No camera access
Pacer does not track your eyes, face, tabs, or page content.
A calmer route through screen work
Finish the thought. Then look farther.
A free browser extension that lets the timer wait for your next natural stopping point—then opens one quiet distance cue.
Download for Chrome
Free forever · No account · Chrome, Edge, Brave and other Chromium browsers
Route logic
Time suggests.
You choose the boundary.
Rigid timers become easy to ignore when they land mid-sentence. Pacer quietly marks the break as ready and waits for your signal.
Read without interruption
A small local timer runs in the browser. It never watches the page, camera, or your behavior.
Reach a natural stop
When the interval ends, finish the paragraph or task. Confirm the boundary from the toolbar or keyboard.
Shift to the distance
A low-visual-load full-screen cue guides attention beyond the display for 20, 30, or 60 seconds.
Distance view
One horizon.
Nothing to dismiss.
Use the farthest comfortable real-world object you can see. The cue has optional vibration, a motion pause, and a complete reduced-motion treatment.
Private by default
No surveillance disguised as care.
This is an ergonomic prompt, not medical treatment or a productivity score. Your reading route stays on your device.
Local-only storage
Timing settings and completed-break counts live in extension storage.
Fully disableable
One setting cancels scheduled reminders while keeping your preferences.
Accessible by design
Keyboard controls, screen-reader labels, high contrast, and reduced motion are built in.
Version 1.0 · MV3
Add it in under a minute.
Until the store listing is available, install the signed-off build locally. The archive contains the unpacked Chromium extension.
Download extension- Download and unzip the extension.
- Open chrome://extensions (or your browser’s extension page).
- Turn on Developer mode, choose Load unpacked, and select the unzipped folder.
- Pin the waypoint icon, choose an interval, and keep reading.