More than a notification
A toast in the corner is easy to swipe away and forget. Touch Grass waits until you’ve genuinely been heads-down — specifically with AI — and then takes over the whole screen for a few minutes, so the break actually happens instead of getting dismissed.
How a break feels
- A one-minute warning first, so nothing interrupts you mid-thought.
- Every display fades into a slow dawn-to-dusk landscape with a countdown.
- A little plant grows while you’re away — a quiet reward for stepping back.
- Cmd-Tab is paused for the break’s duration — that’s the point of a break.
Firm, but never a trap
The break always ends on its own timer. There’s no anti-tamper daemon and nothing locking your machine — a determined you can always quit, and a break interrupted mid-way simply resumes the remaining time next launch. It’s a nudge with a nice view, not a cage.
On your terms
You set the rhythm: how long you can go before a break, how long the break lasts, and how far ahead the warning lands — all in Settings. See exactly how the timing works on how it works, or skim the FAQ.