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PausePal: Block Reels & Shorts

Block Reels & Shorts — keep the app, kill the scroll

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PausePal adds a mindful pause before YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels and Snapchat Spotlight open. It blocks only the addictive feed — chats, DMs and the rest of the app keep working. Streaks, friction unlock, scheduled blocking and an AI Coach. Free on Android.

PH · launched Nov 7, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views

Niche: distraction and screen time blockers · 257 launches, 30 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Workflow automation
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product
  • Android
  • Productivity
  • Artificial Intelligence

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Could you build this?

Yes It is an Android app that uses the Accessibility Service to detect and block specific in-app feeds, with streaks and scheduling layered on top; this needs Android development knowledge but is well within vibe-coding reach.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 598 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #237 of 599 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 368 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Scroll Less · ph · 2026-10-31 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.68
  • BrainShield · ph · 2026-10-31 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.66
  • Reels AutoScroller · ph · 2026-10-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • NoShorts · ph · 2026-10-23 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • Sober · ph · 2026-11-05 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • UnRot · ph · 2026-09-12 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • Donzo · ph · 2026-09-12 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.53
  • ReelsToSave · ph · 2026-10-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52

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