Prayer Pause: Screen Time: iPhone vs Android

The moment your salah begins, Prayer Pause locks the distracting apps pulling at you, then unlocks them the second you finish, so you can pray without your phone whispering in the back of your mind. Build a real habit of dhikr, Quran and intentional time between prayers instead of endless scrolling.

Most of us spend 5 to 6 hours a day on our phones. Most of it is mindless scrolling, dopamine loops and distraction. Prayer Pause helps you cut that down and gives your deen the space it deserves.

Pick the apps to block. Set schedules around your namaz times. When you reach for a blocked app, Prayer Pause steps in with something better: dhikr, Quran, a quiz or a moment of reflection. Break the bad phone habits and build better ones. Your digital detox, powered by your deen.

WHAT YOU GET

- Block distracting apps, categories and websites during salah or at any time you choose
- 5 unlock methods rooted in your deen: dhikr, Quran, an Islamic quiz, reflection or du'a (turn on several for a different one each time)
- Salah Focus with two modes: Honour (pull up when you have prayed) or Proof Mode (scan your prayer spot with the camera to unlock)
- Focus sessions that lock your apps for a set time or until the next prayer
- Sabr, your camel companion, who thrives when you pray on time and tires when you scroll too much
- Sabr Score, a daily focus number that tracks your bypasses, resists, prayers completed and time spent in blocked apps
- Custom blocking rules with flexible schedules and daily limits
- Islamic presets for Jummah, Tahajjud, Taraweeh and the Last 10 Nights
- Brick Mode for deep focus with zero distractions
- Screen time trends and prayer history insights
- Prayer streaks with built-in grace: one missed prayer will not always end your streak
- Prayer Calendar to mark past days, fill in a range and see your consistency
- Period Pause holds your streak and stops reminders during menses, so no broken streaks and no guilt
- Auto-blocks during all 5 daily prayers using Apple's Screen Time API
- Travel Mode with auto-detection, Qasr and prayer combining
- Real full-screen iOS alarms for every prayer time, the kind that actually wake you up for work
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Live Activities on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen
- Daily Deeds: a Quran reading, dhikr, du'a and hadith for each day
- Quran Reader with all 114 surahs (Arabic, transliteration, English)
- Full hadith collection (Nawawi's 40 plus Sahih al-Bukhari, 97 books)
- Dua from Hisnul Muslim for every occasion
- Tasbih digital dhikr counter
- Accurate namaz and prayer times with prayer notifications (14 methods, auto-detect)
- Qibla compass with haptic feedback
- In English, Arabic and Urdu, with full right-to-left support

ALSO ON MAC

Prayer Pause for Mac keeps your prayers in the menu bar, and your Premium carries over automatically.

PRIVATE & SECURE

Prayer Pause uses Apple's Screen Time API. All blocking runs entirely on your device, and the apps you pick stay pr

The moment your salah begins, Prayer Pause locks the distracting apps pulling at you, then unlocks them the second you finish, so you can pray without your phone whispering in the back of your mind. Build a real habit of dhikr, Quran and intentional time between prayers instead of endless scrolling.

Most of us spend 5 to 6 hours a day on our phones. Most of it is mindless scrolling, dopamine loops and distraction. Prayer Pause helps you cut that down and gives your deen the space it deserves.

Pick the apps to block. Set schedules around your namaz times. When you reach for a blocked app, Prayer Pause steps in with something better: dhikr, Quran, a quiz or a moment of reflection. Break the bad phone habits and build better ones. Your digital detox, powered by your deen.

