Pause - Stop Mindless Browsing
Chrome extension by Freedom · Productivity · Tools
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- Established publisher
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A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 10 000 users, an established extension. Audience over the last 30 days: unchanged.
No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.
What the developer says, and 4 screenshots
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- Users
- 10 000
- Users, last 30 days
- Unchanged (the store rounds this count to 10 000, so it moves only between steps)
- Rating, last 30 days
- -0.09 in 30 days
- Version
- 1.0.1
- Updated in the store
- 2023-10-03
- Published
- 2019-04-23
- Manifest
- V3
- Browser access
- 3 permissions
How it has moved
- 2026-10-1410k
- 2026-11-0110k
- 2026-10-14reviews124
- 2026-11-01reviews124
- 2026-09-0110k
- 2026-09-0210k
- 2026-10-1410k
- 2026-11-0110k
- 2026-09-01reviews123
- 2026-09-02reviews124
- 2026-10-14reviews124
- 2026-11-01reviews124
A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing up to 2 times a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.
What it can reach
No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.
What changed recently
Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.
The publisher
Freedom publishes 5 listings we track, 133k users between them. Listed website: freedom.to.
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Limit - Set Limits for Distracting Sites 60k users
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Freedom - Website Blocker for Chrome 50k users
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Insight - Track and Optimize Your Time Online 8k users
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Focus - On Your Work 5k users
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Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.
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Website Blocker & Focus Timer — Pause 7 users
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Pause to Focus: Website Blocker 3 users (last published figure)
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Mindful Pause — Block Distracting Sites & Stay Focused 5 users
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Pauza 8 users
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Mindful Pause 2 users
The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.
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