Iris
Automatic eye breaks, water and posture nudges for Mac
What it does
Iris runs the 20-20-20 rule for you. Every 20 minutes it dims your screen for 20 seconds so you look at something far away, then gets out of the way. It also handles water, posture, standing and wrist breaks. Lives in your menu bar. $14 once, no subscription.
Iris enforces the 20-20-20 eye health rule on macOS. Every 20 minutes, your screen goes dark for 20 seconds. Join the waitlist.
Apps and sites you pick, blocked while you work. Not just your eyes. Your attention. Every other break app stops at your eyes, every blocker stops at your attention, and nothing else does both. On-device posture detection using Apple's Vision framework. Off until you turn it on. The frame is never stored and never uploaded, so nothing leaves your Mac. Iris is not out yet. Leave your email and you will hear the day it is. a skip button is a patch for badly timed breaks, so iris fixes the timing instead. it holds a break while you are typing or in a fullscreen app, and only lets it land once you stop. by the time the screen goes dark, you were between things anyway. that is also why the 20…from useiris.vercel.app
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