Recess: Rest & Self-Care
Soyeon Noh Lifestyle iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Recess: Rest & Self-Care is a free Lifestyle app for iPhone and iPad by Soyeon Noh. Requires iOS 26.0. Updated July 2, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 94 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jul 2
- 2026 · v1.0.1
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About Recess: Rest & Self-Care
Everything gets a slot on the calendar — meetings, errands, everyone else. Except you. Here's the thing: the weeks you build aren't the enemy of rest. They're the foundation. The busy days you stack make your world solid — and on top of everything you've built, Recess is where you grow a garden that's just for you. Your day lays out as a calm little board: what's booked becomes the bricks you've stacked, and the open space between is ground you can claim. Claim a walk, a long read, an hour to do nothing — and a plant grows right on top of your week. Keep tending your kinds of rest and your world becomes a living garden you can actually see, and want to protect. A GENTLER KIND OF TRACKER Recess has no streaks, no scores, and nothing to break. A quiet week never wilts your garden — it simply rests, ready when you are. Care is the only thing that accumulates. There is nothing here to feel guilty about, ever. A LIVING WORLD • Your day as a cozy isometric board — morning light, dusk, and a starry night sky that shifts with the real hour. • Plant a recess and watch it sprout; tend it and watch it grow. • New worlds quietly open as your care adds up — a grove, a coast, a highland, an aurora — each with its own light, weather, and little wildlife. Never a grind; they open with time you take back. WORKS WITH YOUR CALENDAR Connect your calendar and your real commitments fill in as blocks, privately on your device, so you can see exactly where your free time actually is. Recess only reads what's booked — it never writes to your calendar, and nothing leaves your phone. BUILT TO BE FOR EVERYONE Full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion and Reduce Transparency, and careful contrast — the calm is for everyone. RECESS PRO Go further with Recess Pro: • Your weekly Recap card to keep or share • Your balance over time — gentle trends, never targets • Unlimited custom kinds of rest, each growing its own plant • Premium board & garden themes • The rich board widget on your Home Screen Recess Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. A free 7-day trial is available on the monthly plan. You can always keep using Recess for free. Build hard. Bloom anyway. ——— Recess Pro is an auto-renewable subscription (monthly / annual) or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation; a subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://recess.vibeland.app/privacy
What’s new
Version 1.0.1 · Updated July 2, 2026
Small refinements to make your worlds feel even calmer — smoother board and map rendering, gentler onboarding, and quality polish throughout. Thank you for taking time for yourself.
App privacy
The developer, Soyeon Noh, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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