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Pausr

Breaks that know the score

Pausr is a Mac break reminder for you if long screen sessions make you forget to rest your eyes, stand up, or step away.

by OBAM CORP.

Buy on Setapp Free on the Mac App Store Sold separately, not in the membership Developer website ↗
Helps you Take breaks & reduce eye strain 18 Build better habits 17

What you get

You get regular screen breaks without reminders interrupting your calls.

You get a schedule for stepping away from your Mac without watching the clock yourself: look away for 20 seconds every 20 minutes, stand for 90 seconds every 45 minutes, and take 15 minutes off every two hours. Brief visual nudges also remind you to blink and adjust your posture.

You get 30 seconds’ notice before each break, so you can finish what you’re doing. You can snooze a reminder or start a break early. When you’re on a call, presenting, sharing your screen, or gaming, Pausr automatically holds off rather than interrupting.

You can also see how your screen time adds up across individual apps and get a nudge when you’ve stayed in one too long. You don’t need an account, and your data stays on your Mac. Activity detection uses your foreground app and microphone-use status, without reading your screen or listening to audio.

  • Rest your eyes regularly

    You get reminders to look away for 20 seconds every 20 minutes, rather than relying on memory.

  • Get out of your chair

    You’re prompted to stand every 45 minutes and take a longer break every two hours.

  • Keep calls uninterrupted

    Your break reminders wait automatically during calls, presentations, screen sharing, and games.

  • Know where time goes

    You can review your screen time by app and notice when one app has held your attention too long.

  • Keep activity data local

    You can use Pausr without creating an account, and your activity data stays on your Mac.

Best for

  • You spend long workdays at your Mac
  • You forget to stand or look away during focused work
  • You need break reminders that wait during meetings

Skip it if

You probably don’t need it if you already take regular screen breaks and don’t want app-by-app screen-time tracking.

Screenshots

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From the developer

Pausr is a break reminder for Mac that knows when to leave you alone. It runs the 20-20-20 rule for your eyes, adds stand-up breaks for your posture and a real long break every two hours, announces each one 30 seconds ahead, and skips breaks on its own during calls, presentations, screen sharing and games.
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