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Products that do what Hydration Hostage does

Your screen stays locked until you actually drink water

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    Hydration tracker for iOS & watchOS

    Sep 2025

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    RemindMe219

    Get notified of your tasks and keep track of what's next

    2024

  3. 3PC

    I wrote this after the case of a Washington Post reporter, Hannah Natanson, was compelled to unlock her computer with her fingerprint. This resulted in access to her Desktop Signal on her computer, revealing sources and their conversations. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/washington-post-raid-pro... Edit: I've a lot more details about the legality and precedence on the apps landing page https://paniclock.github.io/

    Apr 2026 · github.com

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    Capsomnia158

    Caps Lock keeps your Mac awake, even with the lid closed

    Jul 2026 · capsomnia.com

  5. 5
    Unlock73

    Never Unlock your Mac again

    2018

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    Water170

    The simplest water intake tracker and reminder 💧

    2018

  7. 7

    Keep your Mac awake

    Oct 2025

  8. 8

    A little stopwatch for your Mac's touch bar

    2018

  9. 9
    Pee & See124

    Drink more water

    2016

  10. 10
    Keepresso129

    Keep your Mac awake, on your terms. Free and open source

    Jul 2026 · keepresso.com

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    Unlock77

    Incredibly reliable smart lock

    2019

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    QBlocker132

    Never accidentally quit an app again

    2016

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    Grab the water. Face the camera. Take the sip. It's time.

    May 2026 · apps.apple.com

  14. 14LA

    Hello, I'm Kushagra and I am the indie developer behind LookAway (I've posted about it earlier but it has received quite a lot of updates since the last time so I am posting it again). LookAway is a native break reminder for macOS that doesn't interrupt. I built it because I work from home and I spend a lot of time in front of my screens. It's very easy for me to get lost in the flow and I can end up sitting for hours. Due to this, I started facing issues like eye strain and back pain by the end of the day. The solution to this was simply taking enough breaks throughout the day. But…

    Jun 2026 · lookaway.com

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    Pause99

    A Mac app that reminds you to rest

    2021

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    Water Reminder App Drink Alarm

    Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com

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    Access Apple Reminders from your screen edge instanly

    Apr 2026 · sidereminder.com

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    Tomosu83

    Lock your apps by default to improve your digital wellbeing

    Mar 2026 · tomosu.app

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    Health coach habit tracker for hydration

    Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com

  20. 20

    Your phone addiction FORCING you to drink water.

    Feb 2026

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    Heed7

    Full-screen reminders you actually notice, on your Mac

    Jul 2026 · doheed.com

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    Your phone locks your apps until you do push-ups

    14d ago · apps.apple.com

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    Your Mac locks the moment you walk away

    Jul 2026 · nearbye.gege.mn

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    Drink water reminder & water tracker. Stay hydrated!

    Feb 2026 · play.google.com

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