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LookAway

macOS utility that schedules and enforces customizable eye-rest breaks by blurring screens, displaying timed counters, offering flexible intervals and durations, pre-break alerts, intelligent meeting-awareness, unobtrusive design, and menu bar access for user control.

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Cost / License

  • Pay once
  • Proprietary

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Platforms

  • Mac
  • iPhone
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused
  3.  Clean design

Features

  1.  Reminders
  2.  Dark Mode
  3.  No registration required
  4.  Works Offline
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Reduce Eyestrain
  7.  Periodic Reminders
  8.  Wellness
  9.  Native application

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Obi Wlan Kenobi
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Out of all the screen break reminders I tried LookAway has the nicest design and UX, seamlessly integrating into MacOS. However, Premium is quite expensive.

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What is LookAway?

LookAway is a native macOS menu bar app for screen breaks, blink reminders, and posture nudges. It exists because most break timers interrupt you at the worst moment, then you “take a break” on your phone.

When a break is due, LookAway can wait if you’re in a call, watching a video, recording your screen, or in a fullscreen game. A heads-up lands first so you’re not caught off guard. The break itself blurs your displays with a countdown. Default is 30 seconds; intervals and duration are yours.

LookAway Mirror (free on iPhone and iPad) can mirror the Mac break and block distracting apps and websites, so you don’t just switch devices.

Also included: menu bar controls, skip/snooze limits, Office Hours, Screen Score and stats, Shortcuts / AppleScript / Focus Filters, and Live Activities for remaining break time.

Native Swift app, macOS 13+. Pay once from lookaway.com ($19 single / $29 personal), or use it via Setapp or the Mac App Store.

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