Nine calm themes
The menu, banners and break screens all follow your pick.
Calm Teal
Rest your eyes. Keep your flow.The eye break reminder for Mac
The eye break reminder for Mac
that waits for the right moment.
EyeRest Flow reminds you to look away every 20 minutes with a calm, guided break — and waits when you’re on a call, presenting, or mid-sentence.
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How it works
A gentle rhythm that runs itself
Install it once. From then on, every twenty minutes, your Mac gives your eyes a moment — and you barely notice the app.
- 1
It counts down quietly
A small timer lives in your menu bar. Click it for your day at a glance, to pause, or to rest early.
- 2
A heads-up, one minute before
A banner slides in so nothing comes as a surprise. Finish your sentence, snooze, or start now.
- 3
Twenty calm seconds
A soft full-screen pause guides you: look into the distance, blink slowly, stretch, or breathe.
- 4
Small nudges in between
Optional blink and posture reminders appear in the corner and disappear on their own.
1
It counts down quietly
A small timer lives in your menu bar. Click it for your day at a glance, to pause, or to rest early.
2
A heads-up, one minute before
A banner slides in so nothing comes as a surprise. Finish your sentence, snooze, or start now.
3
Twenty calm seconds
A soft full-screen pause guides you: look into the distance, blink slowly, stretch, or breathe.
4
Small nudges in between
Optional blink and posture reminders appear in the corner and disappear on their own.
Smart timing
It knows when not to interrupt
Other break timers fire on schedule. EyeRest Flow checks what you’re doing first, and holds the break until you’re free.
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Break waits until the call ends
Your mic is live in Zoom, Meet, Teams or FaceTime, so the break waits until you hang up.
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Made for everyday Mac work
Small details, done properly
Fits around your day
Working hours, plus longer planned breaks like lunch.
Hotkeys & Shortcuts
Break now from any app, or dim the lights when a break starts.
Speaks your language
Fully translated into six languages.
Private by design
Your settings and stats never leave your Mac.
Your day at a glance
Breaks taken, a streak, and a gentle screen score.
A companion who looks up first
Leo lives on the panel. He wanders in, settles down, grooms, and rolls over when you click him. With a license you can pick one of ten cats and give them a name.
That’s Leo. Give them a click. Leo is free; the other nine, and naming, come with the license.
Your eyes are built for the horizon. A day at the screen keeps them locked at arm's length for hours. Twenty seconds of looking far away, every twenty minutes, is the simplest reset there is.
PricingTry it for a week.
Try it for a week.
Then pay once.
Every feature is unlocked for 7 days — no account, no card. If your eyes feel the difference, buy a license once and it’s yours for good. No subscription.
- Every feature and theme
- Ten companion cats to pick and name
- Use it on up to 3 of your Macs
- All updates included
- Pay once, use forever
$19 onceOne license, forever No subscriptionUp to 3 Macs · every update included · yours for good
Download free for 7 daysBuy inside the app whenever you’re ready.
Secure checkout by Polar.
How does the trial work?
You get every feature free for 7 days, no account or card needed. After that, break reminders pause until you buy a license: $19, once, covering up to 3 of your Macs with every future update included. There is no subscription and nothing to cancel. Checkout is handled securely by Polar. Enter your key in the app under Settings → License.
What is the 20-20-20 rule?
Every 20 minutes, look at something about 20 feet away for 20 seconds. It's a simple, eye-doctor-recommended way to reduce digital eye strain — and EyeRest Flow makes it effortless.
Will it interrupt me during a meeting or video?
No. Smart timing waits while your microphone is in use for a call, while you're recording, while full-screen video or a presentation is up, and until you pause typing. You can fine-tune all of this in Settings.
Does it collect any of my data?
The macOS app sends no analytics or usage data. Your settings and stats stay locally on your Mac and are yours alone. Only your license key and Mac's name are sent to our licensing provider, Polar, when you activate or verify a license. The website uses anonymous analytics as described in the privacy policy.
Is there a Chrome version?
Yes. The free EyeRest Flow Chrome extension brings the same 20-20-20 rhythm, full-page breaks, and blink and posture nudges to Chrome on any computer. The Mac app adds system-wide timing that works in every app, smart pausing for calls and presentations, menu bar stats, and Leo.
Who's the cat?
That's Leo. He sits on the panel, walks in when you open it, grooms, and rolls over or begs when you click him. In the minute before a break he stands up and watches you, and while you're paused he naps. He's modelled on the developer's own cat, who would come and sit on the desk until he looked up. Leo is free; with a license you can choose one of nine other cats instead and give them a name.
Which Macs are supported?
Any Mac running macOS 13 Ventura or later, on both Apple Silicon and Intel. The app is tiny and lives quietly in your menu bar.
Is it safe to install?
Yes — EyeRest Flow is signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so it opens without security warnings.
Give your eyes a break today.
Set up in under a minute. It takes care of the rest.
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