# Work Break - Break Reminder

> Create an automated schedule to remind you when to take breaks during a work day

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.panterra.workbreak](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.panterra.workbreak)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.panterra.workbreak`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nadia and Martin
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 62,751
- **Rating:** 4.29 / 5 (673 ratings)
- **Version:** 2026.08.02
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03
- **First published:** 2020-04-04
- **Publisher country:** DE
- **Size:** 28 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.panterra.workbreak)
- **Website:** [https://travelog-app.de/workbreak/](https://travelog-app.de/workbreak/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://travelog-app.de/workbreak/privacy.html](https://travelog-app.de/workbreak/privacy.html)

## Description

**Work Break - Break Reminder** helps you stay productive and healthy by scheduling automated reminders to take breaks during your workday. This easy-to-use Chrome extension encourages standing, stretching, moving, hydration, and eating breaks, preventing fatigue and repetitive strain injuries. You can personalize reminders with your own text and manage your work schedule effortlessly.

Featuring a schedule overview for the next two hours, sound notifications, and offline capability, Work Break respects your privacy by requiring no permissions or user data. Perfect for anyone looking to improve focus and maintain physical well-being while working extended hours.

## Rankings

- #272,568 — Overall
- #2 — break

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS`
- `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.USE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.amazon.privacypass.ATTEST`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.panterra.workbreak.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users appreciate Work Break for its simplicity, effective break reminders, and helpful features that improve focus and reduce physical discomfort. However, recurring complaints include unreliable background operation requiring daily app opening, weak and non-customizable notification alerts, intrusive ads, inflexible timer adjustments during interruptions, and occasional bugs that affect saving schedules and app stability.

### Pros

- Effective break reminder that helps improve focus and reduces burnout
- Simple and easy to set up with a well-designed UI
- Non-distracting notifications without annoying sounds
- Customizable scheduling for work and break periods
- Helps in managing back pain and improving productivity

### Cons

- App requires manual start daily as it doesn't run automatically or reliably in the background
- Notifications are often just single weak vibrations which are easy to miss; lack of customizable or louder alerts
- Intrusive and sometimes misleading advertisements, even after purchasing ad-free license
- Limited flexibility to pause or adjust timers during interruptions like calls or meetings
- Issues with saving custom schedules, recurring alarms, and persistent bugs causing crashes or poor functionality

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.panterra.workbreak)