# Joya Education — Phones paused during class

> Phones paused during class (iPhone/iPad app by BENJAMIN TAIEB.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/joya-education/id6809785276 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [BENJAMIN TAIEB](https://appshunter.io/developer/1855247921)
- Category: Education, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 46 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, European Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-10-01
- Data updated: 2026-10-04
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/joya-education/id6809785276/reviews.md

## What is Joya Education?

Joya Education enforces the school phone ban in middle and high schools. No pouch, no locker, no hardware.

HOW IT WORKS

The school enters its class hours. During those hours, distracting apps pause on the student's phone. Outside them, the phone is fully the student's again.

Calls and emergencies always go through. Always.

FOR THE SCHOOL

Staff see who is protected and who is not. A teacher can hand a student's screen back when the lesson needs it, for an exercise or a search. School leadership can open every phone at once when something happens.

A small toolkit stays available even during class: calculator and notepad, so that "I need the calculator" stops being an excuse.

FOR PARENTS

One summary a week. No live feed, no notification landing in the middle of the evening. You see whether the protection held, what happened if anything did, and the messages your child wrote to you.

FOR THE STUDENT

A "Tell my parents" button writes to the family without reopening the messaging app. And a "I need help" button writes straight to the school counsellor, never to the parents.

WHAT JOYA DOES NOT SEE

We do not read messages. We do not see photos. We do not know where the student is. We only know whether the protection is active during class hours.

No data is sold. No advertising.

Built in France. Data hosted in the European Union.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-02

• Verified authenticity: the app now has its identity attested by Apple. A modified copy is detected.

• Leaving and returning: a student can go out and come back — the phone is protected again on every entry to the school.

• My data: students and parents can download everything Joya keeps about them, from inside the app.

• Important notifications: urgent messages now come through even in Focus mode.

• Guided setup: the school is warned when a setting is missing without which nothing is blocked.

• A staff code entered from the student screen is now refused.

• Faster check-in at the gate, and the student's screen refreshes on its own.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-10-01

No release notes.

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