Meet Blinky — a gentle menu-bar companion that reminds you to look up, rest, and blink. So a full day at the screen doesn’t leave your eyes dry, tired, and strained.
Screens quietly wear your eyes down. When you focus on a display you blink far less — the tears that keep your eyes clear evaporate, and strain creeps in. There’s a simple fix optometrists swear by, and BlinkBreaks makes it the easiest habit you’ll ever keep.
Locked onto a screen, most people blink up to 60% less — leaving eyes dry, gritty, and tired by afternoon.
The average screen worker stares at displays for seven hours or more — with almost no real rest in between.
Every 20 minutes, look 20 feet away for 20 seconds. BlinkBreaks runs the whole rule for you, automatically.
Figures reflect widely cited digital eye-strain research and are shown for illustration.
When it’s time, BlinkBreaks fades your screen into a calm, breathing moment. Look away, drop your shoulders, let your eyes reset — twenty seconds later you’re back, refreshed, not interrupted.
Live preview · a calm, breathing moment that lasts twenty seconds
A break that lands mid-meeting isn’t a break — it’s an interruption. Blinky watches the moment and quietly holds off until the coast is clear, then picks up right where you left off.
Thoughtful defaults out of the box, and gentle controls for when you want to make it your own.
Focus blocks from 10 to 60 minutes, eye rests from 10 to 60 seconds, and proper long breaks every few cycles.
Never interrupts a meeting, a call, a presentation, or full-screen work — and waits politely until you’re free.
Choose glass, light, dark, or warm color — or drop in your own photo. Every break feels like a small exhale.
Steps back when you leave and resumes when you return, so you never come back to a timer that’s out of sync.
A little breathing room for crunch moments — with an optional daily limit so you don’t skip your way to sore eyes.
Lives lightly in your menu bar, works across every monitor, launches at login, and chimes softly — nothing more.
Some of the features described above come with the Pro version — a one-time upgrade, no subscription. See pricing
Sensible defaults from the first launch — and gentle, obvious controls when you want to tune the details.
Shape the cadence of focus and rest.
Everything you need in one glance — and the rest of the day, Blinky simply waits in your menu bar.
"Love the clean design and customizable reminders. Perfect for long work sessions!"
"Really helps me to prevent dry eyes and hopefully help slow myopia progression but having my eyes relax from near work from time to time"
"Free Forever Perfect Forever"
"Very helpful, hope this get maintained"
"It's free and good, you should use it"
Gentle, practical notes on eye strain, healthy screen habits, and the little decisions behind BlinkBreaks.
Blinky’s ready when you are. Free on the Mac App Store — your future eyes will thank you.