TouchGrass

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.

Hi, congrats launch,

What’s the biggest product decision you’ve had to reverse so far — and what did it teach you about how people actually take breaks versus how they say they want to take breaks?

The tagline mentions context-aware break reminders without invasive permissions, which raises a practical question: what kinds of context can TouchGrass safely use without asking for broad access? Is it more about local activity signals, calendar/focus state, or something else? That boundary would be helpful to understand for teams that are cautious about productivity tools watching too much.

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.

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!

Hi)How exactly does the app detect that a call or screen recording is happening, given that it deliberately never requests the Accessibility permission?

IOS App?

There should be longer breaks to make us go outside for longer time :)

Hi everyone! I'm Saran, the solo developer behind TouchGrass.Like a lot of people, I had installed a break reminder before... and eventually trained myself to ignore it. Not because I didn't need breaks. Because reminders always seemed to appear at the worst possible time:In the middle of a meeting.While watching a tutorial.During a screen recording.Right when I was deep in flow.So I built TouchGrass to do the opposite.Instead of interrupting you on a timer, it waits for the right moment. It automatically pauses during meetings, media playback and screen recordings, counts time away from your Mac as a completed break, and includes blink, posture and typing reminders.One thing I cared about from day one was privacy. TouchGrass never asks for Accessibility permission, and everything runs locally on your Mac.It's my first commercial macOS app, built over months of evenings and weekends. It's currently available with a 7 day free trial, then a one time purchase of $3.99 with lifetime updates.I'd genuinely love your feedback. I'll be here all day answering questions and taking notes for future updates.Website: https://touchgrass.land Download: https://touchgrass.land/downloadThank you for checking it out, it really means a lot.