LookAway 2 - The Mac app your body thanks you for
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LookAway is a smart break reminder for Mac that helps reduce eye strain and screen fatigue. It combines break, blink, and posture reminders with context awareness and iPhone sync, so your breaks stay in sync across devices and never interrupt you at the wrong time.
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LookAway
@kushsolitary Great idea, one suggestion to improve this is all screen dimming, as in adding a black layer on top of screen with 50% transparency which makes it difficult to ignore the notification and pushes user to actually take a break!
@kushsolitary Congrats～ To be honest, I've tried many 'break reminders' and most end up being ignored or uninstalled because I just click 'Skip' whenever I'm in the zone.
What's your strategy for 'Break Enforcement' vs 'User Friction'? If I'm deep in a coding session, how does LookAway convince me to actually look away instead of just treating it as another annoying notification?
@kushsolitary Kudos on the launch. For remote teams glued to calls, any plans to add collaborative stats sharing or team reminders?
@kushsolitary @swati_paliwal The accountability piece can be a potent motivation. I have tried many apps. But when I really need a break, I always push it off. I think if my "badness" is shown to my whole team, I probably would try to do better by doing the "right" thing. I guess I am a people pleaser.
@kushsolitary Upvoted! This resonates. Break reminders always sound simple, but are hard to get right.
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More health apps like these! 🤌
what make it different from other similar product ?
LookAway
@sonu38 The main thing I think LookAway does differently compared to other apps is iPhone sync. During breaks, it can sync with your iPhone so you're less likely to just switch devices and keep scrolling. As far as I know, that's not something the other apps in this category offer.
The second big difference is smart pause / context awareness. LookAway tries to avoid interrupting you at the wrong moment by adapting around things like meetings, screen recording, video playback, and similar situations where a forced reminder would feel frustrating.
Other things that set it apart:
posture reminders and blink reminders in addition to break reminders
a heads-up before breaks so they don't feel abrupt
stronger break controls in 2.0
a more detailed stats experience with things like Screen Score, session patterns, and natural breaks
Beautiful through and through!
LookAway
@preetmishra thank you!
Curious how customizable it gets .Can users fine tune how strict or gentle the reminders are depending on their workflow?
Hi Kushagra! the context-aware part sells it for me. Every break reminder app I've tried before would interrupt me mid-flow and I'd just dismiss it and never come back. How does it decide when you're in the zone vs a good moment to break? Not an easy UX problem to solve I imagine?
Open Wearables
posture reminders + eye breaks in one app makes sense. most people don't realize how connected those issues are - you lean forward when your eyes get tired, then your neck hurts, then you lean forward more. breaking that cycle early is key.
honestly these forced breaks help on long sessions. the snooze behavior is what makes or breaks these tools - if it's too easy to bypass, people just disable it.
Ogoron
Congrats on the launch!
This is such a thoughtful product — I feel like we all need this, especially those of us who spend way too many hours in front of a screen (definitely me 🙈). Honestly, something like this feels less like a “nice-to-have” and more like a must-have for everyday work.
Love that it’s native, customizable, and actually gentle — that makes a huge difference for adoption.
We actually just launched on Product Hunt a few days ago as well, so I can totally relate — hope you’re enjoying the launch day, it’s a big one
Wishing you a great launch and lots of happy, well-rested users!
I like this idea! It looks a lot nicer than ScreenTime