Glance - Prevent Eye Strain Alternatives

Glance - Prevent Eye Strain is described as 'Half the world’s population will have myopia by 2050. Digital eye strain, also known as computer vision syndrome, affects over 50% of people' and is a Prevent RSI app in the sport & health category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Glance - Prevent Eye Strain for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and BSD apps. The best Glance - Prevent Eye Strain alternative is Stretchly, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Glance - Prevent Eye Strain are Workrave, ZenBreak, Micro-Break and BreakTimer.

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  1. RSIBreak icon
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    RSIBreak is a small utility to remind you to take regular short breaks. Repetitive Strain Injury is an illness which can occur as a result of continuous work with a mouse and keyboard. The risk of suffering injury increases the longer users work without breaks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Cronometer is a macOS Menu Bar application designed to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance with seamless break reminders, time tracking, and habit monitoring. Prioritize your well-being while staying productive with powerful features aimed at reducing strain and...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Look Away icon
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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...

    53 Look Away alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Eyes Care icon
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    Eyes Care is a desktop application built with Flutter, designed to help users maintain healthy eyes by following the 20-20-20 rule. The app reminds users to take regular breaks and rest their eyes to reduce eye strain and prevent digital eye fatigue.

    58 Eyes Care alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Eyes Relax icon
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    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.

    52 Eyes Relax alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Pomy icon
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    Pomy is a desktop widget-style app designed to prevent eye strain by reminding you how long to focus on-screen and when to take a break. Inspired by the 20-20-20 rule by optometrists.

    25 Pomy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. RestStop icon
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    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
     
  9. Fadetop icon
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    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
     
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    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
     
  11. SmartBreak icon
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    SmartBreak is a revolutionary ergonomics program that reminds you to look away from your computer screen and enforces you to take regular breaks based on your usage.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  12. AntiRSI icon
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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.

    49 AntiRSI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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