# Hitokokyu: Pause Before Apps — Unlimited Apps, No Permissions

> Unlimited Apps, No Permissions (iPhone/iPad app by HIROMU MORISAKI.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hitokokyu-pause-before-apps/id6810300278 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [HIROMU MORISAKI](https://appshunter.io/developer/6772914928)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-09-15
- Data updated: 2026-10-08
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hitokokyu-pause-before-apps/id6810300278/reviews.md

## What is Hitokokyu?

No Screen Time permission needed.

Hitokokyu puts a short pause between you and the apps you open without thinking. The moment you go to open Instagram or X, it asks you to take one breath first.

Stopping the "I opened it before I knew it" habit doesn't take a hard block. It takes a few seconds of space.

■ As many apps as you want
・No limit on the number of target apps
・Social, video, news, and games — cover them all
・No "one app only" restriction

■ No Screen Time access
・Most app limiters ask for iOS Screen Time permission
・Hitokokyu runs on Shortcuts automations, so it never asks for it
・The app never learns what you use or for how long

■ Watch the times you turned back add up
・It counts every time you went to open an app and stopped
・The focus is on turning back, not on minutes saved
・See what time of day you reach for your phone on autopilot
・A weekly recap every Monday, which you can share as an image

■ A pause that doesn't wear off
・The more you choose "Open Anyway" in a day, the longer the pause gets
・Set a daily limit per app; past it, you type a phrase instead
・A different short prompt every time, or write your own
・Write down why you want to cut back, and see it when you pause

■ Use it without opening it
・Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for today's turn-backs, rate, and streak
・Start a Focus Session from a widget or Control Center — you'll pause every time until it ends
・Turn on a Focus filter to pause every time during Work or any other Focus
・Grace periods and Focus Sessions count down on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island

■ Private by design
・Everything stays on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere
・No account, no ads, no data collection

■ One thing to know before you start
・You create one automation per target app in the Shortcuts app
・Hitokokyu walks you through it, step by step (about 30 seconds per app)
・That small setup is why you never have to hand over Screen Time access

Before you open it, take one breath.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.5 — 2026-10-03

・Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen: today's turn-backs, rate, and streak
・Start a Focus Session from a widget or Control Center without opening the app
・Grace periods and Focus Sessions count down on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
・Pause every time during a Focus, like Work, with a Focus filter
・New Shortcuts actions: Start Focus Session, End Focus Session, and Today's Stats
・Now available in English
・The more you choose "Open Anyway" in a day, the longer the pause gets (per app)
・Set a daily limit per app; past it, you type a phrase instead
・A different short prompt during each pause, including ones you write yourself
・Write down why you want to cut back, and see it when you pause
・Take a break for a day up to a week. Break days don't reset your streak
・Focus Sessions from 15 to 120 minutes
・Add schedules from templates: Before Bed, First Thing in the Morning, and Weekday Work Hours
・The pause screen shows how many times you've opened today, and how many by this time yesterday
・The done screen changes with the moment, and celebrates milestones like 10 turn-backs or a 7-day streak
・A weekly recap on the Home screen when a new week starts, shareable as an image
・Stats for Today, 7 days, and 30 days, with a turn-back rate for each app
・VoiceOver reads a summary of each chart
・The setup test now has you open the app from the Home Screen, and the typing screen is easier to use

### 1.2 — 2026-09-26

・ショートカットの設定を、1手順ずつ案内する形に作り直しました。途中でほかのアプリに移っても、続きから再開できます
・設定手順の説明を、iOS 26 のショートカットの画面に合わせて直しました
・設定が終わったら、その場で動作テストをして結果をお知らせします。うまくいかなかったときは、見直す手順を案内します
・2つ目以降のアプリは、1つ目と違う手順だけを案内します
・はじめて使うときに、しくみを3ページで説明するようにしました
・しばらく割り込みが起きていないアプリを、ホームでお知らせします
・記録に、日ごとの推移とアプリ別の内訳を追加しました
・対象アプリを一度も開かなかった日も、連続日数が途切れないようになりました
・対象アプリの名前と URL スキームを編集できるようになりました
・これから追加するアプリは「長押し」が最初の設定になりました（追加済みのアプリはそのままです）
・iPhone がダークモードのとき、介入画面も暗い配色で表示します（テーマを選んでいない場合）
・文字サイズを大きくしていても、介入画面が崩れにくくなりました

### 1.0 — 2026-09-16

No release notes.

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