Take Rest – Screen Time Tracker · About and privacy policy

Chrome extension

Take Rest – Screen Time Tracker

Rest on a schedule you set. When it’s time, every screen goes black and Mochi, a small cat in a guard cap, keeps watch until your break is over.

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For Google Chrome on your computer. No account needed.

About this extension

Take Rest reminds you to step away from the screen, and makes the break real. You choose how long you work and how long you rest. When time is up, every monitor turns black and Mochi sits on your screen until the rest is over. Move the mouse and she opens her eyes.

It also shows you your own screen time: how long you were at the computer today, how many rests you took, your longest stretch without one, and your streak of days with rests. All of it stays on your computer.

Features

Your rhythm

Type in any work and rest time, down to 20-second eye breaks, or pick 20-20-20, Pomodoro 25/5, 52/17 or 90/20 deep work. Long rests every few cycles.

Every screen goes black

A full-screen rest on every monitor, with a countdown, a rest suggestion and a breathing guide.

As firm as you like

Gentle (skip any time), Balanced (skip after 10 seconds) or Strict (no skipping). Holding Esc for 3 seconds always gets you out in an emergency.

Fair to real life

A heads-up before each rest with a snooze button. The timer waits while you’re away, and time away counts as a rest.

Your screen time

Today’s screen time, rests taken, longest stretch and streak, a 7-day chart, and CSV export. The toolbar icon counts down to your next rest.

Where the time went

See time in other apps, and, if you turn it on, time per website. Only site names are kept, on your computer. (From version 1.1.)

Mochi, Luna and Tofu

Three guard cats. Mochi’s mood follows your habits: content on a streak, a little grumpy after skipped rests.

Private by design

No account, no analytics, no servers. Light and dark themes.

How to use it

Add Take Rest to Chrome. A welcome page opens.
Pick a rhythm and how firm Mochi should be, then press Start.
Pin the cat icon to your toolbar: click the puzzle piece at the top right of Chrome, then the pin next to Take Rest. The icon counts down to your next rest.
When a rest starts, look away from the screen. Press Alt+Shift+R to start a rest any time.
Click the cat icon for your stats, or the gear in it for settings.

Good to know: screen time is counted while Chrome is open and you’re at the computer. An extension can’t lock your whole computer: the rest screen covers every monitor, but other apps can still be reached with Alt+Tab. Strict mode brings the rest back to the front.

Privacy policy

Last updated 2 October 2026

In short: Take Rest keeps everything on your computer. It has no account, no analytics and no servers, and it never sends your data anywhere.

What Take Rest stores

Take Rest stores the following in Chrome’s extension storage, on your computer only:

Your settings, such as work and rest length, strictness, guard cat and theme.
The timer’s state: when the next rest is due, or when the current rest ends.
Daily totals: minutes of screen time, rests taken, skipped or ended early, snoozes, and your longest stretch without a rest. Days older than 90 days are folded into monthly totals.

Take Rest does not read the content of any page or anything you type. Unless you turn on time per website (below), it does not read which websites you visit.

Time per website (optional, from version 1.1, off unless you turn it on)

If you turn on “Show time per website” in Settings, Chrome asks you to let Take Rest read your tabs. Take Rest then looks only at the tab you are looking at, keeps only its site name (for example youtube.com, never the full address or the page’s content), and adds up your active time per site. Pages in incognito windows are never recorded. Site names stay on your computer like everything else.

Turning the setting off deletes every site name, keeps your screen time totals, and gives the permission back to Chrome.

Without this setting, Take Rest can still tell whether Chrome or another app was in front, and shows the second as “Other apps”. It cannot see which app that was.

How screen time is measured

Take Rest uses Chrome’s idle detection, which reports only whether you are active, idle or have locked the screen. It never sees what you are doing. That state is used to pause the timer while you are away and to add up your screen time.

Sharing

Nothing is shared. Take Rest makes no network requests: no analytics, no crash reports, no advertising and no third-party services. Its fonts, images and sounds are part of the extension.

Permissions

`storage`	Saves your settings, the timer and your daily totals on your computer.
`alarms`	Wakes the timer when a rest is due.
`idle`	Pauses the timer while you are away and counts screen time.
`notifications`	Shows an optional heads-up shortly before a rest.
`system.display`	Finds your monitors, so each one gets a rest screen.
`tabs` (optional)	Asked for only if you turn on time per website. Reads the site name of the tab you are looking at.

Your control

Export your history as a CSV file from the Stats page.
Delete your history at any time with “Clear history” on the Stats page.
Reset your settings from the Settings page.
Removing the extension deletes everything it stored.

Children

Take Rest collects no personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date. A change that sends any data off your computer would be announced in the extension before it takes effect.

Contact

Questions, ideas or problems with Take Rest: Info@jahirulislam.info

Chrome Web Store page: Take Rest – Screen Time Tracker

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