Breaktime!

Breaktime alternatives

  • Time Out

  • Break timer with micro-breaks for Mac OS X.It is very easy to fall into bad habits when using a computer for hours on end. You care about what you are doing, so can sometimes push yourself too far, or over-strain yourself. The human body isn't built to sit in one position for endless hours, gripping a mouse or typing on the keyboard. Dejal Time Out is here to help. It will gently remind you to take a break on a regular basis.

    tags: health rsi break-timer
  • SmartBreak

  • SmartBreak is a revolutionary ergonomics program that reminds you to look away from your computer screen and enforces you to take regular breaks. Unlike similar break reminder programs which inform you to take breaks at fixed intervals when working on a computer for long hours, SmartBreak monitors and analyzes the way you spend time on a computer and then adaptively prompts you to rest at the appropriate time leading to effective break time utilization.

    tags: timer health exercise break-reminder rsi
  • Take a Five

  • Take a quick break from work while staying focused with the Take a Five Chrome extension.

    tags: chrome-extension time-management time-tracking
  • Break Time

  • Sitting is the smoking of our generation. To stand up and move around once in a while improves your health. "Break Time" reminds you to do that, with suggestions on what you can do during the breaks.

    tags: productivity-tool health-and-fitness health healthcare pomodoro-technique
  • Pauses

  • Pauses is a small application that runs in the background while you work and helps you take regular pauses from working on your computer.

    tags: health dock automatic notification menu-bar
  • EyeCare4US

  • EyeCare4US is a free program for Windows, aimed at protecting eyes from computers, it shows us a window to remind us to take a break after a period of staying working in a computer. When it’s time to rest your eyes away from the computer monitor, the program will play a rain sound to relax and show us pictures with relaxing landscapes, When the time to rest the eyes and the eyes gymnastics have finished, the program will be minimized in the Windows system tray and the rain sound will stop

    tags: break-reminder eye-strain eye-rest
  • MagicanRest

  • Magican Rest is a free time reminder. It rescues Mac users from overworking and helps users arrange working time properly! Several clicks to preset rest intervals and duration and then Magican Rest will do the rest, reminding users of having a break at the set time. Magican Rest fully covers the users’ screen during rest time and freezes all operations during the allotted rest time. Magican Rest allows users to return back to work after the preset time has passed. Magican Rest helps users balance their rest and work time! »

    tags: Discontinued timer health break-reminder rsi
  • Move!

  • A work break timer with energizing Routines to Increase Productivity and Improve Your Health.

    tags: fitness focus workout-schedule work-break healtch
  • Recess

  • We know that it is not good for our health when spending hour after hour in front of the screen. It might effect our bodies negatively, e.g., stiff, throbbing, ... Recess is necessary. We need to take a short break, e.g., try to look outside a window, stand up, stretch the legs, and walk around a bit ...However when you are concentrating on what you are doing, sometimes you forget to relax. Recess is a lightweight application which reminds you regularly to take a break. However, if you really want to concentrate on your work, e.g., you are presenting slides, you can pause Recess. »

    tags: timer health break-reminder eye-strain rsi
  • restbreak

  • This free program reminds you to take regular computer rest breaks.

    tags: health break-reminder
  • Scirocco Take a Break

  • In today’s world we sit without moving for long hours in front of the computer screen. We hurt our eyes, shoulders, backs, and wrists. A short break every once in a while can reduce repetitive-stress injuries associated with computer usage. This free utility, which rests in the system tray, reminds us when to take a break, and it does so in style.

    tags: timer break-reminder ergonomics