Block the apps that pull you in and make space for what's in front of you. Take a break now, build it into your routine, or put your phone down together.
Modes decide how a break ends. Routines decide when breaks happen. Circles are the people you take them with. Host puts a whole room on one.
Three levels of commitment, from a break you can end anytime to one whose off switch is a code across the room.
Decide once when your phone steps aside. Repeating routines, one-off dates, and ready-made ones to start from.
The people you take breaks with. Shared streaks and invites, so being present is something you do together.
One poster, one QR code. The whole room takes the same break.
Every break has a mode, and the mode decides how it ends. Some days you want the door left open. Some days you want it closed. Pick the one that fits the day you are having.
Pick your apps, set a length, and start. The apps that pull you in step aside while the timer runs, and you can end the break whenever you want. The easiest place to begin.
Start it and it runs to the end. There is a break-glass escape for real emergencies, with enough friction that you will not reach for it by accident. The Phone app is never blocked, so calls always work.
The break ends when you scan a QR code or tap an NFC sticker, and only that exact one. Leave it on the fridge, by the front door, or in your gym bag, and the distance does the work for you.
Any code already in your house counts: a coffee bag, a poster, a piece of mail. NFC stickers run about a dollar each. Nothing to buy to get started, and setup takes a minute.
A Routine is a set of Rules that run on their own. Pick the days, the times, and the apps that step aside, and BreakOff arms it for you. The decision happens once, in the morning, not at 9pm when you are tired.
Start from one that is already written, Work Focus, Slow Morning, Better Sleep, School Focus, Family Time, Weekend Reset, and change anything you like. Or set a single Rule for one date, for a dinner, a flight, or an exam.
Life happens. Skip the next one and your streak stays where it is.
Circles are the people you choose to take breaks with. Send an invite and your phones go quiet at the same time.
Together This Week shows the streaks across your Circle, so being present becomes something you do with people rather than alone. Available for ages 16 and up.
One poster, one QR code. Everyone who scans it starts the same break on their own phone, and the room goes quiet together. A dinner table, a classroom, a studio, the front of a workshop.
Change the time, the length or the name whenever you want, and the same poster keeps working. One permanent poster, not a new code every week.
You never see who joined. The dashboard shows a count, never names, and nobody's app list or screen time ever leaves their phone. Host is part of BreakOff Pro.
Every break you take fills in a day on the calendar. Not a score to chase, just a quiet record of the time you have been getting back.
Getting started with BreakOff is simple. No complicated setup, no learning curve.
Pick the days, the times and the apps. Build a Routine for the things you repeat, or set one Rule for a single date.
Choose how committed you want to be. Flexible leaves the door open. Locked runs the full length. Physical hands the off switch to a QR code or NFC sticker across the room.
Take breaks with your Circle, or put a whole room on one with a QR poster. The habit builds either way.
Free to download, sign in with Apple, no password required. BreakOff Pro adds Host, extra routines and app groups, from $4.99 a month with a free trial.
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