Pauz

An iOS app that interrupts compulsive phone use with who you say you are, not just a block.

Opening a watched app raises a shield carrying your own words back at you, something like “I am someone who reads at night”. From there you can reflect, spend override minutes earned by finishing the day’s tasks, or take an eighty-second guided breath. The mechanics come out of behavioural research: friction, identity reinforcement and implementation intentions.