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Not Yet: Checkout Blocker

A MINDFUL CHECKOUT BLOCKER · SPEND WITH INTENTION · IPHONE, IPAD & MAC (SAFARI) · CHROME

A Pause, Right Before You Buy

Not Yet blocks checkout and payment pages until you retype a freshly generated code, character for character. Not a countdown you can wait out. Not a snooze button you tap through without thinking. Built for anyone who wants a real moment before spending, whether that's your own impulse buying, a family member's, or a partner's shared budget.

On Chrome? Premium is $39.99 once, with a key you keep for good.

Off: this store checks out like any other. Try Place order, then switch Not Yet on. On: Place order and the wallet buttons pause first. Try them now.

Northfield Goods

Order summary

or pay with

This code is just for the demo. On a real checkout page, it's random every time and never reused.

Shielding Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and Klarna like this is part of Not Yet Premium. It's shown here on purpose, so you can see what it looks like either way.

How it works

Four steps, every single time

No setup beyond picking what to pause. From there, every checkout page gets the same treatment, automatically.

1

Not Yet spots the checkout button

A checkout or payment page, matched automatically the moment it loads. No list of stores to maintain yourself.

2

You go to complete a purchase

You click through toward checkout the same way you always would, nothing different yet.

3

Not Yet pauses the moment

Retype a fresh code, answer a reflection prompt, or wait out a timer, whichever you picked in Settings.

4

You decide, clearly

Finish the purchase if you still want to, or head to your Quiet Place instead. Either way, you'll have actually thought about it, and often end up spending less along the way.

App previews

See it on every screen

Real screens from Not Yet on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, shown on a demo store. Tap any one for a closer look.

iPhone

Pause before you pay. Not Yet's pause screen over a store's checkout, with a fresh code to retype. Somewhere calmer to go. The Quiet Place, one tap from any pause. Check in with yourself. The Quiet Place's mood check-in and things to do instead. See what you didn't spend. Your stats, with the money you actually kept. It finds the total for you. The last step before checkout, with the order total already filled in. No snooze. No shortcuts. The code is checked character by character. Your pause, your way. A breathing timer and a reflection question, two of the three ways to pause. Your week, at a glance. The recap's totals, weekly trend, and what you chose instead. Made for parents. Guard Mode keeps Settings behind a PIN. And for partners. The welcome guide asks who Not Yet is for. Shopping, food, betting. Choosing from 14 categories to pause. Set time limits on any site. A small countdown in the corner of a video site. Catch the Buy now button. A soft cover over a product page's buy buttons. Make it yours. A photo board in the Quiet Place and the Violet theme. No account. No server. Nothing you do in Not Yet leaves your device.

iPad

Pause before you pay. Not Yet's pause screen over a store's checkout, with a fresh code to retype. Somewhere calmer to go. The Quiet Place, one tap from any pause. Check in with yourself. The Quiet Place's mood check-in and things to do instead. See what you didn't spend. Your stats, with the money you actually kept. It finds the total for you. The last step before checkout, with the order total already filled in. No snooze. No shortcuts. The code is checked character by character. Your pause, your way. A breathing timer and a reflection question, two of the three ways to pause. Your week, at a glance. The recap's totals, weekly trend, and what you chose instead. Made for parents. Guard Mode keeps Settings behind a PIN. And for partners. The welcome guide asks who Not Yet is for. Shopping, food, betting. Choosing from 14 categories to pause. Set time limits on any site. A small countdown in the corner of a video site. Catch the Buy now button. A soft cover over a product page's buy buttons. Make it yours. A photo board in the Quiet Place and the Violet theme. No account. No server. Nothing you do in Not Yet leaves your device.

Mac

Pause before you pay. Not Yet's pause screen over a store's checkout, with a fresh code to retype. Somewhere calmer to go. The Quiet Place, one tap from any pause. Check in with yourself. The Quiet Place's mood check-in and things to do instead. See what you didn't spend. Your stats, with the money you actually kept. It finds the total for you. The last step before checkout, with the order total already filled in. No snooze. No shortcuts. The code is checked character by character. Ask yourself the real question. Answering a reflection question before continuing. Or just breathe. A calm countdown gives the urge time to pass. Your week, at a glance. The recap's totals, weekly trend, and what you chose instead. Made for parents. Guard Mode keeps Settings behind a PIN. And for partners. The welcome guide asks who Not Yet is for. Shopping, food, betting. Choosing from 14 categories to pause. Set time limits on any site. A small countdown in the corner of a video site. Catch the Buy now button. A soft cover over a product page's buy buttons. No account. No server. Nothing you do in Not Yet leaves your device.

