, ask on the support page.
A microjournal that creates a small pause between an urge and the next scroll. You write a few honest words, notice the pattern, and choose what comes next.
Pausemark uses Apple Screen Time. You pick the apps to guard; when you open one, a writing prompt appears first. It requires a supported iPhone or iPad and your authorization.
Yes. It's a speed bump, not a jail. You can always close the prompt. Catching the impulse is the point, and most of the time that's enough.
Your writing stays on your device. No account, no upload to Pausemark servers, no selling personal information. You can export everything as JSON or delete it on-device anytime.
The app is free with no account required. Pausemark Pro is an optional subscription: $4.99/month or $39.99/year with a one-week free trial on yearly.