LookAway vs Poxture App
Your eyes have been on the screen since 9. A reminder comes up to look away, and you do. Then you go back to work, and your chin slowly moves toward the screen again. LookAway is a paid Mac break reminder. On a timer, it asks you to rest your eyes, and its optional blink and posture reminders run on a timer too. Poxture App checks your posture through your Mac's camera and nudges you when a habit shows up, like leaning in or looking down. You may want one, or both. Every fact about LookAway below comes from LookAway's own website and its Mac App Store listing.
By Shyam Verma, maker of Poxture App · Checked 8 November 2026
Break timer · Mac
LookAway
- Notices with
- A timer
- Nudge
- A break screen, plus posture and blink reminders if you turn them on
- Works
- At your Mac
- Price
- 7-day trial, then from $19 once
Mac app · ours
Poxture App
- Notices with
- Your Mac's camera
- Nudge
- A glow and a how-to card
- Works
- At your Mac
- Price
- Free an hour a day, $19 once for all day
The short version: want eye breaks on a timer, built around the 20-20-20 rule? LookAway. Want to know how you sit in between, and how to fix it? Poxture App. Want both? They can run side by side.
Download Poxture App for MacChoose LookAway if
- You want reminders to rest your eyes, built around the 20-20-20 rule.
- You want breaks to wait while you are in a meeting, share your screen or play a video.
- You want breaks at set times, like lunch, that also show on your iPhone or iPad.
- You want posture reminders that need no camera.
- You have an Intel Mac. LookAway runs on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
- Your Mac runs a macOS older than 15. LookAway needs macOS 13 or later.
Choose Poxture App if
- You want to know how you sit between breaks, from leaning too close to the screen to looking down.
- You want each nudge to say what's wrong, show the fix, and tell you when you've fixed it.
- You want a free hour every day, with every feature all day for your first 14 days.
What LookAway is
LookAway is a Mac break reminder by Mystical Bits, LLC. It sits in your menu bar and is built around the 20-20-20 rule: "every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds." When you first open it, you set a break interval, 20 minutes by default, and a break length, 30 seconds by default. Then you choose whether to turn on its blink and posture reminders. Its latest version, 2.4.11, came out on 21 October 2026.2,3,7
How a LookAway break works
A heads-up comes before each break, 1 minute ahead by default, and a countdown can follow your cursor. You can snooze or skip a break, and set limits on that. Its Smart Pause holds a break while you are in a meeting or a call, or while a video plays. It also holds one while you share or record your screen, during a full-screen game, or in apps you pick. Time away from your Mac counts as a break. Planned Breaks add breaks at set times, like lunch, and a break can also show on your iPhone or iPad.1,2,7
A posture reminder, or a posture check
LookAway has posture and blink reminders, which it calls Wellness Reminders. You turn them on in its Settings and set how often they come. Its pages do not say they use the camera. A posture reminder comes on its schedule, however you are sitting. Its docs say LookAway can use "camera or microphone activity" to tell when you are in a meeting, so it can hold a break. In its own words, "Activity detection happens on your device."2,3,7
Poxture App tells you which of eight habits you slipped into: too close to the screen, looking down, hand on face, slouching, sitting still too long, hunched over, leaning to one side, or not working from a proper desk setup. The card for that habit shows the fix, and the glow at the top of the screen turns green once you've fixed it.
Different jobs, so you can use both
A break timer gets you up on a schedule, however you were sitting. Poxture App checks your posture between those breaks, and nudges you only when a habit shows up. If you want regular breaks and a check on your posture in between, run both: LookAway for the breaks, Poxture App for the time you're at the desk. If you run both, you can leave LookAway's posture reminder off and keep its eye breaks.
Where they run
LookAway runs on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. It "Requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or later." You can get it from its website, with Homebrew, from the Mac App Store or through Setapp. Its iPhone and iPad app, LookAway Mirror, shows your Mac breaks on those devices.1,2,7
Poxture App is built for the Mac. It runs from your menu bar on an Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 15 or later, and checks your posture while you work in any app. The camera is off whenever it isn't checking: when you pause, outside your work hours, during calls if you choose, and when the Mac is locked.
