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Pause — Mindful Shopping Recovery
The free, opensource app that helps you pause before you buy
Pause is a free, open-source web app built for people struggling with compulsive or addictive shopping. It combines an urge-delay timer, spending tracker, guided journaling, CBT-based mindfulness exercises, and a peer support space — all in one place, with no ads, no subscriptions, and no data selling. Most tools for shopping addiction are paywalled or don't exist. Pause fills that gap as a genuine public good, built by a solo developer.
Hey PH! I'm the solo developer behind Pause.
I built this because people struggling with compulsive shopping have almost nowhere to turn digitally — everything is either a budgeting app dressed up as a recovery tool, or locked behind a subscription.
Pause is completely free and open source. It gives you:
1. An urge-delay timer — friction before impulse purchases
2. A spending & habit tracker
3. Guided journaling prompts
4. CBT-based mindfulness exercises
5. A peer support community space
No ads. No subscription. No data monetization. Ever.
I'd love your honest feedback, and if you find it useful or want to support the project, my Ko-fi is open: https://ko-fi.com/W7W61ZJV03
Ask me anything — I'm here all day!
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About Pause — Mindful Shopping Recovery on Product Hunt
“The free, opensource app that helps you pause before you buy”
Pause — Mindful Shopping Recovery was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #96 on the daily leaderboard. Pause is a free, open-source web app built for people struggling with compulsive or addictive shopping. It combines an urge-delay timer, spending tracker, guided journaling, CBT-based mindfulness exercises, and a peer support space — all in one place, with no ads, no subscriptions, and no data selling. Most tools for shopping addiction are paywalled or don't exist. Pause fills that gap as a genuine public good, built by a solo developer.
Pause — Mindful Shopping Recovery was featured in Health & Fitness (82.7k followers), Open Source (68.4k followers) and E-Commerce (41.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 53.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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