Recess | Break Reminder
A macOS break coach - eye and body breaks on their own timers, full screen or as a gentle card.
Recess is a native macOS break reminder that runs eye-rest and body-stretch timers on separate cadences and, when one is due, shows a calm guided break full screen or as a small card under the menu bar.
Two kinds of rest, on cue.
Recess is a gentle break coach that nudges you to rest your eyes and stretch your body on the cadence your body needs - not the calendar's.
Features
- Eye and body timers, merged when they land close together
- Full screen or a gentle card, with a move to follow
- Strict or flexible breaks, with an optional skip penalty
- Start a break now, or push it 5 minutes later
- Step away long enough and it counts as your break
- Breaks wait during Focus, calls and the apps you name
- Work hours, and one-click pauses up to tomorrow morning
- Daily goal, streak, day-end wrap-up and a weekly report
How it works
- Pick a preset or set your own eye and body intervals, see the next two hours on a timeline, and choose the hours and days they run in.
- Recess runs both timers quietly - time away from the desk counts as a break, breaks wait during Focus, calls and the apps you name, and an eye break due just before a body break joins it.
- A heads-up lets you start now or wait 5 minutes, then the break takes the full screen or a gentle card, with a move to follow and a daily goal to fill.
Buying and licensing
Yes. Download the app and it runs in full for 30 days - no key, no card, no email. Nothing is held back during the trial.
No. You pay once and the license is yours for good, on up to 3 Macs. There is no renewal and no in-app purchase. The studio also sells an optional subscription that includes this app, if you would rather have every app instead.
Buy from the store and the key arrives by email right after checkout. Paste it into the app once and it stays activated.
The app locks until you enter a key. Nothing is deleted - your data stays on your Mac and comes straight back the moment you activate.
Yes, and thank you. Every app page has a Buy me a coffee button - one-off, any amount. It is not a purchase: no license is issued and nothing is unlocked, so every app works exactly the same whether you tip or not.
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