PeerPause · For students

Study now, scroll later

PeerPause blocks the apps that wreck your revision. Need them before the session ends? A friend decides.

Download on the App StoreHow it works ›

PeerPause

Jamie wants 15 more minutes on Instagram.

now
PeerPause app icon

lol no. finish chapter 4 📚

One quick check
Forty minutes gone

Every small break is an opening, and Screen Time lets you tap Ignore. PeerPause doesn’t.

Screen TimeTap, and you're back in
9:41

Time Limit

You've reached your limit.

OKIgnore Limit
  • One More Minute
  • Remind Me in 15 Minutes
  • Ignore Limit For Today
  • Cancel
PeerPauseYour buddy has to say yes
9:41
CancelInstagram

Ask for more time

Instagram

Time Buddy

Scubi

15m30m45m

Just one more reel, I promise 🥺

Hold to ask for 15m

How it works

  1. Active
    Instagram1ha day
    Step 1

    Block your study hours

    Pick the feeds and games that steal your focus. Block them 9 to 5 on weekdays, or set a daily limit.

  2. need the group chat for the lab 🙏

    Hold to ask for 15m

    Step 2

    The app stays locked

    No Ignore button. If you really need it, ask your Time Buddy for 15 minutes up to an hour.

  3. JamieJust now

    Asks for more time

    Instagram+15m

    need the group chat for the lab 🙏

    AcceptDeny
    Step 3

    A friend decides

    A coursemate, a sibling, a housemate. “Group chat about the lab” gets a yes. “I’m bored” doesn’t.

  • Built for exam season

    Tighten your limits for a few weeks, then relax them after. Changes need your buddy’s OK, so plan them together.

  • Make it a study pact

    Be each other’s Time Buddy. Being someone’s buddy is always free.

  • Your phone, your choice

    PeerPause isn’t a parental control. You set your own limits and pick your own buddy, and they can’t see inside your apps.

Get back 6.4 years of your life

with PeerPause

  • 50% less time on your phone
  • 14h more free time every week

Work out your own numbers with the screen time calculator ›

Example plan from the app: 4h a day today, a 2h goal, age 30, counting 16 waking hours a day.

Why it works when Screen Time doesn't

Screen Time

Built into iPhone

PeerPause

With a Time Buddy

Ignore Limit is one tap away

There's no ignore button

Delete the limit at 1am

Limits only change with your buddy’s OK

You decide if you get more time

A friend decides if you get more time

Nothing to lose by giving in

A streak you won’t want to break

From the App Store

FAQs

Can I block apps only during study hours?

Yes. Besides daily limits, PeerPause can block apps on a schedule, like 9 to 5 on weekdays. Outside the schedule they work as usual.

Who should be my Time Buddy?

Someone who replies quickly and is happy to say no: a friend from your course, a sibling or a housemate. Avoid anyone who will approve everything so you approve theirs.

Is PeerPause a parental control app?

No. PeerPause is for people limiting their own phone, with a friend they choose. Your buddy can’t see your messages or what you do inside apps.

How much does PeerPause cost?

Being someone’s Time Buddy is always free. Setting your own app limits is Pro, a subscription through the App Store.

Keep reading: How to stop scrolling on your phone · How to block apps on iPhone

Pick a study buddy who’ll say no

Download on the App Store