Pause10 停十秒
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Ten seconds before the feed.

Pause10 adds a cancellable 10-second pause before TikTok and the other apps you open on autopilot. Close it, or continue. The choice stays yours.

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  • No account
  • No server
  • Data stays on your phone
Video & sound pause
5 min of grace
01 — The moment

A reflex, interrupted.

You don't decide to open TikTok. Your thumb decides for you. Pause10 meets that reflex with ten quiet seconds — long enough for the urge to loosen, short enough to stay out of your way.

01

Open as usual

Tap TikTok like you always do. Pause10 notices before the feed loads and covers the screen.

02

Let ten seconds pass

The app moves to the background, so video and sound stop. A ring counts down in the quiet.

03

Choose

Close it and go back to your day, or continue with five uninterrupted minutes.

The pause screen

Two buttons.
No lectures.

Pause10 doesn't tell you what to do. It holds the moment open, then hands it back.

Close the app

One tap returns you home. A short burst of confetti and a line of encouragement follow, then it's gone.

Continue

The app comes back, and Pause10 stays quiet for five minutes. Enough to use it on purpose.

Let it run out

At zero, Pause10 continues for you. No second confirmation, no guilt trip.

Both choices stay equally visible.
Video and sound stop while you pause
02 — What's inside

Small app. Few rules.

Everything is adjustable, and nothing is designed to make you feel bad. Set it once, then forget it's there.

Any app, not just TikTok

Start with TikTok. Add any other app you open on autopilot from a searchable list.

Ten seconds, or your number

Choose 5, 10, 15, or 20 seconds. Ten is the default for a reason.

A grace period

After you continue, Pause10 stays out of the way for 1, 5, or 10 minutes.

A countdown you can feel

A breathing ring shrinks with the seconds, so you always know how long is left.

Today, on your phone

Pauses, closes, and continues for the day. Stored locally, never uploaded.

Light and dark

Pause10 follows your system theme. The pause screen stays dark either way.

03 — Your day, quietly counted

Small numbers, kept close.

Open Pause10 and you see one day: how many times it paused, how often you closed, how often you continued. No streaks, no scores, no leaderboard.

  • On-device only. Counts live in local storage on your phone.
  • No account. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to sync.
  • Yours to remove. Uninstalling Pause10 deletes everything with it.
04 — Privacy

Your attention data is yours.

No account, no cloud, no analytics SDK. Pause10 makes no network requests, and the only thing it ever reads is the name of the app you just opened.

0Accounts
0Servers
100%On your phone

Why accessibility?

Android doesn't announce when an app opens. Pause10 uses an accessibility service for one job: noticing that a selected app came to the foreground, so it can show the pause screen.

It reads

  • The package name of the foreground app
  • Only while the service is enabled

It never reads

  • Screen content
  • Keystrokes or messages
  • Photos or files
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Pause10 doesn't block anything. It gives you back the moment before you decide.
Ten seconds. Cancellable. Yours.
05 — Questions

Before you pause.

Still curious? Write to [email protected] and a person will answer.

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Is the pause mandatory?
No. “Close TikTok” and “Continue” are equally visible. If you do nothing, the countdown ends and the app continues automatically.
Does Pause10 stop the video and sound?
Yes. When the pause screen appears, Pause10 moves the app to the background, so video and audio stop. Continue brings it back; Close leaves it closed.
Which apps can it pause?
Any app that appears in Android's app list. TikTok is selected by default. You can add or remove apps at any time.
What happens after I tap Continue?
The app reopens and you get a grace period: five minutes by default. Pause10 won't interrupt again until it ends. You can choose 1, 5, or 10 minutes in settings.
Which Android versions are supported?
Android 8.0 and later. The early-access build has been tested on Android 16.
Why does it need an accessibility service?
Android has no public event for “an app opened”. The accessibility service reads only the foreground app's package name, so Pause10 knows when to show the pause screen. It never reads screen content, and you can turn it off at any time in Android Settings.
Where does my data go?
Nowhere. Settings and daily counts stay in local storage on your phone. Pause10 has no account, no server, and no analytics. Uninstalling the app deletes the data.
Is there an iPhone version?
Pause10 is Android-only for now. The app relies on Android's accessibility and overlay capabilities, which have no direct iOS equivalent.
How much does it cost?
Pause10 is in early access. There are no ads and no in-app purchases.
Android · Early access

Take ten seconds back.

Pause10 is in early access. Send us a note and we'll reply with the Android build and a short setup guide.

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  • Android 8.0+
  • No account
  • Data stays on device