Pauseling: Kids Screen Time
Calm parental control without spying: fair limits, sleep hours, pauses with stars. Nothing leaves the phone.
Sudarev
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Description
Pauseling is calm parental control without spying. It lives on your child's phone, shows the same rules to the child and to you, and turns breaks from screens into something to look forward to.
Limits that make sense
- A daily budget for school days and weekends.
- Limits for groups of apps you pick in the Screen Time list: games, videos, social.
- Always-allowed apps: phone, maps, books, school.
- "Time is up" is a calm screen, not a punishment: the child can take a pause or ask for more.
Sleep and study
- Sleep and study schedules by day of the week, overnight included.
- Safe mode: only always-allowed apps stay open.
- A gentle reminder 5 minutes before the end.
Pauses with a friend
Pauseling is a small calm creature that breathes with your child. Choose a walk, a book, drawing or helping at home for 10, 20 or 30 minutes and earn stars. Pauseling grows a sprout as pauses add up. Left early? No penalty, just "next time".
Ask, don't sneak
"15 more minutes to finish the level with Sam." The request appears right away; a parent enters the PIN and answers with a kind word.
A clear report
A week in bars, pauses, stars, requests and sleep kept, plus one plain sentence: what went well and what to talk about.
Together
- Conversation cards for each age.
- A family agreement signed with fingers.
- Age guidance based on WHO and AAP advice, applied in one tap and always editable.
Private by design
No account. No ads. No analytics. Pauseling never connects to the internet: minutes and pauses stay on this phone. It uses Apple's Screen Time framework, so app names and usage never leave the system and we never see messages, browsing, photos or location. Reports are kept for 60 days; delete everything in one tap in Settings.
The parent area is protected by a PIN and Face ID.
English and Russian. Dark and light theme, large text and VoiceOver.
Pauseling by Sudarev · sudarev.app
What’s inside
- Daily budget for school days and weekends
- Limits for groups of apps; always-allowed apps
- Sleep and study schedules, overnight included
- Safe mode: only always-allowed apps stay open
- Pauses with Pauseling: walk, book, drawing — earn stars
- “15 more minutes?” requests answered with the parent PIN
- Weekly report in one plain sentence
- Conversation cards, family agreement, age guidance (WHO, AAP)
- No account, no internet, nothing leaves the phone
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App privacy
No ads · No purchases
No account, internet, ads, analytics or purchases. Rules, minutes, pauses and the agreement are stored only on the phone; the PIN only as a salted hash. On iOS Screen Time data stays inside Apple’s system. Reports are kept for 60 days.
Information
- Developer
- Sudarev
- Category
- utilities
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- English, Russian
- Platforms
- iPhone: expected · Android: expected
- Size
- n/a
- Price
- Free · No ads · No purchases
- Works offline
- Yes
Questions & answers
Does Pauseling read my child’s messages?
No. It only knows how long apps are open. No messages, websites, photos or location — and it has no internet access at all.
Where is it installed?
On the child’s phone. The parent area there is protected by a PIN and Face ID or fingerprint. On iPhone it works through Apple Screen Time; Family Sharing makes it impossible to remove without you.
What happens when time is up?
A calm screen with Pauseling: take a pause and earn stars, or ask for more minutes. No alarms, no punishment.
How do I delete everything?
Settings → “Delete all data”, or delete the app. Nothing is stored anywhere else.
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