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Slackwater
Break reminders that wait for a natural stopping point
- Score
- 47
- confidence 55
- Evidence
- 6
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 1
- named in sources
- First version
- 30 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop and mobile
- PWA: on computers and phones alike
- Market since
- 2002
- Mature market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop and mobile: Monitors focus and work activity on desktop where knowledge work happens, but break reminders must reach users on their phones to actually interrupt and get them to rest. Sample screens on a computer and a phone, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
Break soon
Waiting for you3 min
- Next breakEye rest
About this appAI proposal
Slackwater reminds you to rest your eyes and stand up, but only when it won't cost you your focus. It holds back during meetings, video playback, screen recording and active typing, then gives advance notice so you can finish the task you're on.
It is made for remote and knowledge workers who sit at a screen for hours, often at home. The signal behind it is that people drop break apps because they interrupt at the worst moments. Slackwater is built around that one complaint.
Breaks can also reach your other devices, so a break stays a break and doesn't turn into phone time. You set the rhythm once, and the app adapts to your day.
- Tagline
- Rest your eyes. Keep your flow.
- Voice
- calmplainrespectful
- Why this name
- Slack water is the still moment between tides. The app finds that moment in your workday for a break.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
Waits for a good moment
Detects meetings, video, screen recording and active typing, and holds the reminder until they stop.
No member yet
Heads-up before the break
A quiet notice a few minutes ahead lets you wrap up the current task, then the break starts.
No member yet
Snooze that learns
If you often push breaks back at certain times, Slackwater suggests moving them there.
No member yet
Eye and body breaks
Short eye rests and longer stand-and-stretch breaks, each with its own rhythm.
No member yet
Brand identityAI proposal
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Palette
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Typography
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Rest your eyes. Keep your flow.
Fraunces for headlines and numbers, Figtree for everything else.
PricingAI proposal
The material gives no competitor prices. These tiers are a starting point to test; it only mentions subscription, freemium and distribution through app stores such as Setapp.
Free
Free
- Eye and stand-up breaks
- Pauses during meetings and video
- Advance notice before breaks
Plus
$3 a month
- Phone-free breaks across devices
- Typing and screen-recording detection
- Snooze suggestions
- Daily and weekly view
Plus yearly
$30 a year
- Everything in Plus
- Two months free
Would you pay Plus yearly · $30 a year?
Your answer tells PWAS which prices people accept. It changes no score.
No answers yet.
What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$194,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- No loop in the product. Slackwater is used alone, so it spreads through content, search and word of mouth among remote workers, plus possible listing on subscription app platforms such as Setapp.
- Do they become customers?
- No built-in loop. Test whether posts about eye strain and focus bring free installs that convert to paid, and whether a platform listing reaches buyers.
- First customers
- Remote software developers and designers at home who work long focus blocks and have already tried and dropped a break reminder.
- Where to reach them
- Hacker News and dev forums: Share a Show post on the interrupt problem; the source thread drew 77 points, so interest is visible.
- Remote-work communities: Offer a free trial in remote-work Slack groups and subreddits, asking for feedback on timing.
- First milestone
- Fifty free installs in two weeks and five paying users who still use it after 30 days.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedHacker News post received 77 points and 26 comments
- Public claimRemote workers experience eye strain and back pain from extended screen time.
- Public claimUsers abandon reminder apps because they interrupt at inopportune moments.
- Public claimThere is demand for break reminders that do not interrupt workflow.
- Public claim
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · Activity detectionBrowser APIs plus a small optional desktop helperA web app can't see meetings, video or typing in other apps; a light helper may be needed.
- This app · Push notificationsWeb Push serviceDelivers break prompts to the phone and other devices, including when the app is closed.
RisksAI inference
- TechnicalA browser-only PWA cannot reliably detect meetings, video or typing in other apps. A desktop helper may be needed, which adds install steps and platform work.
- PlatformPhone push and background behaviour differ across iOS, Android and desktop browsers, so reminders may arrive late or not at all.
- CommercialBreak reminders are a crowded, low-price category and users may not pay. The material gives no evidence of willingness to pay.
- DataDetecting meetings and typing feels invasive. Detection must run on the device, and the product must say clearly what is and isn't collected.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.