Terms & Conditions

Last updated: 11 November 2026

These terms are an agreement between you and Pausely ("we", "us"), which runs the Pausely app and this website. By installing or using Pausely, you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use Pausely.

1. What Pausely is

Pausely is a digital wellbeing app for Android. It shows a pause screen before apps you choose, lets you set app limits, restricted hours and focus sessions, measures your screen time and time in short-video apps, and rewards mindful choices with stars. It's a tool to help you build habits, not a guarantee of any result.

2. Who can use it

You must be 18 or older, or use Pausely with the consent of a parent or guardian who agrees to these terms for you. Pausely needs an Android phone running Android 8.0 or newer.

3. Your account

• Pausely creates your account automatically. Adding your mobile number (confirmed with a one-time SMS code) is optional; it lets you restore Premium on another phone.
• You're responsible for activity on your phone and account. Tell us if you think someone else is using it.

4. Free Pausely, ads and Pausely Premium

• Free with ads: Pausely's features work without paying, within free limits (up to 4 apps per rule, one restricted-hours schedule, 15 and 25-minute focus sessions), and free Pausely shows ads from Google AdMob.
• Premium removes the ads and the limits. It costs ₹99 per month, or ₹499 once for Lifetime, or the price shown in the app when you pay, including any applicable taxes. Subscriptions started in earlier versions of the app (including the ₹1 day followed by ₹249 a month, and US$12 a month through PayPal) keep the price shown then.
• How you pay: for the monthly plan, you approve a recurring UPI AutoPay mandate in your UPI app (for example Google Pay, PhonePe or Paytm), or pay by debit or credit card on Razorpay's secure page. Lifetime is a single UPI or card payment. Payments are processed by Razorpay; outside India, they're charged in rupees on your card.
• Renewal: the monthly plan renews automatically, and your UPI mandate, card or PayPal subscription is charged on each renewal date, until you cancel. Your bank or UPI app notifies you at least 24 hours before each AutoPay debit. Lifetime never renews.
• Lifetime means for as long as Pausely is offered.
• Price changes: if the price changes, we'll tell you in advance, and the new price applies only from your next renewal after the notice. You can cancel before then.
• Cancelling and refunds: see our Cancellation & Refund Policy.

5. Permissions and how Pausely works

Pausely depends on permissions you grant in Android (usage access, display over other apps, notifications and running in the background). If you remove a permission, or your phone's battery settings stop Pausely in the background, some features won't work. Android and phone makers can change how these features behave, so Pausely may not catch every app opening every time. Pausely is a gentle nudge you control: the pause screen always lets you continue.

Pausely is not a medical, mental health or parental-control service, and it isn't a substitute for professional help.

6. Fair use

You agree not to:

• copy, modify, reverse engineer or redistribute the app, except as the law allows;
• interfere with our servers, abuse payments or ads (for example by clicking ads on purpose), or try to access other people's data; or
• use Pausely for anything unlawful.

7. Our content

Pausely, its design, artwork, name and logo belong to us or our licensors. We give you a personal, non-transferable licence to use the app on your own devices while you follow these terms. Open-source components are covered by their own licences, listed in the app.

8. Other services

Payments are handled by Razorpay, PayPal, your UPI app and your card issuer, under their own terms. We're not responsible for their services, but we'll help you if something goes wrong with a Pausely payment.

9. Changes and availability

We may update Pausely, add or remove features, or pause the service for maintenance. If we stop offering Pausely Premium, we'll cancel future charges and refund any period you've paid for but can't use.

10. Ending your use

You can stop using Pausely anytime: cancel your subscription and delete your data. We may suspend or end an account that seriously breaks these terms, after telling you why where we can.

11. Disclaimers

Pausely is provided "as is". To the extent the law allows, we don't promise that it will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that it will reduce your screen time by any particular amount.

12. Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for indirect or consequential losses, and our total liability to you for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us for Pausely in the three months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer protection law that can't be limited.

13. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of India. Any dispute will be handled by the courts of Delhi, India, though you may also use any consumer forum available to you.

14. Changes to these terms

If we change these terms, we'll update the date above and tell you in the app about important changes before they apply. Continuing to use Pausely after that means you accept the new terms.

15. Contact

Email contact@app10x.com, or see Contact.