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Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 23, 2026
The short version: Pauseful collects nothing. There are no accounts, no servers,
no analytics, and no advertising. Everything you enter or that the app observes stays on your
device and is never transmitted. Pauseful contains no networking code — your information
physically cannot be sent anywhere.
What Pauseful stores on your device
To do its job, Pauseful keeps the following locally on your iPhone only (in the
app's private storage and its App Group container, shared solely with Pauseful's own Screen Time
extensions):
- The apps you choose to be mindful about. Selected through Apple's Screen Time
(Family Controls) picker. Apple provides these as opaque tokens — Pauseful cannot see the names,
contents, or your activity inside those apps.
- Your motivation answers. The short responses you give during onboarding (your
"why," a person who matters to you, a trigger, a desired outcome). Used only to personalize the
reminder messages shown on the pause screen.
- Optional photos. If you add photos to personalize your pause screen, they are
stored locally and shown only to you. They are never uploaded.
- On-device counts. Simple daily tallies (e.g. how many times a pause appeared)
used to vary the reminders. These are numbers on your device, not a profile sent anywhere.
You can remove all of this at any time by changing your selections in the app or deleting the app.
Screen Time / Family Controls
Pauseful uses Apple's Family Controls framework with individual authorization — you
are setting limits for yourself. Pauseful uses this access only to show a mindful pause screen on the
apps you chose. It does not, and technically cannot, monitor your browsing, read your messages, or see
your activity inside other apps.
Data sharing and selling
None. Pauseful does not share, sell, rent, or transmit your information to anyone, because it never
leaves your device in the first place.
Children's privacy
Pauseful is a personal digital-wellbeing tool and is not directed at children under 13. It collects
no personal information from anyone.
Changes to this policy
If Pauseful's data practices ever change (for example, if an optional cloud feature is added in the
future), this policy will be updated and the change described here before that feature ships.
Contact
Questions about your privacy? Contact us at
outnash@gmail.com.