Walk.Earn.Unlock.
Lock the apps that eat your time. Every step you take earns minutes in your Time Bank. Spend them when you want to scroll. That's the whole trick.
Download on the App StoreFree 3-day trialComing to the App Store soon. Requires iOS 17 or later.
How it works
No willpower needed. Just a fair trade between your legs and your thumbs.
Pick your time thieves
Choose the apps you want locked. Dause uses Apple's own Screen Time technology, so the lock actually holds.
Walk to earn minutes
Your steps from Apple Health fill your Time Bank. 150 steps for a minute by default, and you can make it gentler or brutal.
Spend them to unlock
Want 30 minutes of scrolling? Pay 30 minutes from the bank. When the time is up, the apps lock again on their own.
A bank, not a punishment
- Your minutes are yours. The balance never resets at midnight and nothing is taken from you if you miss a day.
- Change your mind, get a refund. Unlock for an hour, close the app after ten minutes, re-lock early and the rest goes back in the bank.
- Surprise boosts. Once a day, a boost window earns you minutes faster. You never know when.
- Your pace. Four difficulty levels and a step goal based on what you already walk.
Your steps stay on your iPhoneYour steps and your screen time data are read on the device and stay there.
No account, no adsWe don't ask for your name or email, and there is nothing to sell.
Built on Apple's frameworksHealth for steps, Screen Time for locking. Both designed so the app can't see what you do.
Pricing
Try it free for 3 days. Cancel anytime from your Apple account.