Workrave Alternatives and Similar Software

stretchly

stretchly is cross-platform open source app that reminds you to take breaks when working with computer. By default, it runs in your tray and shows reminder window every 10 minutes, that is open for 20 seconds, containing idea for microbreak. Every 30 minutes, it shows window containing idea for longer 5 minute break. You can pause/resume reminding of breaks. On Windows and macOS, you can set app to start at login.

• Better interface, same features. denydz • Jul 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• better interface, good ideas, easily customised nicoleahmed • Apr 2018 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD

Time Out

Break timer with micro-breaks for Mac OS X. 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 on the keyboard. Dejal Time Out is here to help. It will gently remind you to take a break on a regular basis.

• Gives the same functionality and improves in some features. davidz • Nov 2015 Disagree   Agree

Freemium Mac

Tomighty

Tomighty is a convenient, easy to use, eye candy desktop application that helps you organize and execute your tasks in the Pomodoro way.

Free Open Source Mac Windows

Eyeleo

EyeLeo is a handy PC application that reminds you to take a break for your eyes. Features: Screen blocking long breaks every hour. Short breaks with eye exercises every 10 minutes. Eye exercises shown by an adorable Leopard. Notifications announcing a long break coming. Strict mode that does not allow skipping the breaks. Customizable parameters. Multi-monitor system support. and more...

Free Windows

RSIBreak

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.

• + still updated + part of KDE - trustworthy developers Guest • Nov 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Workrave does not work on Ubuntu 16.04 Guest • May 2018 Disagree   Agree

Free Open Source Linux

Safe Eyes Linux

SafeEyes is an application that tries to protect your eyes from eye strain (asthenopia) by reminding you to take breaks while you're working long hours at the computer. It was created as a free and open source Linux alternative for EyeLeo, a Windows-only app.

Free Open Source Linux

Eyes Relax

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. Eyes Relax is a tool that reminds you about taking those breaks.

• Discontinued Website inaccessible but app still available at download sites.

Free Windows

Fadetop

FadeTop is a visual break reminder for Windows. At regular intervals, it fades your desktop into a bluish color, and displays current time. FadeTop Lets You... * Get alarmed about current time in a natural, mild and agreeable manner * Develop a habit of resting your eyes and body regularly Why FadeTop? We value our health and lives, but rarely when working or playing for hours before computer, and getting lost.

Free Windows

SmartBreak

SmartBreak is a revolutionary ergonomics program that reminds you to look away from your computer screen and enforces you to take regular breaks. Unlike similar break reminder programs which inform you to take breaks at fixed intervals when working on a computer for long hours, SmartBreak monitors and analyzes the way you spend time on a computer and then adaptively prompts you to rest at the appropriate time leading to effective break time utilization.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows

Eyes Guard

Eyes Guard is a Windows application for protecting your eyes when you are working with your PC or Laptop.

Free Open Source Windows

EyeDefender

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, distorted color vision, forehead heaviness, and sore eyes. CVS is impossible to get rid of but you can reduce and even eliminate most of its symptoms.

• Discontinued The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.09, released in 2008, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.

Free Windows

Rest

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. If you do any kind of work on your computer for more than a couple of hours a day, you need Rest. Rest is very easy to use and can be customized to fit your likes and preferences.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows

Recess

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., try to look outside a window, stand up, stretch the legs, and walk around a bit ... However when you are concentrating on what you are doing, sometimes you forget to relax. Recess is a lightweight application which reminds you regularly to take a break.

Free Mac

Angelic Retreat

Angelic 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 be customized. Moreover, you have the source code open and may do with it whatever you want (under the terms of GNU General Public License).

Free Open Source Windows

Iris

Iris is software for eye protection, health and productivity. The 2 most popular things of Iris which probably brought you here are: – You can decrease the amount of blue light emitted from the screen – Control the brightness without PWM flicker. There are several different modes and several different types of Iris. This are basically some preset values that many people use. Aside from this you can customize Iris a lot.

Freemium Mac Windows Linux

RestStop

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. By default, rest stops are needed after 1 hour of continuous activity. After this, the hourglass will be depleted and you'll hear a calming bell toll. These are meant to be subtle indications that it's time to rest.

Free Open Source Windows

AntiRSI

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.

Commercial Mac

rsiguard

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 set of tools to (1) proactively identify risks of repetitive strain injuries early, (2) reduce the risk of injuries, (3) increase injury prevention program efficiency.

Commercial Mac Windows Linux

Eyes’ Thanks

Staring at a computer screen for hours is not good for your eyes, so Eyes’ Thanks protect them: the app displays a full-screen image on your desktop at regular intervals, along with an optional message, reminding you to take a break. It supports multiple monitors system. Background images While some cool backgrounds can be generated on-the-fly, you can provide a more extensive gallery stored locally.

Free Open Source Windows

Emanen Motomu

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 on the keyboard.

• Discontinued The project is no longer developed. Last version, 3.2, released in May 2015, can be still downloaded from Codeplex.

Free Personal Windows

Resto

„Resto” is a Spanish first person singular form of a verb „restar”, which can be translated as „to remain”. There is also an obvious phonetic connection to an English verb „to rest”. The name is explaining two main purposes of the application: to count the remaining time of your work and to take care of your regular rests.

• Nice looking and have all desired functionalities. Guest • Jan 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

Free Open Source Windows Linux

Xwrits

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. Xwrits's graphics are brightly colored pictures of a wrist and the attached hand. The wrist clenches and stretches “as if in pain” when you should rest, slumps relaxed during the break, and points forward valiantly when the break is over. It is trapped behind bars while the keyboard is locked.

Free Open Source Linux BSD

Vision Defense

The Vision Defense Software provides you with reminder prompts to briefly look away from the screen at specific time intervals that you select. You may choose to display the prompts in any one of the four corners of your screen. This program will prevent Computer Vision Syndrome and related symptoms.

• Discontinued Website/app unavailable.

Free Windows

eyeBreak

eyeBreak is a tiny app designed to sit in the Windows tray and provide a non-ignorable message reminding you to take a break from what you are working on. Encouraging you to perform eye exercises, take comfort breaks, or generally you can use the application to remind you simply to stop what you are doing.

• Discontinued

Free Windows

WristSaver

WristSaver is a free and open source rest reminder application for Mac OS X. WristSaver is written in Cocoa and takes advantage of all the advanced features of that environment on Mac OS X.

Free Open Source Mac