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Pausa

Italian for “break”

Every 20 minutes, look into the distance.

A 20-20-20 eye break reminder for Mac, with adjustable breaks, working hours and pauses during calls or full-screen apps.

FocusmacOS 14 or later

$4.99 plus tax, once. Every update included.

Try it here

A simulation in your browser. Nothing to install.

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What it does

Every 20 minutes Pausa covers your screens for 20 seconds and asks you to look at something 20 feet (6 meters) away. It waits for a pause in your typing and keeps quiet during calls or full-screen apps. Skip a break, snooze it for 5 minutes, or set your own pace.

Your pace

A short break every 10 to 60 minutes, lasting 10 to 60 seconds. Add longer breaks if you want them.

Waits for a good moment

Waits while the microphone or camera is in use, or an app is in full screen. Gives you up to 1 minute to stop typing.

You stay in control

Skip with Esc, snooze for 5 minutes, take a break now or pause reminders for 1 hour.

Working hours

Choose the days and hours when breaks should run, including a schedule that crosses midnight.

Starts fresh when you return

After time away or a sleep, the countdown starts over when you come back. Choose how long an absence counts as a rest.

No permissions to grant

Reads system activity without capturing your screen, recording audio or using your camera.

Privacy and permissions

No special permissions

It works as soon as you open it.

No tracking

No analytics: what you do on your Mac stays on your Mac. The app contacts us only for its License and updates.

What you get

From the House Rules, the same for every app.

  • Pay once. Never a subscription.

    No renewals, and no reminder to cancel in time.

  • The app you buy is yours for good.

    It checks its License offline, so it keeps working even if our server doesn't.

  • One license, 5 active Macs.

    A Mac counts while you use it. One you stop using drops off by itself after 90 days.

  • 30 days to change your mind, full refund.

    No questions asked.

  • Every update is free, forever.

    No paid upgrades. An app that changes purpose is a new app, with a new license.

  • No ads, no tracking, nothing sold, in the apps.

    The app contains no analytics.

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Pausa$4.99

Subscriptionnone

Updatesfree

Next renewalnever

Paid in full. We're quits.

Information

Made by
Federico Infelici, in Arezzo, Italy
Category
Focus
Requires
macOS 14 or later
Price
$4.99 plus tax, once
Support
In English or Italian

Questions

All questions
Can I try an app before buying it?

Every app page has a Demo that runs in your browser, so you can see how the app works before you buy. There's no trial to download: the 30-day refund covers the rest.

How many Macs can I use an app on?

Up to 5 active Macs at a time. A Mac is active when the app has been opened on it and has checked in with us in the last 90 days.

There's nothing to deactivate: a Mac you stop using drops out of the count on its own after 90 days. Each app's About window shows how many Macs are active.

Does the app need the internet?

Only once, to activate: the app opens your browser, you sign in, and you're sent back to the app, activated. After that it works offline.

When it's online, it checks its License at most once a day. If you're offline for months, or our servers are down, the app keeps working.

Are updates free?

Yes, all of them, forever. Every update we release for an app you own is free: no paid upgrades, no "version 2" to buy again. Updates arrive inside the app.

If we ever turn an app into something with a different purpose, that's a new app, and the one you have stays yours.

What if an app isn't for me?

You have 30 days from purchase for a full refund, no questions asked. That's longer than the 14 days EU law gives for online purchases. In your Account, choose Refund next to the app under Your orders. Can't sign in? Write to support@getquits.app with the email you paid with and your order number.

We ask Stripe for the refund at once, and the app stays active until Stripe confirms it. Then Link confirms the refund by email and the money goes back to the payment method you used. You can refund a whole order or single apps.

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