Office Break

Office Break

Active break timer with exercises - reminds you to move at the office.

Daniel Schönenborn Sports & Health Timer

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Description

Office Break is a simple, privacy-respecting timer that reminds you to take active movement breaks during your workday. Set an interval, hit start, and when the timer expires the app suggests a random exercise. Confirm "Done!" and the timer restarts automatically - over and over, until you stop it.

Stay fit while working from home or at the office, without ads, tracking, or accounts.

Features:

* Adjustable break interval (hours + minutes) with sliders or manual input
* Configurable repetitions, fixed or randomized in a min/max range
* Three context-aware exercise modes: Home Office Workout (bodyweight strength), Home Office Mobility (yoga-inspired stretches), Office (subtle desk-friendly moves)
* 25 built-in exercises across all modes - add your own or disable the ones you don't like
* Optional auto-mode by weekday: bind a different mode to each day of the week (e.g. Office on Mon/Tue, Home Workout on Wed-Fri)
* Work schedule with per-day start/end and lunch break: timer auto-pauses during lunch and stops at end-of-shift; full night-shift support
* Freestyle mode after work hours for free-running breaks without exercise prompts
* Foreground service with persistent notification, screen wake-up, and full-screen lock-screen alert when the timer expires
* Configurable beep, vibration, and custom notification sounds (pick any audio file)
* Text-to-speech: exercise names spoken aloud in your language
* Home screen widget (Glance) with live second-by-second countdown, today's break count, current streak, and a one-tap Start button
* Achievements system with shareable cards (over 35 milestones)
* Local statistics: total breaks, reps, weekly trends, most frequent exercise - all data stays on your device
* JSON backup export and import via Storage Access Framework
* Material 3 theming, light/dark/system modes, accessibility-tuned (TalkBack, reduce-motion, large fonts)
* English and German UI

Privacy:

No analytics, no telemetry, no ads, no third-party SDKs. All data is stored locally on your device. The app never connects to a server. Source code is published under GPL-3.0.

What’s new (0.9.0)

v0.9.0

* Google Play release: separate gplay build flavor with Android Auto Backup to Google Drive
* New "Back up to Google Drive" toggle in Settings (Play build only) to disable cloud backup
* F-Droid build keeps Auto Backup disabled (privacy-strict, unchanged behavior)
* Added Privacy policy link in Settings (mysportsmate.de/datenschutz-officebreak)
* Fixed crash from duplicate exercise names; duplicates now prevented (#30)
* Maintenance: updated build toolchain and dependencies

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
0.9.0 current
19d2262d6f878773…
2026-07-14 4.5 MB API 28
0.8.3
8c51411808917a4c…
2026-05-30 4.4 MB API 28
0.8.1
7f99d1fc17de3954…
2026-05-06 4.2 MB API 28

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
  • NotificationsShow notifications.
  • VibrationControl the vibration alert.
  • Prevent sleepingKeep the device from going to sleep.
  • Exact alarmsTrigger actions at a precise time.
  • Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
Show 1 more permissions
  • officebreak.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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