Pause vs The Pause App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pause
This app offers a unique, interactive approach to mindfulness and stress relief. By guiding your fingertip across the screen, it aims to activate the body's relaxation response, helping you regain focus and find calm anytime, anywhere. It's based on ancient principles and validated with EEG technology.
- Interactive fingertip guidance
- Stress release
- Regain focus
- Calming audiovisual feedback
- Mindfulness minutes tracking
- Scientifically validated with EEG
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Based on the ancient principles of Tai Chi and mindfulness practice, PAUSE brings the act of focused attention to your mobile device. Using a patent-pending technique and a unique approach to modern technology, you can easily start the journey to relaxation – anywhere and anytime. By slowly and continuously moving your fingertip across the screen, PAUSE triggers the body’s ‘rest and digest’ response, quickly helping you regain focus and release stress within minutes. The calming audiovisual feedback in the app is designed to help you keep your attention and focus in the present moment. Throughout development of the application, PAUSE has been continuously tested and validated using EEG-technology. What is PAUSE? ∙ A new digital approach to ancient meditation practices ∙ An interactive tool to quickly regain focus and release stress ∙ Scientifically tested and validated with EEG-technology ∙ Available anywhere and anytime ∙ Using PAUSE now adds mindfulness minutes to Health App on iPhone iOS10+ devices. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
The Pause App
This application guides users through a practice designed to offer closure to medical teams and loved ones after a patient's death. It supports a movement aimed at providing a moment of reflection and respect in challenging times.
- Guided practice for The Pause
- Supports closure for medical teams
- Aids loved ones in finding closure
- Facilitates reflection and respect
- Promotes a movement for mindful practice
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The medical Pause is a practice implemented after the death of a patient. This practice offers closure to the medical team and in the patient's loved ones. This practice, which has now become a movement, was introduced by Jonathan Bartels, RN. This app helps in practicing The Pause.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Pause App at 100% against Pause's 57%. The Pause App also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Pause's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (111 vs 11). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Pause sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. The Pause App asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Pause App holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pause has 111 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Pause's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Pause App's.
Pause ships an update fortnightly, The Pause App every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pause | The Pause App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (111 ratings) | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 111 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 407 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | PauseAble ApS | Roundglass |
Customer experience
Pause
The Pause App
Bugs and requests
Pause
Reported bugs
3 issues- Streak reset issue for meditation tracking
- Inconsistent behavior when moving finger too fast
- Audio cutting out during sessions
Requested features
4 requests- Add voice/audio instructions
- Provide more color and sound options
- Integrate with health/fitness tracking
- Improve full-screen support for newer devices
The Pause App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pause
- Pause Premium (monthly)3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Pause Premium (yearly)7 Days trial$19.491 Year
- Soundtrack: Peaceful Mountain$0.99
- Pause premium (life time)$54.99
The Pause App
No in-app purchases
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