FadeTop is a visual break reminder for Windows. At regular intervals, it fades your desktop into a bluish color, and displays current time.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Recess Alternatives
Recess is described as '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' and is a Prevent RSI app in the sport & health category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Recess for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and BSD apps. The best Recess alternative is Stretchly, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Recess are Workrave, Loook, BreakTimer and ZenBreak.
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- 60 Fadetop alternatives
Pandan is a time awareness tool, not a traditional time tracker or break reminder. It shows you how long you have been actively using your computer, to make you aware and let you decide when it's time to take a break.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
Norway
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This is a minimalistic Mac app which reminds you to take a 20 second break to look at something 20 feet away every 20 minutes, i.e. enforce the 20-20-20 rule. These breaks help preserve the eyes from strain, dryness, fatigue and other ill effects of the Computer Vision Syndrome...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Mac
63 Eyes Relax alternativesIt’s an utility that helps avoiding eyes-related problems when working at a computer for several hours. Concentrating your eyesight on a computer screen can cause an eye strain. You can prevent this by taking regular breaks during the work and look at distant objects.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
EyeDefender is a freeware rest reminder designed to prevent Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) resulting from working on a computer for hours. CVS symptoms include eyestrain, blurred vision, delayed focusing, headaches, back and neck aches, dry and burning eyes, light sensitivity...
Platforms
- Windows
Russia
RestStop sits in your tray and gives you non-intrusive reminders to rest after you’ve worked continuously for awhile. It looks like an hourglass, and it fits right in with the other Windows tray icons.
Platforms
- Windows
United States
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Designed to prevent strain and fatigue during extended computer sessions, this tool analyzes activity to enforce adaptive breaks, issues posture and blink reminders, combats eye and repetitive strain issues, offers child lock, and customizes notifications.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Canada
Display a full-screen image on your desktop at regular intervals, reminding you to take a break, with this portable app that offers support for multi-monitor setups.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
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AntiRSI is a program for Mac OS X that helps prevent RSI (repetitive strain injury) and other computer related stress. It does so by forcing you to take regular breaks, yet without getting in the way. It also detects natural breaks so it wont force too many breaks on you.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
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...
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
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Xwrits reminds you to take wrist breaks, which will hopefully help you prevent repetitive stress injury. It pops up an X window when you should rest; you click on that window, then take a break.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- United States
59 Angelic Retreat alternativesAngelic Retreat is a simple program which periodically blocks your computer to force you rest. If you have used similar ones before, you know about their cruel nature. Angelic Retreat is an attempt to create a humane software of such kind where the most significant aspects could...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
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