WorkPause is a home or office break reminder - a software program to remind you, when necessary, to stop working for a moment and have a rest break. It has been proven that regular breaks help to avoid tiredness and eyestrain, and reduce the risk of developing RSI or other computer-related diseases.

How it works:

• You can specify how much time you'd like to work between the breaks, when to have short or long breaks etc.
• While you work, WorkPause sits in the system tray and shows you the time left until the next pause. It will monitor the intensity of your work and adjust the timing accordingly.
• When it's time for a rest break, WorkPause will let you know; it can use sound with a small message, or black out the screen to make sure you really stop working.
• Of course, if you don't like or are unable to stop working right now, you can always postpone or disable the alarms.

Not Just A Reminder

WorkPause is much more than just a break reminder. While you work, it will collect and show you statistics on how you use your computer. It will adjust the frequency and the timings of the breaks according to your tempo. When the day is over, it'll remind you to stop working and go home. And it's fully configurable so you can easily adapt it to the way you work.

Check the detailed features list to learn more.

If you work all day, at the end you might feel like this: your back hurts, your eyes are red and tired, and your neck is stiff. And the long hours of work with computers, coupled with the lack of adequate rest can often lead to health troubles like back pain, eye strain, and even Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) which is quite difficult to cure.

How to prevent this? If you make regular rest breaks and use them to take your eyes off the screen, do some stretches or a short walk around the office, you can easily prevent RSI or avoid eyestrain. Still, deeply immersed in your work, you often forget to rest. What you need is a reminder - like WorkPause.

Read more about WorkPause for home or office or 7 more reasons to use WorkPause

• Simple and easy to use.
• Customizable. The following break types are supported:
  • micro break (every few minutes): stop your work for a few seconds; close your eyes.
  • short break (every 20 minutes): stay at your desk, but look away from the monitor; flex your arms and neck.
  • long break (every hour): stand up, stretch, go for a short walk.
  • Daily break (every day): stop working and go home.
• Unobtrusive and discrete, sits in the system tray when not active.
• Supports different notification options (can be selected separately for the different break types):
  • Tooltip
  • Slider Box
  • Message Box
  • Screen Lock
• Can notify you with sound during the last seconds before break.
• Can be paused to prevent interrupting you during important tasks.
  (canceling or postponement of the break is also possible).
• Can monitor the mouse and keyboard usage and adjust the timing of the breaks accordingly.
• Keeps statistics of the time spent using the computer and the breaks made.
• Multilanguage support (check the list of supported languages here).
• Auto-run option, to start it automatically every time Windows boots.
• Low memory and CPU usage.
• Works on Windows Vista, XP or 2000.