Try it, then pay
LookAway has a 7-day trial. After that, in its own words, "Pay once, use it forever." A Single License is $19 for one Mac, and a Personal License is $29 for two. Both include one year of updates. After that you can renew for another year of updates at a discount, or keep the version you have. A Believer License is $99 for five Macs, with lifetime updates. The Mac App Store version is free to download. It sells a $4.99 monthly or $14.99 yearly subscription, or $49.99 for lifetime (US store). LookAway also comes with a Setapp subscription.4,5,7
Poxture App is free to use: the first hour of each day is free for good, and for your first 14 days every feature works all day, and $19 once keeps it on all day.
Privacy
LookAway's privacy policy says it collects "anonymous usage information through Mixpanel", and you can turn that off in its Settings, under About. Its App Store privacy label lists identifiers, usage data and diagnostics as data not linked to you.6,7
Poxture App has no account and no web app, so there is no sign-in to keep. Its camera images never leave your Mac. Poxture App sends usage counts with a random install number and, once a day, rounded posture scores with no install number, and supporters can turn both off in Settings. The privacy page lists all of it.
Side by side
| LookAway | Poxture App | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Apple Silicon or Intel Mac with macOS 13 or later; breaks can show on an iPhone or iPad | Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 15 or later |
| How it works | A timer: a 30-second break every 20 minutes, by default | Your Mac's camera or an external webcam, once a minute |
| Posture | A posture reminder on a schedule you set, if you turn it on | Eight habits, from leaning in to sitting still too long |
| How it nudges | A heads-up, then a break screen you can snooze or skip | A soft glow at the top of the screen, a card that shows how to fix it, and a green glow once you've fixed it |
| Free use | A 7-day trial | 1 hour a day, free for good; all day for your first 14 days |
| Price | $19 once for 1 Mac, $29 for 2 or $99 for 5. On the Mac App Store, a $4.99 monthly or $14.99 yearly subscription, or $49.99 for lifetime | $19 once |
| What it collects | Anonymous usage data, which you can turn off; its App Store privacy label lists identifiers, usage data and diagnostics | Usage counts and rounded posture scores; supporters can turn both off |
Questions
Is Poxture App a LookAway alternative?
Only in part. LookAway reminds you to take breaks on a timer, and its posture reminder comes on a timer too. Poxture App checks your posture while you work, and one of its eight habits is sitting still too long. If you want eye breaks on a fixed schedule, keep LookAway and add Poxture App for how you sit in between.
Does LookAway check your posture with the camera?
Its pages do not say so. Its posture reminder comes on a schedule you set. The camera use its docs describe is Smart Pause: it can use camera or microphone activity to tell when you are in a meeting, and hold a break.
Is LookAway free?
No. It has a 7-day trial, then a licence from $19 once, per its website on 8 November 2026. The Mac App Store version is free to download and sells monthly and yearly subscriptions and a lifetime purchase. LookAway also comes with a Setapp subscription.
Which Macs does LookAway run on?
Apple Silicon and Intel Macs with macOS 13 or later. Poxture App runs only on Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 15 or later.
Does Poxture App send any data?
Yes, a little. Camera images never leave your Mac. Poxture App sends usage counts with a random install number and, once a day, rounded posture scores with no install number, and supporters can turn both off in Settings. The privacy page lists each one.
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Sources, read 8 November 2026
- LookAway's website (home page), checked 2026-11-08
- LookAway's website (docs), checked 2026-11-08
- LookAway's website (changelog), checked 2026-11-08
- LookAway's website (pricing page), checked 2026-11-08
- LookAway's website (refund policy), checked 2026-11-08
- LookAway's website (privacy policy), checked 2026-11-08
- LookAway's website (Mac App Store listing), checked 2026-11-08