Movement-verified breaks for Mac
Unsittable waits for ten real squats. Your camera counts them on-device.
Stay in frame
SQUATS
When your interval ends, every display shows the break screen. It is designed to be read from across the room, not from your chair.
One break, start to finish
01 · THE COUNTDOWN
Unsittable sits in the menu bar and counts down your work interval. Fifty minutes by default, adjustable in Settings.
You can pause it for an hour or until tomorrow. You cannot talk it out of a break that is already due.
02 · THE MOVEMENT
The camera opens and Apple Vision tracks your hips and knees. A rep counts when your hips drop and come back up. Half squats do not count. Bouncing does not count.
Face the camera or stand side-on. If a rep is not counting, the screen tells you why in two words.
03 · THE RELEASE
The screen returns exactly where you left it. No summary card, no streak, no share button.
The spring resets. The next countdown starts on its own.
Spring reset · next break in 50:00
Camera → Apple Vision → rep count. Inside one machine.
Privacy
Frames go from the camera to Apple Vision to a rep count, all on this Mac. They are never uploaded, never written to disk, never used for training.
There is no account, no analytics, and no network code in the app. The strictest thing about Unsittable is the squats.
Safety
A break app that can trap you behind a broken camera is a bug, not discipline. Every state of the break screen has a working exit.
One click swaps squats for a plain countdown. It is on every camera screen, never hidden.
Every break has a maximum duration. When it passes, the screen unlocks on its own.
Hold the corner control for 2.5 seconds and the break ends immediately. No questions.
The keyboard way out. Works during every break state, even if the pointer is lost.
Questions
No. Camera frames are analyzed in memory by Apple Vision and discarded. Nothing is recorded, saved, or sent anywhere. The app has no network code.
The break falls back to a plain timed countdown. Denied permission, a busy camera, or a frozen feed all end the same way: a timer, never a locked screen.
If another app is using the camera when a break starts, Unsittable does not fight it. The break runs as a timed countdown instead. You can also pause breaks for an hour before an important call.
Facing the camera works best and is the recommended setup. Standing side-on is supported too: tracking locks onto your most visible leg and uses hip movement to count.
Use the timed break. It is a first-class option, not a penalty. Alternative movements that need less knee mobility are planned, but they are not in the app yet, so we will not pretend otherwise.
Private beta invitations begin fall 2026. Planned price after the beta: 19 dollars, one time.
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