20 20 20 Eye Care

Markus Exler

About this app

Staring at the phone screen can put a lot of strain on your eyes and cause eye fatigue.
Give your eyes a break by applying the 20-20-20 rule.
Every 20 minutes, take a 20-second break and focus your eyes on something at least 20 feet (7m) away.

Features:
• Notifies you after 20 minutes to give your eyes a break
• Starts countdown automatically when the screen is turned on
• Configure the notification behavior the way you like
• start and stop the service manually
• confirm brake in notification
• take care of your eyes 😉
• AD free

Android 8+ Users please read:
On Devices running Android 8 and higher you'll receive a notification telling you the 20 20 20 App is draining the battery in the background.
This is a default notification which is shown for every app using a background service even if it isn't using much power at all. The 20 20 20 service is only counting down 20 minutes as soon as its started. This doesn't require much power or cpu capacity. To verify this claim your self, you can check the Battery statistics after a day of running the 20 20 20 app.

Ratings and reviews

Pros: notifications to take a break can be customized; service can be stopped easily if you need your screen on w/o interruption. Cons: can't adjust break length or time between breaks; service sometimes stops even with battery optimization turned off (which could be the fault of my phone not the app); there's no way to see how long you have until the next break is due.

Inconsistent which makes me sad. The concept of the app is excellent, and I really do appreciate the app when it does work properly, however I find it stops working after every once in a while. I have enabled all the permissions and services for the app, and I always start the service using the orange button inside the app as well as never force stop or end the service for the app, but it always eventually stops reminding me after a few cycles. I wish it was more consistent by working 100%.

Love it. So many similar apps just have a 20-minute timer, which continues counting down (often in an obnoxious ever-present notification) and continue counting even if your phone is turned off! This is the first app I've found that resets the 20 minutes if you turn off your phone screen. This makes sense because if your screen is off, you're obviously already taking a break from it! The one improvement I'd like to see would be an option to blacklist certain apps, so that the timer is paused (or at least notifications hidden) when that app is on-screen, and/or when an app is in full-screen immersive mode. Things like Waze, Google Maps, etc. or full-screen movies shouldn't be interrupted by eye breaks. I wrote an email to the developer and they responded very quickly that they'd like to include these ideas in the next version of the app!

What's new

- further improve Android 12 support
- minor bug fixes