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CartPause helps you fight impulse buying by putting a pause on purchases. When you see something you want to buy, share it to CartPause instead. After the pause timer expires, you decide with a clear head whether to buy it or skip it, and keep the money.

1. Find the product in any app or browser
2. Tap the Share button
3. Select CartPause from the share menu
4. CartPause will automatically pull the product name, price, and image
5. Choose your pause duration and tap the green check mark

You'll get a notification asking you to decide: Buy it or Skip it. If you skip, the savings are tracked so you can see how much you've saved over time.

Yes. CartPause is free to download. You can pause as many items as you like at no cost, no time limit, no credit card required. Upgrade to CartPause Pro to unlock the total savings counter, saving analytics, the Someday universal wishlist, and the Home Screen widget.

• Monthly: $1.99/month
• Yearly: $19.99/year (save 17%)
• One-time: $39.99 once, no subscription

Cancel a subscription anytime through your Apple ID subscriptions. The one-time purchase never renews.

1. Open Settings on your iPhone
2. Tap your name at the top
3. Tap Subscriptions
4. Select CartPause Pro
5. Tap Cancel Subscription

You'll continue to have access until the end of your current billing period.

If you reinstalled the app or got a new device, open CartPause and go to Menu → Restore Subscription. This will check your Apple ID for an active subscription and restore your access.

Try restoring your subscription from Menu → Restore Subscription. If that doesn't work, make sure you're signed in with the same Apple ID you used to subscribe. If the issue persists, contact us.

CartPause works with any app or website that supports iOS sharing, including Amazon, Target, Walmart, Nordstrom, Nike, Best Buy, Etsy, and thousands more. If a store has a Share button, CartPause can capture it.

Some stores use non-standard pricing formats. If the price doesn't auto-fill, you can enter it manually. The product name and image should still load in most cases.

Items saved from the Safari or Chrome extension can be corrected the same way: tap the item in the app on your iPhone or iPad. If one store keeps getting it wrong, let us know so we can fix it for everyone.

Yes. When adding an item, you can choose from preset durations (72 hours, 48 hours, or 24 hours). You can also edit the duration after adding by tapping the item.

Items in Someday are things you're interested in but aren't ready to pause yet. Think of it as a wishlist, you can move items to a pause whenever you're ready. Someday is part of CartPause Pro.

Download CartPause for Safari free from the Mac App Store (macOS 13.5 or later), then enable the extension in Safari → Settings → Extensions. Click CartPause in the Safari toolbar on any product page: the name, price, and image are captured automatically, and you choose a 72, 48, or 24-hour pause. The item shows up in your cart on your iPhone and iPad, which is where you make the decision when the timer ends.

Install CartPause for Chrome free from the Chrome Web Store. It also works in most Chromium-based browsers, such as Microsoft Edge, Brave, and Arc.

1. Click the puzzle-piece icon in the toolbar and pin CartPause so it's always visible
2. Click CartPause and choose Sign in with Apple, using the same Apple ID as your iPhone app
3. On any product page, click CartPause: the name, price, and image are captured automatically
4. Choose a 72, 48, or 24-hour pause, or Add to Someday

The item shows up in your cart on your iPhone and iPad. To sign out, click CartPause, then the gear icon, then Sign out.

Every time you skip an item after a pause expires, the item's price is added to your total savings. Your savings dashboard shows your total, monthly breakdown, and projected yearly savings.

Notifications tell you when a pause expires so you can make your buy-or-skip decision. Without them, you'd need to check the app manually.

1. Open Settings → Notifications → CartPause
2. Make sure Allow Notifications is turned on
3. Check that Banners, Sounds, and Lock Screen are enabled

Yes. Go to Settings → Notifications → CartPause and toggle off Allow Notifications. You'll still see expired items when you open the app.

Your items sync across your devices, including the CartPause browser extensions, through your CartPause account (Sign in with Apple). We don't sell your data, share it with advertisers, or use it for analytics. You can delete every item via Settings → Delete All Items, or remove your account and all associated data entirely via Settings → Delete Account.

No. CartPause only sees data when you explicitly share a product link to the app, or click the CartPause button in Safari or Chrome. The browser extensions can only read the page you're on at the moment you click, and nothing else. CartPause does not monitor your browsing or shopping activity. See the Privacy Policy for details.

Three options inside the app:

• Settings → Delete All Items wipes every paused / saved / skipped item from this device and from our backend, but keeps your account so you can start fresh.
• Settings → Delete Account permanently removes your account, every item, your device push tokens, and your cached AI sentences from our backend immediately. You'll be signed out automatically. This can't be undone.
• Delete the app from your device wipes the local copy. The backend copy stays until you also delete your account.

If you can't access the app, contact us from the Apple ID you used to sign in and we'll process the deletion manually.

Tap Restore Subscription on the paywall screen, or go to Menu → Restore Subscription. This refreshes your subscription status with Apple.

1. Open the Share menu from any app
2. Scroll to the right and tap More
3. Find CartPause and toggle it on
4. You can also reorder it by holding and dragging to move it higher in the list

Some URLs require an internet connection to fetch product information. Make sure you're connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data. If the issue persists, try sharing the URL again.

The Safari extension gets your account from the CartPause for Safari app on your Mac. Open that app, choose Sign in with Apple, then click CartPause in Safari again. If CartPause doesn't appear in the toolbar at all, turn it on in Safari → Settings → Extensions.

Sign in with Apple opens in its own window, and the CartPause popup closes while you sign in. That's expected. Finish signing in with Apple, let the window close, then click CartPause in the toolbar again. If you closed the sign-in window early, click Sign in with Apple once more.

The extensions work on regular web pages (addresses starting with http or https). They can't run on the browser's own pages, like a new tab, settings, or the extension store. Open the product page and click CartPause again.