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Owl
“A wise companion who gets sleepy when you do.”
He looks toward the horizon so you know where to look, and counts you back in.
A friend who remindsyou to look further.
19:58look 20 ft away
No account. No tracking. Just breaks.
The 20-20-20 rule
Every 20 minutes, look 20 feet away, for 20 seconds.
Eye doctors call it the 20-20-20 rule. Almost nobody remembers to do it. ScreenSage is the friend who remembers for you.
It lives up there ↑
Quietly, in your menu bar.
Glance up to see how long until your next break, then get back to it. Open the popover for the timer and a few quick tweaks.
- No Dock icon
- Nothing to look after.
- Starts at login
- Set it once, forget it.
- Pause, reset, skip
- A click away, always.
When it’s time
Five ways to look away.
When a break comes round, one of these fills your screen for twenty seconds. Each comes with a matching menu bar timer.
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Sage
“Ink, paper, patience.”
A brush-stroke timer on washi paper, with a single line of quiet advice.
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Arcade
“Your eyes have a health bar.”
Stage clear. Look 20 feet away to restore your eye HP and keep the combo going.
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Console
“A tiny instrument for your eyes.”
A gauge that sweeps out to infinity while your focus recalibrates.
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Horizon
“Look somewhere far away.”
A sun setting over soft hills. The easiest place in the world to rest your eyes.
Make your own
Or paint your own.
Bring your own GIFs and memes, write the lines, choose how it moves, and shuffle a playlist of screens. It plays as you edit.
Appearance
Manners
Good manners, built in.
A reminder you resent is a reminder you switch off. ScreenSage knows when to wait.
Break heldYou’re on a call. We’ll look away after.It won’t interrupt your call.
While your mic is in use, the break waits and a quiet notification takes its place.
Or your slideshow.
Holds back during Keynote and PowerPoint presentations.
Or the film you’re watching.
Full-screen apps are left in peace.
Every display, or just one.
Cover all your screens, or only the one you choose.
Skip is always one click away.
It’s a nudge, never a lock.
Long breaks, now and then.
After four sets, a five-minute stretch. Both numbers are yours to change.
Starts with your Mac.
It opens at login and gets out of the way. You’ll only notice it when it counts.
ScreenSage