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Built to be forgotten โ€” until it's time to rest.

BreakFlow sits quietly in your Mac's menu bar, watches the clock so you don't have to, and gently pulls you away from the screen before your eyes, back, and focus pay for it.

One-time payment No account No cloud, no sync 100% local
โ†‘ that's the real countdown behavior โ€” click the menu bar pill
The problem

You've forgotten how to stop.

  • Blinkskipped
  • Standskipped
  • Stretchskipped
  • Drink waterskipped
  • Rest your eyesskipped

Most break apps try to fix this by becoming a second job: accounts to make, dashboards to read, videos to watch, streaks to protect.

BreakFlow does the opposite. One menu bar icon. One countdown. One fullscreen moment when it's time to stop โ€” then it gets out of your way again.

If you need a tutorial to use it, we've failed.

How it works

Five steps. No setup screen.

Install it, and the rest happens on its own โ€” until you tell it otherwise.

01

Install & forget

Launches straight into the menu bar. No onboarding tour, no account screen.

02

Timer counts down

A quiet ๐ŸŒฟ in your menu bar tracks the minutes until your next break.

03

Screen fades to a break

A calm, fullscreen moment โ€” with a wallpaper you'll actually enjoy looking at.

04

You choose

Take the break, skip it, or push it back 30 minutes. Always your call.

05

It resets

Timer restarts automatically, and BreakFlow disappears back into the menu bar.

What's inside

Everything a break needs. Nothing it doesn't.

Idle detection

Step away for a while and BreakFlow notices. It resets quietly instead of interrupting a break you already took.

Launch at login

Starts the moment your Mac does. Nothing to remember, nothing extra to open.

Daily stats

Taken, skipped, paused โ€” tracked locally, reset every midnight, never uploaded anywhere.

Calming wallpapers

Forest, ocean, mountain, or solid โ€” pick one, or let it surprise you every time.

Light, dark, or system

Matches your Mac automatically โ€” or set it yourself, if you'd rather it didn't.

Private by design

No account, no servers, no analytics. Every setting and stat stays on your machine.

Only three screens

That's the whole app.

No tabs to dig through, no settings buried five menus deep.

Next break
18:25
Menu barscreen 1
Launch at Login
Interval
20m30m45m
Duration
20s1m
Wallpaper
ForestOcean
Theme
System
Settingsscreen 2
Time to recharge
20
SECONDS
Stand up Stretch Drink water
Break screenscreen 3
Our whole philosophy

Go touch some grass.

We mean that literally. BreakFlow's entire job is to interrupt you โ€” kindly โ€” so you stand up, stretch, hydrate, and remember there's a world outside the editor.

That's it. That's the app.

Pricing

One price. Yours forever.

No subscription, no tiers to think about โ€” pay once, keep every future 1.x update.

Lifetime
BreakFlow for Mac
$5.00 one-time
Pay once. Own it forever. No account required.
  • Unlimited use, no trial timer
  • All break intervals & durations
  • All wallpapers & themes
  • Idle detection & daily stats
  • Every future 1.x update, free
  • Everything stored locally โ€” no login, no cloud
Checkout isn't connected yet โ€” this button is wired up and ready for your payment link (RazorPay).
Instant download after payment ยท macOS 13 Ventura or later
Questions

Before you ask

Is this a subscription?

No. BreakFlow is a one-time purchase of $5.00. Pay once, and it's yours โ€” including every 1.x update โ€” for as long as you use it.

Does BreakFlow send my data anywhere?

No. Every setting and every stat (breaks taken, skipped, paused) is stored locally on your Mac. There's no account, no cloud, and no analytics collecting anything in the background.

What does it need to run?

macOS 13 Ventura or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel. That's the only requirement.

Can I customize the break interval and wallpapers?

Yes โ€” interval, duration, wallpaper, and theme are all configurable from Settings. Change them any time; BreakFlow applies it on the next cycle.

Is there a free version?

Not right now. BreakFlow ships as a single lifetime purchase, deliberately โ€” one price, no tiers to compare.

What if I want a refund?

Email support and we'll sort it out โ€” no elaborate process, no hard sell to stay.

Your next break is 20 minutes away.

Whether it happens is up to BreakFlow now.

Buy & Download โ€” $5.00