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A LITTLE PAUSE, RIGHT ON YOUR MAC

A little room
to be human.

Your screen has your attention.
Recesso helps you remember the person behind it.

Make room for a break Native macOS
Made for Apple silicon
Three open rings in turquoise, blue and lime, gently making room for a pause01 / eyes02 / water03 / movementThree rhythms.
One human.
A better day starts with a little space

01 / SMALL THINGS, OFTEN

Your work has a rhythm.
So do you.

Three independent reminders. Keep the ones that help.
Give each its own pace.

01

EYES

A change of focus.

Look beyond the screen for a moment. Choose 20-20-20, a longer screen break, or your own interval.

02

WATER

A sip between things.

Spread reminders through your day. Log the water you actually drink, in the glass size that works for you.

03

MOVEMENT

A reason to get up.

Make room for a quick stretch or a longer walk. Gentle nudges, full-screen pauses, or a rhythm of your own.

02 / THERE WHEN YOU NEED IT

Small in your menu bar.
Big on looking out
for you.

A glance tells you what’s next. Log a glass, pause the clocks, or take a break right now. Then get back to your day.

  • Three clocks, one familiar place
  • A heads-up before the full-screen pause
  • Postpone when the moment isn’t right
Recesso menu bar controls with eye, water and movement timers and water logging buttons
a little check-in,
not another to-do.

03 / THIS IS YOUR MOMENT

The best thing on your screen
might be a reminder
to look away.

A calm, full-screen pause. Moving backgrounds, light or dark palettes, and useful little prompts. All at your pace.

Recesso eye break with a turquoise countdown ring, a distance reminder and a flowing wave background
Take a breath. The work can wait a moment.YOUR PACE / YOUR PAUSE

04 / NOTICE THE LITTLE THINGS

Little pauses.
A bigger picture.

See the breaks you kept, water you logged, and time spent at the machine. A little perspective on how your days feel.

Recesso Today dashboard showing three independent break rhythms

Actual Recesso interface. Illustrative activity data.

05 / YOUR DAY BELONGS TO YOU

A personal rhythm.
Kept personal.

No Recesso account. No ads. No app analytics.

Your history lives on your Mac. In supported signed builds, iCloud sync starts on and keeps supported settings and history in your private Apple account. You can turn it off in General.

Read the privacy policy

FOR THE HUMAN BEHIND THE SCREEN

Take your
next little break.

Recesso for macOS 15.0 or later · Apple silicon

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The Mac App Store edition is being prepared. Published GitHub releases may have an earlier feature set.

A FEW THINGS YOU MIGHT WONDER

A little clarity.

Will it interrupt me in the middle of something?

You choose full-screen breaks or notifications for each rhythm. Before a full-screen break, a floating heads-up gives you a chance to start early or postpone. Quiet hours, selected apps, manual pauses and idle detection help it fit around your day.

Is Recesso a health or medical app?

It is a general wellbeing reminder, not a medical device or medical advice. Presets explain their sources and the strength of the evidence. Change the numbers for your needs, and follow your clinician’s advice, especially if you have a fluid restriction.

Can I keep the same setup on two Macs?

Supported signed builds use your private iCloud account to sync supported settings and history. Both Macs need the same Apple account and CloudKit environment. Login, Dock and updater preferences remain specific to each Mac. Sync can be turned off.

Where do I go if something isn’t working?

Visit Recesso support for setup, notifications, iCloud and troubleshooting, or email recesso@doguyilmaz.com.