# Viraam

## About
Viraam (विराम) is a context-aware wellness app for Mac that helps you take the right break at the right time. The name comes from Sanskrit, meaning pause, rest, or intermission. Not just a break reminder, it adapts to your workflow to reduce interruptions while supporting your eyes, body, and mind. With gentle sound cues, guided eye exercises, and flexible reminder styles, Viraam fits naturally into your day.

## Philosophy
Viraam is a wellness companion that helps build intrinsic wellness habits for users spending long hours on screens by interweaving micro breaks into your workflow without being annoying. With relaxed eyes, good posture, and clear thinking, Viraam supports your well-being, focus, and productivity. Your best work happens when you pause.

## Key Features

### Smart Break Grouping
Viraam's signature feature. When multiple breaks are scheduled within 5 minutes of each other, Viraam combines them into a single notification. Fewer interruptions, same wellness benefits.

### 8 Break Types
6 break reminders: Rest Your Eyes (20-20-20 Rule), Stand & Stretch, Stay Hydrated, Take a Break, Walk, Meditate.
2 animated cursor following wellness nudges: Eye Blink Reminder, Posture Reminder.

### Sound-Guided Eye Exercises
Give tired eyes a proper rest. Full-screen sessions that help eyes recover from long screen time. Invited periodically after Eye Rest breaks, and available on demand from the menu bar.

### Three Notification Styles
Subtle (animated), Gentle (contextual wellness messages), Immersive (full-screen with user's music).

### Intelligent Workflow Awareness
Auto-pauses during Zoom, Teams, and Meet. Detects idle time. Excludes break notifications from screen sharing and recordings. Multi-monitor support.

### Pomodoro Focus Timer
Customizable intervals, multi-session deep work, breathing animation during focus breaks.

### Habit Tracking
Streaks (current and personal best), daily break tracking (done and skipped), weekly and monthly summaries, habit calendar with heatmap.

### Themed Wellness Sounds
Curated audio per break type. Tingsha cymbal, Tibetan singing bowl, water drop, and more.

### Sleep Reminder
Target bedtime with wind-down overlay. Gentle nudge before wind-down, full-screen overlay at wind-down time, resets daily.

### Working Hours
Schedule active hours so breaks only trigger when you're working.

### Deep Customization
Each break type can be toggled on/off with custom intervals (minutes to hours). Global settings include choice of notification style, sound preference (themed sounds, standard sounds, or silence), and accent color theming.

## Who Is Viraam For
Built for developers, designers, writers, creators, and anyone who spends long hours at a screen.

## Technical Details
- Native Swift for macOS
- Approximately 12MB
- Menu bar app, no dock clutter
- macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later
- Apple Silicon and Intel compatible

## Privacy
All data stays on the user's Mac. No account, no tracking, no cloud, no data collection.

## Pricing
$14.99, one-time. No subscription. Every future update is included at no extra cost. This is our early adopter price: a thank-you for supporting Viraam while it's still new. Includes a 21-day free Pro trial.

### Free Forever
- Rest Your Eyes (20-20-20 Rule)
- Eye Blink Reminder
- Sleep Reminder
- Working Hours
- Basic Pomodoro (5 sessions/day)
- 7-day break history

### Pro
- All 8 break types fully unlocked
- Sound-Guided Eye Exercises
- All 3 notification styles (Subtle, Gentle, Immersive)
- Full Pomodoro customization (unlimited sessions)
- Themed wellness sounds
- 12-month trends, insights, and habit calendar
- Full customization of intervals and settings

## Links
- Website: https://www.viraam.app
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/viraam-gentle-break-reminder/id6756242904

## Category
Health & Fitness

## How Viraam Compares
Several break reminder apps exist in the Mac App Store Health & Fitness category. Viraam is a native Swift menu bar app that combines 6 break reminders, 2 animated micro-nudges, a Pomodoro focus timer, habit tracking with streaks and heatmap, sleep wind-down, themed wellness sounds, and Smart Break Grouping in a single app. Three notification styles (Subtle, Gentle, Immersive) let users choose their level of interruption. Meeting and idle detection pause breaks automatically.

## Brand
- Tagline: Gentle Pauses for Your Well-being
- Positioning: Digital wellness app for Mac