About CartPause
Shop with intention, not impulse.
CartPause is built by David Rowell, a Principal Product Designer who spent 16 years at Amazon, Microsoft, and Nokia.
Our Mission
CartPause exists to help people shop with intention, not impulse. We believe that a simple pause before purchasing can transform your relationship with money and lead to more mindful consumption.
The Problem We’re Solving
Modern e-commerce is designed for instant gratification.
One-click buying, targeted ads, and endless scrolling have made it easier than ever to spend money without thinking. The result? Buyer’s remorse, financial stress, and closets full of things we don’t need.
The impact goes beyond your wallet. Impulse purchases generate mountains of cardboard, plastic packaging, and bubble wrap, much of which ends up in landfills. Products that are returned or discarded after a few uses only add to the waste. Every unnecessary purchase has an environmental cost, from manufacturing and shipping to eventual disposal.
Those purchases rarely survive a short wait. Give it 72 hours and you’ll skip most purchases. That could be $2,400 kept in your account each year.
Our Values
What we stand for
Privacy First
Your shopping data is yours. We sync it across your iOS devices through your CartPause account (Sign in with Apple), never sold, never shared with advertisers, never used for analytics. CartPause contains no third-party trackers. Your privacy is non-negotiable.
Simplicity
We believe the best tools are the simplest ones. CartPause does one thing exceptionally well: it helps you pause before you buy.
No Judgment
We’re not here to tell you what to buy or not to buy. CartPause simply creates space for you to make decisions that align with your values and goals.
Free to Try
CartPause is free to download. Pause as many items as you like at no cost, with an adjustable timer, no trial timer, no credit card. CartPause Pro unlocks the total savings counter, saving analytics, the Someday universal wishlist, and the Home Screen widget for $1.99/month, $19.99/year, or a $39.99 one-time purchase. Cancel a subscription anytime; the one-time purchase never renews.
Our Story
16 years making buying effortless. Then the packages piled up.
CartPause was created by David Rowell, a Principal Product Designer with over 16 years of experience building digital products at Amazon, Microsoft, and Nokia.
Despite years of designing products that made buying effortless, David found himself drowning in packages he barely remembered ordering. After implementing a personal “72-hour rule” and saving thousands of dollars, he realized this simple practice could help millions of others. CartPause was created to bring that same intentionality to everyone, designed with the same care and attention to detail he brought to products used by millions at Amazon and Microsoft.
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- Nokia
- 16+ years
Looking Forward
1,000,000
people shopping more intentionally. That’s the goal.
If that resonates with you, we’d love to have you join us on this journey.
Get In Touch
We’d love to hear from you.
Have questions, feedback, or just want to say hello?