Respy – Smart Break Reminder
Real breaks at the right time
Free
Your Mac picks the right moment for a break. Your iPhone, iPad and Watch let you know, and you take it or snooze it in one tap.
Respy helps you take real breaks during your workday. The Mac app picks the right moment. On your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, you follow your breaks and answer them without going back to your desk.
Respy requires the Respy app on your Mac, with the iPhone relay turned on (Settings › General on the Mac).
Breaks at the right moment
Your Mac waits for a natural pause: the end of a meeting, a switch between tasks, a quiet stretch. Never during a video call. When it's time, your iPhone and Watch let you know.
Answer in one tap
Take your break or snooze it from the notification, the app, the widget, Control Center or your wrist. Your Mac follows along.
The countdown in sight
During a break, a Live Activity shows the time left on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. End it or extend it without opening the app. Your Watch shows it in its Smart Stack too.
Your day of breaks
Next break, breaks taken today, the time of each one, and what's holding a break back (a meeting, for example).
Breaks that get you moving
With your permission, Respy reads your steps and stand hours from Health to tell whether you actually moved during a break. Read only, and those numbers never leave your iPhone.
Your rhythm, week after week
Break time, active breaks, busier days: your week at a glance, on iPhone and on Watch.
On your wrist
The Watch app shows how your day is going and the time until your next break, and lets you answer. Complications and a Smart Stack widget that rises to the top when a break is near.
Your data stays yours
No account, no Respy server, no tracking. The relay goes through your private iCloud, which we can't read.
Requires iOS 26 or watchOS 26, and a Mac running Respy.
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What's new in Respy 1.3
- Respy goes Liquid Glass: the buttons on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch take on the new glass design of iOS 26. One green everywhere, the icon's.
- An (i) next to "Today" explains every mark on your day timeline.
- The app now turns to landscape, including on the iPhone Duo outer display.
- On iPad, buttons are no longer cut off.
- "+5 min" shows right away on the break Live Activity.
- The Today card explains why the break target is lower on days of meetings and calls.
- The advice in your summary changes from one hour and one day to the next, on widgets and the watch too. In the evening it looks to tomorrow.
- The evening summary puts your week in a headline, then one finding per line. The evening verdict stays the same the next morning and in History.
- A language Respy doesn't speak shows in English. Weeks start on Monday.
You need Respy 1.3 on your Mac to see it all.
The developer, Valery Lacombe, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Valery Lacombe
- Size
- 12.7 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, French, German, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Respy