Want the story behind each screen? Read Not Yet, screen by screen. Every one was made with Shotstand.

Why Not Yet exists

Impulse doesn't wait for a timer to run out

A countdown just asks you to wait it out, which most people do without thinking about anything in particular. A "snooze" button is worse: tap it once and the moment's already gone. Not Yet works differently. It shows a random code and asks you to retype it, character for character, before a checkout or payment page will continue. Nothing is cached or reused: reload the page and you get a brand new code. The point is a genuine pause, not a puzzle you solve once and remember.

A countdown
10s

You can wait it out without thinking about anything. Most people do.

A snooze button

Take a break from shopping?

One tap, and the moment is already gone.

Not Yet

Retype this code to continue

It takes your attention, not just your time. Case matters, and the app's code is 40 characters by default.

Free tier

Free, genuinely

No account, no ads, and nothing collected, ever. Everything below works with no purchase at all, on both Safari and Chrome.

Automatic checkout detectionCatches a checkout page by the page itself (its address and button text), on any site, not just the categories you've picked. If it catches the same site three separate days running, it adds that site to your list on its own. It only ever adds protection this way, never removes it.

Recognizes checkout and payment pages on its own. Nothing to configure per site.

The typed-code unlock

A fresh, random code every time. Never cached, never reused, and never removable.

Your own Quiet Place

A calm destination every block screen can send you to instead of buying. Never paywalled.

14 built-in categories

Shopping, subscriptions, and more, plus your own custom sites, all still limited to checkout pages only.

Two ways to restrict a site

Pause a site for a while (1 to 24 hours, with the pause screen as soon as you land), or a real block on your worst-offender sites: redirected away the moment you land, no code, no way through until you remove it yourself.

Time limits on sites

Pick how long you want on a site per visit. A small timer counts down in the corner, and when it runs out you're taken to your Quiet Place or shown a pause. Only time on screen counts.

Gambling & betting, opt-in

A dedicated category you turn on yourself, with credible precedent (Gamban, BetBlocker).

Reflection prompts or a timer

If retyping a code isn't the friction that works for you, pick one of the other two in Settings.

Basic stats

How many times you've paused, and a running total of what you chose not to spend.

Four calm color themes

No red, no alarm palette anywhere. Shame doesn't help, so the app doesn't use it.

Your Quiet Place

Somewhere to go instead of buying

Every block screen's main way out isn't "wait" or "try again," it's a real destination: a short mood check-in, a few activities to do instead, and a layout you can rearrange to fit how you actually use it. It's free on both platforms, permanently, because the way out of a block should never come with a purchase prompt attached.

  • Mood check-in and built-in or custom activities
  • Rearrange the page's layout yourself, arrow by arrow
  • Premium: a photo pinboard, your own images pinned to the page
Your Quiet Place · Pinboard (Premium) · try it

How are you feeling right now?

Want to do something else instead?

Your Recap

See the pattern, not just the moment

Every pause gets logged locally, on your own device, and the free recap shows your basic totals. Premium unlocks the full picture: a weekly trend chart like the one shown here, a category breakdown of where pauses actually happen, a log of your own mood and "proud of that" notes, and a shareable image if you want to show your own progress.

  • Free: total times paused, total not spent
  • Premium: weekly trend chart and category breakdown
  • Premium: mood log, shareable recap image, Home Screen widgets
Premium · Safari and Chrome

A little more friction, on purpose

On Safari, a monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime unlock. On Chrome, one payment for a Premium key that's checked on your own computer, so there's still no server. Bought lifetime in the Not Yet app? It covers Chrome too, at no extra cost.

SafariiPhone, iPad, and Mac

Buy in the Not Yet app with your Apple Account: monthly, or lifetime for $39.99 once. Restore Purchases brings it back on a new device.

ChromeAny computer with Chrome

$39.99once, no subscription

A Premium key, checked on your own computer, so there's still no server. It arrives by email. Paste it into Not Yet and Premium is on.

Get a Premium key

Checkout on Payhip. How it works

BothOne lifetime purchase

Bought lifetime in the Not Yet app? Tap Copy code for Chrome and paste it into Chrome. It's Apple's own signed record of your purchase, so Chrome is covered at no extra cost.

Guard Mode

A PIN on your own settingsWith it on, a PIN is needed before loosening anything, like turning off a category or removing a site. If a subscription ever lapses, Guard Mode stays fully on. Your own PIN always opens it, and a built-in master reset is the only other way in if you forget it.

Protects your settings from your own impulses. Never locks you out for a lapsed subscription.

