Native Mac app · macOS 14+

Breaks that wait for
the right moment

Rested reminds you to rest your eyes, straighten up and step away, and stays quiet while you are on a call, sharing your screen or deep in something.

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One-time purchase · 14-day trial · Apple silicon & Intel

6m
MICRO BREAK
0:12
Look out the window and find the farthest thing you can see.

What it does

Rest that fits around your work, not the other way round

Two timers, a heads-up before every break, and a full-screen pause on every display you own.

The 20-20-20 rule

A 20-second micro break every 20 minutes to let your eyes refocus on something far away. Every number is yours to change.

Long breaks that move you

A proper pause every hour: stand up, stretch, walk. Your own message appears on the break screen so it lands.

A heads-up first

Thirty seconds before a break, a small panel offers to start now, add a minute, or skip. A countdown follows your cursor.

Every display, at once

The break screen covers all your monitors together, so there is nothing left to keep staring at.

Posture & blink nudges

Between breaks, a quiet strip slides down: shoulders back, screen at eye level, blink a few times. Nothing to click.

Your week, at a glance

Breaks taken, breaks skipped, screen time and time actually spent resting, for today and the last seven days.

A break on an iPhone: a night sky, a countdown ring and the time left. Rested on an iPhone with no Mac: a break every 20 minutes, 20 seconds long.

Rested for iPhone

One break. Both screens.

The oldest way to ruin a break is to spend it on your phone. So when the Mac says look away, the phone says it too — the same countdown, at the same moment, on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Put it down and rest properly.

  • Paired with your Mac. Six digits, once, and they are in step. Start a break on the Mac and it is on your phone before you have picked it up; end it early and the phone clears too. Nothing else crosses over — no name, no email, no history of your day.
  • Or on its own. No Mac, or away from it? The phone keeps its own hours: choose how often a break comes and how long it lasts, and it holds you to it.
  • Never two timers arguing. While the Mac is running Rested, the Mac decides and the phone stands down. Close the lid and the phone picks up where it left off.
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Quiet mode

It knows when to say nothing

A break reminder that interrupts a client call is a break reminder you turn off after a week. Rested watches what is actually happening on your Mac and holds the timer until the moment passes.

Meetings microphone in use Screen sharing and recording Fullscreen apps and games Video and audio playback Focus apps you choose
  • Natural breaks count. Step away from the keyboard and the timer resets itself: no reminder for a break you already took.
  • Nothing is lost. When a call ends, the break you were owed starts moments later.
  • Strict mode, if you want it. Turn off skipping and postponing and let the timer be the boss.
  • Wakes up properly. After sleep the timers start fresh instead of firing the second you open the lid.
12:30Lunch MTWTFSS 45m
15:30Afternoon walk MTWTFSS 20m
09:15Morning stretch MTWTFSS 10m

Planned breaks

Lunch at 12:30, walk at 15:30

Some breaks belong to the clock, not to a timer. Set them per weekday, give each one a name and a length, and Rested keeps them for you.

  • They still respect meetings, screen sharing and focus apps: a planned break waits, then starts as soon as you are free.
  • Postpone one by a few minutes, or skip today's without touching tomorrow's.

Made for the Mac

Small, native, and out of the way

No Electron, no Dock icon, no account. Rested lives in the menu bar and starts with your Mac.

Global shortcuts

Take a break, skip one, or pause everything without reaching for the mouse.

Automation

Run an AppleScript or a Shortcut when a break starts or ends: pause music, set a status, dim the lights.

Make it yours

Six calm gradients or your own image, system sounds, and your own break messages.

Pricing

Pay once. Keep it.

No subscription, no account, no data leaves your Mac.

$15 once
  • Licence for one Mac
  • Yours forever, no renewal to keep using it
  • One year of updates included
  • 14-day trial, no card needed
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Questions

Does it work with multiple monitors?

Yes. The break screen appears on every connected display at the same time, so there is no second screen left to stare at.

What happens during a video call?

Rested notices the microphone is in use and holds the timer. When the call ends, the break you were due starts within a few moments. The same goes for screen sharing, recording, fullscreen apps and any focus app you nominate.

Does it send anything anywhere?

No. There is no account, no analytics and no network connection except the one-off licence check when you activate. Your settings and statistics stay on your Mac.

Which macOS versions are supported?

macOS 14 Sonoma and later, on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

How many Macs does a licence cover?

One. You can move it to a new Mac whenever you like: remove the key in Settings on the old machine and paste it on the new one. Need several seats for a team? Write to us.

Is there a refund?

The trial runs for 14 days with every feature unlocked, so you can be sure before you pay. If something still goes wrong, write to us within 30 days and you get your money back.