RestTimer

Designed to stay out of the way

RestTimer stays quietly in the lower-right corner of every screen, giving you a lightweight sense of how long you have been working since the last time you unlocked your Mac.

Once you pass your chosen work threshold, it shifts into a more noticeable reminder that it may be time to take a break, without blocking your focus or interrupting the task in front of you.

What it does

• Keeps a quiet timer in the lower-right corner of every display
• Starts a new work stretch when you unlock your Mac, and treats locking the screen as a real break
• After 45 minutes, shifts to a clearer but still gentle reminder, so you know it may be time to finish the task at hand, stand up, and let your eyes and body reset
• Lets you review trends over time and export the data for further analysis, including AI workflows

Made for real desktop routines

RestTimer is built around the way desk work actually unfolds: you unlock your Mac, get absorbed in a task, step away when needed, lock the screen, and come back later to pick up where you left off.

For many people at a desk, locking the screen is already the natural signal that a work stretch is over. That makes the model unusually clean: as long as the screen stays active, it is effectively your working time. There is no ritual to start, no session to manage, and no productivity system to maintain. RestTimer simply follows the rhythm that is already there and turns it into something visible and useful.