Pawze
Privacy policy
Last updated: 1 October 2026
Pawze is a focus app: you lock distracting apps, and only an everyday object you photograph (your "totem") unlocks them early. Finished locks earn paws for a cat-rescue game. It's built to keep your data on your phone.
What stays on your phone
These never leave your device:
- Camera frames. They're checked on the phone to recognise your totem, then discarded. Pawze saves only the pattern it needs to recognise the object, plus one small thumbnail.
- Your locks: which apps you lock, your schedules, attempts and streaks.
- Your shelter: paws, items and the cats you've rescued.
- Screen-time data (with the Usage access permission). It's read from Android's own records to show your Insights.
- What's on your screen. Pawze's Accessibility permission is used only to notice which app is opening while a lock runs (including the name of an app icon you tap, so a locked app is covered before it appears). Inside Settings, it also checks whether a page is about Pawze, so the lock can't be switched off. It doesn't read your messages, what you type, or other apps' content.
Optional: account and unlock codes
If you sign in, which is optional, Pawze uses Supabase to hold your account: your email address, and your Google account's basic profile (name, email, picture) if you use Google sign-in. That lets Pawze email you a one-time unlock code. The emails are sent from [email protected] through Resend. Your locks, apps, totems, stats and cats are not uploaded.
You can delete your account any time: Account & privacy → Delete account. This removes it from Supabase.
Optional: anonymous usage stats
Pawze asks once whether to share anonymous stats, and they're off unless you say yes. If you say yes, it sends counts through PostHog, such as how long locks last, how locks end, and how quickly scans match.
- The stats never include app names, photos, totem names, your email, or anything you type.
- They're tied to a random ID for this install, not to your account.
You can switch them off any time in Account & privacy.
Permissions
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
| Accessibility | To show the lock screen when a locked app opens, and to protect Pawze's settings during a lock |
| Camera | To register and recognise your totem |
| Notifications | For the lock countdown, "lock finished" and the 30-second warning before a scheduled lock |
| Run in the background (battery) | So lock alerts arrive on time |
| Usage access | For your Insights (screen time, pickups, most-used apps) |
| Internet | Only for the optional account, unlock codes and anonymous stats |
Children
Pawze isn't directed at children under 13 and doesn't knowingly collect their information.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.
Contact
Questions or requests: [email protected]