ColorPauseWhy ColorPause
What makes ColorPause different
Short videos, feeds, and games are built to keep you going. ColorPause takes the color out of them right where they are: one window at a time, once you reach the limits you set. Everything else on your screen stays in color.
One window, not your whole screen
Just the window showing a site or app on your list turns gray. The document you’re writing, the call you’re on, and everything else on the same display stay in full color.
Sites in your browser, with no extension
ColorPause recognizes the site in each Safari or Chrome window from the address of its visible tab. There’s nothing to install in your browser, and every window you open is covered.
Apps too
Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, games: list the Mac apps that pull you in, and they follow the same rules. A site you’ve installed as a web app from Safari or Chrome follows that site’s rule.
Limits that fit your day
Gray right away, or after a number of minutes or opens in an hour or a day. Choose the hours and days a rule applies, and take days off. Every site and app can have its own rule.
A nudge, not a lock
Gray sites and apps keep working. When you really need the color, Show in color brings it back for 2 to 30 minutes, and graying picks up again on its own.
Every display
One screen or several, in any arrangement: each window is grayed where it is, and stays gray as you move it.
See how it’s going
The Last 7 days page shows your time and visits on each site and app, and compares your daily average with the week before.
Private by design
What you browse and use never leaves your Mac. There’s no account and no analytics.
Try it free, then pay once
Every feature is free for 14 days, with no card. Then you pay once: $39 for one Mac, $59 for 3, or $69 for 5, each with 12 months of updates, and less until November 10. No subscription, and a full refund within 30 days.