# PauseOwl

> PauseOwl (iPhone/iPad app by Alok Shrestha.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pauseowl/id6804852431 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Alok Shrestha](https://appshunter.io/developer/6793986063)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-01
- Data updated: 2026-10-08

## What is PauseOwl?

Here’s a polished **App Store Description** for PauseOwl:

PauseOwl — Screen Time, Simplified

Sometimes screen time just needs to stop.

Dinner is ready. It’s time for bed. Homework needs to get done. Or maybe your child simply needs a break.

With **PauseOwl**, you can pause selected apps on your child’s device right from your phone — without taking their device away or setting up complicated schedules.

When it’s time for a break, just tap **STOP**. When they’re ready to use the app again, tap **ALLOW**.

SIMPLE PARENT CONTROLS

PauseOwl is designed around one simple idea: give parents an easy way to pause an app when it matters.

• Choose which apps you want to control
• Tap STOP from your phone
• The selected apps pause on your child’s device
• Tap ALLOW when they can use them again

FRIENDLIER SCREEN-TIME BREAKS

Instead of a generic blocked screen, PauseOwl Family lets you tell your child why it’s time to pause.

Choose from friendly messages for:

• Dinner Time
• Bedtime
• Family Time
• Rest Your Eyes
• Time Offline
• Take a Break

You can also send your own custom message.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

PauseOwl is about giving parents simple controls — not monitoring children.

There are no activity dashboards, browsing-history reports, advertising profiles, or social features.

START FREE

Use PauseOwl free with:

• 1 child
• 1 controlled app
• Unlimited STOP & ALLOW
• Take a Break messaging

Want more control?

PAUSEOWL FAMILY — ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION

Unlock PauseOwl Family for a **one-time purchase of $9.99**.

Get:

• Unlimited controlled apps
• STOP ALL & ALLOW ALL
• All friendly break reasons
• Custom parent messages

**No monthly subscription. One payment. Yours for good.**

PauseOwl makes screen-time boundaries simpler: when it’s time to stop, just tap STOP.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-10-03

Choosing apps now happens on your child's device.

That device is the only one that knows what is actually installed on it, so the list is simply right — and the names and icons are there.

• Your child's device lists its own apps. You pause them from your phone, as before
• Apps that were missing from the list now appear, with their names and icons
• Untick an app to remove it, in the same list you added it from
• Choosing a whole category works now, and brings the apps inside it with it
• An app you stopped stays stopped when the list changes
• A device is no longer shown as connected if it cannot actually pause anything
• Steadier confirmation after you tap STOP

Thank you for using PauseOwl.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-30

No release notes.

## More apps by Alok Shrestha

- [Pauseful](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pauseful/id6793986061)

All apps by Alok Shrestha: https://appshunter.io/developer/6793986063

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