TouchGrass is a context-aware break reminder built for macOS. Most break reminders only know one thing: time. TouchGrass waits through meetings, calls, media playback and screen recordings, counts time away from your Mac as a completed break, and reminds you to blink, improve your posture and rest after long typing sessions. Everything runs locally, never asks for Accessibility permission, and respects your workflow. 7 day free trial, then a one time purchase of $3.99 with lifetime updates.
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I think this app is definitely something I would not use because I have this habit already and I am pretty healthy BUT easily good for highly productive people that have 10+ years of experience in tech or working for corporate. Another pool of people that would love this is students like medical or PhD people.
@saderod Thanks! I actually agree with you. If someone already has healthy habits and naturally takes breaks, TouchGrass probably isn't something they'll think about much, and that's a good thing.
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I need this so badly, with coding agent I can stay locked in for hours without even realizing!
Let me try it out and provide feedback, but the only issue I can see without trying right now is that timing needs to match when I am done giving the prompts in all pending sessions and they are all firing up, that would be a great time for me to "TouchGrass"
Will provide more feedback after my actual usage, but this is awesome, I am excited to try this out.
@nitish_garg4 Thanks! That's exactly the kind of workflow I built it for. Looking forward to hearing what you think after trying it!
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Congrats Saran! One question for the AI era workflow: if I have got claude running tasks in the background and I step away, does TouchGrass count that as a break or hold off? Curious how it handles "idle but working" moments. Signing up for the trial regardless!
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Funny name 😅 I usually get annoyed by break reminders, ignore them and end up focusing even harder. So checking whether I’m actually deep in something, or whether I wasn’t even at the computer, already sounds much better. Congrats on the launch!
@etiennegarcia Thanks! 😄 That's exactly what I was aiming for. I wanted break reminders to feel helpful instead of something we instantly dismiss.
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Really like the idea of waiting for the right moment instead of interrupting people with another rigid timer. It feels like a simple, lightweight product, but honestly something almost everyone who spends hours at a computer could benefit from.
I’m currently working on Windows, so unfortunately I can’t try it myself yet — but I’d definitely be interested if a Windows version comes in the future. Congrats on the launch!
@andrey_ivanchenko Thanks! Really glad you like the idea. Hopefully I can bring it to Windows someday!
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I really liked it and the main thing i loved about it is that it pays attention to detail like any important task is on going and it will not disturb you or will not tell you to touch the grass that's cool!
Rather than just popping whenever the time hits, really liked it all the best for future
@_nikhilsinghal_ Thank you so much! That was exactly the goal. I wanted break reminders to work with you instead of interrupting you. Really glad that attention to detail stood out, and thanks for the kind wishes!
I think this app is definitely something I would not use because I have this habit already and I am pretty healthy BUT easily good for highly productive people that have 10+ years of experience in tech or working for corporate. Another pool of people that would love this is students like medical or PhD people.
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@saderod Thanks! I actually agree with you. If someone already has healthy habits and naturally takes breaks, TouchGrass probably isn't something they'll think about much, and that's a good thing.
I need this so badly, with coding agent I can stay locked in for hours without even realizing!
Let me try it out and provide feedback, but the only issue I can see without trying right now is that timing needs to match when I am done giving the prompts in all pending sessions and they are all firing up, that would be a great time for me to "TouchGrass"
Will provide more feedback after my actual usage, but this is awesome, I am excited to try this out.
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@nitish_garg4 Thanks! That's exactly the kind of workflow I built it for. Looking forward to hearing what you think after trying it!
Congrats Saran! One question for the AI era workflow: if I have got claude running tasks in the background and I step away, does TouchGrass count that as a break or hold off? Curious how it handles "idle but working" moments. Signing up for the trial regardless!
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@etiennegarcia Thanks! 😄 That's exactly what I was aiming for. I wanted break reminders to feel helpful instead of something we instantly dismiss.
Really like the idea of waiting for the right moment instead of interrupting people with another rigid timer. It feels like a simple, lightweight product, but honestly something almost everyone who spends hours at a computer could benefit from.
I’m currently working on Windows, so unfortunately I can’t try it myself yet — but I’d definitely be interested if a Windows version comes in the future. Congrats on the launch!
TouchGrass
@andrey_ivanchenko Thanks! Really glad you like the idea. Hopefully I can bring it to Windows someday!
I really liked it and the main thing i loved about it is that it pays attention to detail like any important task is on going and it will not disturb you or will not tell you to touch the grass that's cool!
Rather than just popping whenever the time hits, really liked it all the best for future
TouchGrass
@_nikhilsinghal_ Thank you so much! That was exactly the goal. I wanted break reminders to work with you instead of interrupting you. Really glad that attention to detail stood out, and thanks for the kind wishes!