Terms of Use

Acceptance of these terms

By accessing or using the Take a Break website or app, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the website or app.

What Take a Break is

Take a Break is a macOS timer and reminder application designed to help users structure periods of work and breaks.

It is a general-purpose productivity and wellness-support tool. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Permitted use

You may use the Take a Break website and app for lawful personal or professional purposes, subject to these Terms and any applicable marketplace or platform terms.

You may not use the website or app to violate applicable law, interfere with the service or other systems, distribute malicious software, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to systems or services.

No medical advice

Break timing, movement, posture, and health needs vary from person to person.

If you have pain, an injury, a medical condition, or questions about what type or frequency of breaks, movement, exercise, or computer use is appropriate for you, consult a qualified healthcare professional.

Do not rely on Take a Break as a substitute for professional medical, ergonomic, or other expert advice.

No guaranteed results

Take a Break can provide timers, reminders, notifications, and optional break-blocking features, but you remain responsible for how you use them.

You may ignore, skip, disable, postpone, or work around reminders and breaks.

We do not guarantee that using Take a Break will:

• cause you to take breaks;
• improve your focus;
• increase productivity;
• improve your health;
• prevent discomfort, pain, injury, or other health problems;
• produce any particular result.

Taking regular breaks may be one part of a broader approach to work habits and wellbeing, but many factors affect health, comfort, focus, and productivity.

Software availability, errors, and compatibility

Software can contain defects, experience interruptions, or behave unexpectedly.

We do not promise that Take a Break will be:

• error-free or bug-free;
• uninterrupted or always available;
• compatible with every Mac, display, application, macOS version, system configuration, permission setting, or future operating-system change;
• free from timing inaccuracies or unexpected behavior;
• able to display every timer, reminder, notification, blocker, or other feature exactly when or how you expect.

You should not rely on the app for safety-critical, medical, emergency, or other time-sensitive purposes where a missed or inaccurate reminder could cause harm.

User responsibility

You are responsible for:

• deciding whether Take a Break is suitable for your circumstances;
• configuring the app appropriately;
• choosing whether to follow, skip, or disable reminders;
• maintaining your own computer and macOS environment;
• using your own judgment about work, rest, movement, health, and safety.

The app is a reminder tool, not a substitute for your own judgment.

Website analytics

The Take a Break website may use analytics and related technical services to understand website usage, diagnose problems, evaluate performance, maintain security, and improve the website and service.

Our current website analytics provider is Vercel Web Analytics.

Analytics practices are described in the Privacy Policy. Use of the website is also subject to the data-processing practices of infrastructure and analytics providers used to operate the site.

Purchases, marketplaces, and refunds

If you obtain Take a Break through the Mac App Store or another marketplace or payment provider, your purchase, billing, cancellation, and refund rights may also be governed by that provider's terms and policies.

Those transaction rules are separate from these Terms, and Take a Break does not override rights or obligations established by the marketplace, payment provider, or applicable law.

Third-party and platform services

Take a Break may rely on macOS, Apple services, Vercel Web Analytics, hosting providers, email providers, marketplaces, and other third-party infrastructure.

We do not control those third-party services and are not responsible for their availability, policies, or independent actions. Your use of those services may be subject to separate terms and privacy policies.

Intellectual property

The Take a Break website, app, branding, original artwork, text, software, and other original content are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

These Terms do not transfer ownership of Take a Break or its original content to you.

Any third-party names, trademarks, software, or services remain the property of their respective owners.

Disclaimer of warranties

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Take a Break website and app are provided “as is” and “as available.”

We disclaim warranties to the extent permitted by law, including any implied warranty that the app or website will meet every user's needs, achieve a particular result, or operate without interruption, defect, or error.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you.

Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the developer and operator of Take a Break will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or similar damages arising from or related to your use of, or inability to use, the website or app.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability, remedies, or consumer rights that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

Changes to the app or these Terms

We may update, modify, or discontinue parts of the website or app, and we may update these Terms when the service, law, or our practices change.

The effective date at the top of this page indicates when these Terms were last revised.

Continued use after updated Terms become effective means that the updated Terms apply to your continued use, to the extent permitted by law.

Contact

Questions about these Terms or Take a Break can be sent to hello@cod3naut.com.