Top 15 Scirocco Take a Break Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

In today’s world we sit without moving for long hours in front of the computer screen. We hurt our eyes, shoulders, backs, and wrists. A short break every once in a while can reduce repetitive-stress injuries associated with computer usage. This free utility, which rests in the system tray, reminds us when to take a break, and it does so in style.

Some features include: complete customization of work, snooze and break times; visual and/or audio notifications; choice of displaying timer, starting screen saver or locking the workstation when on break; variety of tray icons for more discretion at work; statistics on time spent working, break time and averages per hour; motivational pie-chart.

1. Wellnomics WorkPace

Wellnomics WorkPace WorkPace is one of the most sophisticated computer ergonomics packages available. WorkPace monitors your mouse and keyboarduse. Using personalized settings the software then displays small pop-up windows, suggesting the best times for taking regular breaks (micro and macro pauses). Warning messages are shown when the computer has been used more......

2. Emanen Motomu

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......

3. Awareness

Awareness Subtle awareness of time spent on the computer.Awareness helps you become more aware of time spent on the computer by playing the sound of a Tibetan singing bowl to mark every hour of continuous computer use. It also displays how long you’ve been using your computer without a break in......

4. CtrlWORK

CtrlWORK CtrlWORK observes employee keyboard and mouse use, looking for sustained intense usage, a cause of fatigue and discomfort. When employees have worked too long without taking a natural break, CtrlWORK will coach them to take a small break. Giving employees feedback creates awareness and promotes change. Companies can customize content......

5. Safe Eyes 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.......

6. Persevy

Persevy Persevy helps you achieve your goals by delimiting them into manageable time-periods so you can create positive habits.Each working session can be categorized by a unique system of skills tags. Additionally, you can see an history, annotate and review text information about them in a dedicated section of the webapp.You......

7. Breath

Breath Clean, cross platform(Windows/Linux/MacOS) AntiRSI software firstly released on Jan. 2014. The author created it for a programmer friend with RSI issues who was constantly caught up in a busy work schedule and forgot to stand up and take breaks. The software is made as non-intrusive as possible, when it's inactive......

8. MagicanRest

MagicanRest Magican Rest is a free time reminder. It rescues Mac users from overworking and helps users arrange working time properly! Several clicks to preset rest intervals and duration and then Magican Rest will do the rest, reminding users of having a break at the set time. Magican Rest fully covers the......

9. Recess

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......

10. SmartBreak

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......

11. YAPA

YAPA YAPA is minimalistic desktop timer app for Pomodoro Technique users.Timer stays on top of windows which is great for when working. This is a native app and does not require Adobe AIR or Java runtime unlike other popular apps in this category. Zipped binary is just 1.7MB in size (v1.0)......

12. Thyme

Thyme Thyme is a timer for OS X. It's as simple as that.......

13. Stopwatch - yeahit

Stopwatch - yeahit A simple, device independent online stopwatch app. Purely made of HTML, CSS and Javascript. Responsive and good looking :)......

14. BackgroundClock

BackgroundClock BackgroundClock is a small app that lives in your menu bar which always displays the current time on your background in digital format.Features:- Change clock format 12/24- Show/hide clock seconds- Change clock font size- Change clock font color- Set clock opacity (slider)- Launch at login- Clean, simple and easy to......

15. It's Almost

It's Almost Snazzy free countdown tool designed and developed by Type/Code. Create and share your own countdown to anything.......