Every app wants your attention.
This one gives it back.
Research-led notes on attention, time, and deciding for yourself how the day goes.
The hour in bed that costs you 24 minutes of sleep
A study of 45,000 students found every hour on a screen after going to bed meant 24 minutes less sleep — and it didn't matter which app it was.
Pausa is free
No price, no ads, no fees, no account. The whole app, from the first launch — and the reason that costs nothing to promise.
Pausa is live on Google Play
One developer, one idea: a daily budget for the apps that eat your time, held quietly by an app that doesn't nag or track you.
What two weeks without mobile internet does to your attention
Scientists paid 467 people to switch off the internet on their phones for two weeks. What happened next is worth two minutes of your time.
What 8,000 kids and four years tell us about attention
A major Karolinska study followed children for four years. The ones who used more social media drifted toward distraction — and the direction of cause is the part worth sitting with.
Why time limits fail, and what holds instead
Most screen-time tools hand the decision back to you in the exact moment you're least able to make it. Here's the small design difference that holds the line.