Comparison

PaperCut Hive vs Pause Mindful Screen Time

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PaperCut Hive

Securely release print jobs from your mobile device at your organization's printers. This app offers a convenient, touch-free way to manage your printing needs, with options to review and adjust print settings before collection.

Highlights
  • Secure print job release via mobile
  • Touch-free printing options (NFC, QR code)
  • Print job review and modification
  • Cross-device printing support
  • Contactless document collection
  • Find-me/pull-printing functionality
Features
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PaperCut Hive makes printing convenient, responsible, and secure in your organization. We're all for flexibility. This app gives you the option to securely release your print jobs using your mobile phone. Of course, you can also release your job at the MFD/Printer touch screen as well. This mobile app just gives you one more option, and a touch-free one at that! To get the most out of this app, make sure you have an approved email invitation to use your organization's printers & MFPs. To release prints using your phone, simply tap your phone on an NFC sticker on the printer, scanning a QR code, or selecting the printer's name from a list. Did you forget to double-side the document? No problem, the PaperCut Hive app will remind you and allow you to make those changes on your way to the printer. PaperCut Hive makes it easy to print from all your devices including desktops, laptops, Chromebooks, and of course your iOS phone. See! You can use your phone for work too! Here’s how it works: - You’ll receive an invitation from your organization - It will guide you through the installation of this app as well as apps on your computers and other devices - You will then be able to select ‘PaperCut Printer’ when printing from any of your devices - This app also allows you to view your print jobs and securely collect your documents at any printer/MFD in your organization - Simply walk up to the printer and tap the NFC stickers, scan a QR code, or use the MFD touch screen. This app gives you a contactless/touch-free release method. Benefits: - Have you ever printed your payslip and had to run (sprint!) to the printer to collect it before anyone else does? Fixed! - Have you walked to the printer only to realise your document has gone somewhere else? Fixed! We call this find-me or pull-printing printing. - Do you forget to select duplex at the time of printing, but then feel guilty as you watch an endless stream of pages roll out? Fixed! - Confused by different print dialogues on different devices? BYOD? Fixed! - Need to set up printing on a new device and wish it could be as easy as installing a new app? Fixed! Have a question? Please email support@papercut.com or get in touch with the PaperCut Partner supporting you. Note: This app requires that your organization has an active and configured PaperCut Hive account and the PaperCut Hive embedded software installed on your MFDs. You should receive an invitation or instruction on how to set up this app from your organization. Your confidentiality is our priority. Your data is treated like we'd want our data to be treated. Check out our Privacy Policy for the full story. In fact your confidentiality is super important to us and that's exactly the reason we invented PaperCut Hive (and of course to reduce print waste and make printing easy).

About

Pause Mindful Screen Time

This app helps you create intentional breaks before accessing distracting applications. Set intentions and activate pauses to foster a calmer phone experience. It offers a temporary unlock for immediate needs without penalties.

Highlights
  • Intentional breaks before app access
  • Customizable app protection
  • Save intentions for mindful use
  • 5-minute temporary unlocks
  • No account or backend required
  • Ad-free and analytics-free
Features
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Pause puts a brief, deliberate interruption between you and the distracting apps you choose. Choose individual apps, then choose Manual to keep Pause on until you turn it off, or Scheduled for recurring days and times. When Pause is active, opening a paused app gives you a moment to decide: stay paused or unpause it for five minutes. Insights reflects Screen Time data already on your iPhone, with an optional weekly Check-in to notice how your phone use felt. Pause is local-first: no account, backend, ads, or analytics. Your paused apps, intentions, schedules, check-ins, and Screen Time data stay on your iPhone.

Screenshots

PaperCut Hive4 screens
Pause Mindful Screen Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

PaperCut Hive and Pause Mindful Screen Time both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pause Mindful Screen Time's written reviews are positive against 12% of PaperCut Hive's. Pause Mindful Screen Time also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). PaperCut Hive's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PaperCut Hive against 5.0 for Pause Mindful Screen Time. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 12% of PaperCut Hive's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pause Mindful Screen Time's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaperCut Hive ships an update every 5 weeks, Pause Mindful Screen Time fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PaperCut Hive versus Pause Mindful Screen Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperCut HivePause Mindful Screen Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews11.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaperCut SoftwarePeter Lebo

Customer experience

PaperCut Hive

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive11.6%
Neutral9.3%
Negative79.1%

Pause Mindful Screen Time

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

PaperCut Hive

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • App regularly crashes
  • App closes as soon as it's opened
  • Print jobs disappear
  • App crashes preventing phone release
  • Printers becoming inoperable
Show 17 more
  • Printer resetting itself
  • Desktop download doesn't work on Mac
  • Crashes and doesn't load prints
  • Randomly crashes
  • Computer won't cooperate (Macs)
  • App crashes after a few uses
  • Crashes upon load
  • App is too unstable
  • App won't open or crashes on click
  • Error messages not always appearing
  • Crashing since update
  • Constantly needed to delete and redownload
  • Need to frequently re-request access
  • Keeps crashing, can't open app
  • Have to delete and reinstall bi-weekly
  • System doesn't refresh
  • Does not work well with Macs

Requested features

5 requests
  • Enable search in printer list
  • Enable ascii copy paste of QR code value
  • App works natively with iPad screen resolution
  • Support QR code loading from images
  • Mark specific printers as favorites

Pause Mindful Screen Time

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PaperCut Hive

No in-app purchases

None

Pause Mindful Screen Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PaperCut Hive free?
PaperCut Hive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pause Mindful Screen Time free?
Pause Mindful Screen Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PaperCut Hive or Pause Mindful Screen Time?
PaperCut Hive and Pause Mindful Screen Time are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PaperCut Hive or Pause Mindful Screen Time have ads?
Neither PaperCut Hive nor Pause Mindful Screen Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PaperCut Hive or Pause Mindful Screen Time?
PaperCut Hive ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pause Mindful Screen Time fortnightly. Most recently, PaperCut Hive was updated on October 19, 2026 and Pause Mindful Screen Time on October 10, 2026.

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