BreakTimer Alternatives

BreakTimer is described as 'Desktop tool for customizable break reminders with notifications, working hours settings, idle reset, and free open-source support for multiple platforms' and is a Prevent RSI app in the sport & health category. There are more than 50 alternatives to BreakTimer for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best BreakTimer alternative is Stretchly, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BreakTimer are Workrave, Loook, knook and Glance - Prevent Eye Strain.

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  1. Sitting at a computer for long periods of time brings with it significant health risks. Back and neck pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, eye strain, dry eye syndrome, shoulder and elbow pain, and more. In order to eliminate or at least significantly reduce these problems, it is...

    20 SBR - Simple Break Reminder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Eyes Relax icon
     22 likes

    It’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.

    62 Eyes Relax alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. EyeDefender icon
     13 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. RestStop icon
     4 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. TinyTimeouts is a Chrome/Edge extension that schedules short wellness breaks directly in your Google Calendar or Outlook/Microsoft 365 calendar — so your breaks are as real as your meetings. It automatically finds gaps in your schedule and books varied break activities that get...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
     
  6. SmartBreak icon
     5 likes

    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 types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. 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
     
  8. AntiRSI icon
     7 likes

    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 types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. rsiguard icon
     5 likes

    Remedy Interactive's RSIGuard is an award-winning desktop ergonomic software solution that reduces repetitive strain injuries. Around the globe, health and safety managers, ergonomists, health practitioners, and individual computer users rely on RSIGuard's comprehensive...

    40 rsiguard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Eyes Guard icon
     3 likes

    Eyes Guard is a Windows Application for protecting your eyes. It will help you (also can force you!) to break if you are working with your PC for a long time using configurable times.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Emanen Motomu icon
     3 likes

    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 types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Rest icon
     6 likes

    Rest is an app for your computer that keeps you productive and healthy throughout the day.

    It does so by reminding you to take a break every now and then, optionally suggesting great mini exercises that you can do right there in your office chair.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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