Reflection

Write your own prompts

Swap the built-in reflection questions for ones written in your own words.

Themes

Custom gradient themes

Pick your own two colors; the app derives a full accessible palette from them.

Quiet Place

The photo pinboard

Pin your own images to your Quiet Place. Shown above.

Buy-button shield

Wallet & Buy Now, Pay Later

Extends the shield to Apple Pay, Klarna, and similar buttons, not just the main checkout button.

Recap

The full weekly recap

Trend chart, category breakdown, mood log, and a shareable image. Shown above.

Widgets

Home Screen widgets

Your basic stats, glanceable without opening the app. On iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Soon

More on the way

New Premium features land here first. The lifetime purchase already includes every one of them, no second purchase, ever.

Guard Mode never locks you out for a lapsed subscription. Your own PIN always opens it.

Built for a pause, not a punishment

Anyone who shops on impulse

A checkout page that's one tap away from a purchase you'll second-guess an hour later. Not Yet buys back the few seconds that a "Buy Now" button usually skips right past.

Parents protecting a family member's device

Guard Mode puts a PIN on Not Yet's own settings, so a family member can't quietly turn protection off on their own device. Recommended settings are built right into Setup & Help.

Spouses and partners sharing a budget

A real pause before either of you completes a purchase on a shared device, without either of you needing to police the other in the moment.

Anyone pausing gambling or betting sites

A real, opt-in category with credible precedent (Gamban, BetBlocker). Not Yet doesn't simulate or facilitate anything, it only ever pauses access, the same as it does for ordinary checkout pages.

Frequently asked questions

Is Not Yet free?

Yes. The core blocking, the code unlock, time limits on sites, and your Quiet Place are all completely free on both Safari and Chrome, with no account required. Premium, on either browser, adds Guard Mode, custom themes, a full recap, and more.

Does Not Yet collect my data?

No. Not Yet has no server and makes no network requests to us at all. Every setting, counter, and PIN hash stays on your own device. See the Privacy Policy for the full detail.

Can I still buy something if I really mean to?

Yes, always. Not Yet is a friction tool, not a hard block: retyping the code, answering a reflection prompt, or waiting out a timer all let a purchase through, by design. It's meant to buy a moment of thought, not stop you outright.

What is Guard Mode?

A PIN you set yourself that protects your own settings from your own impulses, like turning off a category mid-browse. If a subscription ever lapses, Guard Mode stays fully on. Your own PIN always opens it, and a built-in master reset is the only other way in if you forget it.

What's on the recap page?

A summary of your own local activity: how many times you've paused, and what you chose not to spend, for free. Premium adds a weekly trend chart, a category breakdown of where pauses happen most, a log of your own mood and "proud of that" notes, and a shareable image.

What's the pinboard in the Quiet Place?

A Premium feature: pin your own photos to your Quiet Place so it actually feels like yours, drag to reposition, with backup and restore built in. The Quiet Place itself, its mood check-in, and its activities are free either way.

Is this a treatment program?

No. Not Yet is a pause and friction tool, not a substitute for professional financial, medical, or mental health advice. If you're dealing with compulsive spending or gambling and need more than a pause, please talk to a qualified professional or a relevant support organization.

Does it work the same in Chrome?

The core blocking is identical, and so is Premium, apart from widgets, which come with the Not Yet app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. On Chrome, Premium is a one-time purchase sold through Payhip: you get a key by email and paste it into Not Yet. The key is checked on your own computer, so Not Yet still runs no server.

I bought lifetime Premium in the app. Do I pay again for Chrome?

No. Open the Not Yet app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac and tap Copy code for Chrome (or Email it to myself, for a computer that isn't yours). Then paste the code into Not Yet's Premium page in Chrome. The code is Apple's own signed record of your purchase, checked on your computer, with nothing sent anywhere. The monthly subscription covers Safari only.

Does this work in Private Browsing or Incognito?

Not by default, and it's not something Not Yet can change on its own. Safari and Chrome both keep every extension out of a private window unless you turn that on yourself, for that extension specifically, the same rule for every extension, not just this one. The extension's own Setup & Help walks through the exact toggle on each browser if you want blocking to hold there too.

What if checkout has several steps?

Confirming a real purchase (the final "Are you sure?" screen, after the code, prompt, or timer) opens a short, fixed grace window on that one site, so a shipping page, a payment page, and a confirmation page don't each ask for a fresh pause. It's not a setting you can extend or turn on ahead of time, just a quiet acknowledgment that one purchase decision shouldn't repeat the same pause five times.

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Get Not Yet

No account to create, nothing to collect. Turn it on, pick what to pause, and get back to browsing.