WHAT YOU GET

- Block distracting apps, categories and websites during salah or at any time you choose
- 5 unlock methods rooted in your deen: dhikr, Quran, an Islamic quiz, reflection or du'a (turn on several for a different one each time)
- Salah Focus with two modes: Honour (pull up when you have prayed) or Proof Mode (scan your prayer spot with the camera to unlock)
- Focus sessions that lock your apps for a set time or until the next prayer
- Sabr, your camel companion, who thrives when you pray on time and tires when you scroll too much
- Sabr Score, a daily focus number that tracks your bypasses, resists, prayers completed and time spent in blocked apps
- Custom blocking rules with flexible schedules and daily limits
- Islamic presets for Jummah, Tahajjud, Taraweeh and the Last 10 Nights
- Brick Mode for deep focus with zero distractions
- Screen time trends and prayer history insights
- Prayer streaks with built-in grace: one missed prayer will not always end your streak
- Prayer Calendar to mark past days, fill in a range and see your consistency
- Period Pause holds your streak and stops reminders during menses, so no broken streaks and no guilt
- Auto-blocks during all 5 daily prayers using Apple's Screen Time API
- Travel Mode with auto-detection, Qasr and prayer combining
- Real full-screen iOS alarms for every prayer time, the kind that actually wake you up for work
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Live Activities on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen
- Daily Deeds: a Quran reading, dhikr, du'a and hadith for each day
- Quran Reader with all 114 surahs (Arabic, transliteration, English)
- Full hadith collection (Nawawi's 40 plus Sahih al-Bukhari, 97 books)
- Dua from Hisnul Muslim for every occasion
- Tasbih digital dhikr counter
- Accurate namaz and prayer times with prayer notifications (14 methods, auto-detect)
- Qibla compass with haptic feedback
- In English, Arabic and Urdu, with full right-to-left support

ALSO ON MAC

Prayer Pause for Mac keeps your prayers in the menu bar, and your Premium carries over automatically.

PRIVATE & SECURE

Prayer Pause uses Apple's Screen Time API. All blocking runs entirely on your device, and the apps you pick stay pr

Prayer Pause is a Muslim screen time app and app blocker for salah. It blocks distracting apps at every prayer time and asks for dhikr, Quran or dua before you scroll.

Pick the apps to block. Set schedules around your prayer times. When you reach for a blocked app, Prayer Pause steps in with something better: dhikr, Quran, a quick quiz or a moment of reflection. Break the bad phone habits and build better ones. Your digital detox, powered by your deen.

WHAT YOU GET

- 5 unlock methods rooted in your deen: dhikr, Quran, an Islamic quiz, reflection or dua (or shuffle for a different one each time)
- Sabr Score, a daily focus number that tracks your bypasses, resists, prayers completed and time spent in blocked apps
- Custom blocking rules with flexible schedules
- Islamic presets for Jummah, Taraweeh and Ramadan
- Brick Mode for deep focus
- Daily Limit: a daily time budget for the apps you choose. Strict mode cannot be turned off or extended that day
- Focus sessions: lock distracting apps for a set time or until a prayer
- Screen time insights for your blocked apps
- Prayer streaks with 3 protective passes
- Period Mode that pauses your streak during menses, so no broken streaks and no guilt
- Auto-blocks during all 5 daily prayer times
- Proof Mode: register your prayer mat and scan it to reopen your apps after salah
- Travel Mode with auto-detection, Qasr and prayer combining
- Full-screen alarms for every prayer time
- Home screen widgets: prayer times, daily Quran and hadith, Daily Du'a, Salah Streak and Focus
- Live prayer countdown notification on your lock screen
- Quran Reader with all 114 surahs (Arabic, transliteration, English)
- Full hadith collection (Nawawi's 40 plus Sahih al-Bukhari, 97 books)
- Dua from Hisnul Muslim
- Tasbih digital dhikr counter
- Accurate prayer times (14 calculation methods, auto-detect)
- Qibla compass with haptic feedback

PROOF MODE

Register your prayer mat with the camera. Salah Focus then reopens your apps only after you scan that spot, so you unlock by praying, not by tapping a button. Name and save as many prayer spots as you need, for home, travel or work. Matching happens on your phone and the photos never leave it. If the camera cannot read the mat after a few tries, an honor tap still lets you through.

PRIVACY

App blocking and prayer mat matching run entirely on your device. Scan photos never leave your phone. Your prayer history, streaks and blocking rules are stored only on the device: no account, no cloud sync. Prayer times are fetched using your location. No ads.

HOW PRAYER PAUSE USES THE ACCESSIBILITY API

App blocking is powered by Android's AccessibilityService. Prayer Pause uses it only to know which app has come to the screen, so it can show your prayer pause when you open a blocked app during a prayer window, a blocking rule or a Focus session you start. The service cannot retrieve window content: it never reads what is on your screen, never collects what you see, and never acts on y

• Focus sessions: lock distracting apps for a set time or until a prayer
• Daily Limit with Strict mode for the apps you choose
• New home screen widgets: Focus, Daily Du'a and Salah Streak
• Save as many named prayer spots as you need in Proof Mode
• Fixes and stability improvements