Your recent rhythm, at a glance.
Using your Mac’s camera locally, BlinkTide analyses blinks from the last 60 seconds. It is a live session signal, not a health measurement or a record of your day.
BlinkTide: Eyes in Rhythm
Eyes in rhythm.
Private focus on your Mac.
BlinkTide uses your Mac’s camera to observe and analyse your recent blink rhythm locally. It lives quietly in your menu bar, offers a gentle visual cue when you need it, and can remind you to look away.
Camera-based blink analysisVisual remindersOn-device session
A calmer screen rhythm
Notice the moment.
Choose the nudge.
A visual cue based on your blinks.
When camera-based analysis finds that you have not blinked for your chosen interval, a gentle cue can appear. Blink to clear it. Add optional background dimming; reminders stay quiet when you step away.
Make room for a pause.
Enable a separate cue to look away from the screen. Choose an interval that suits your routine; it is off until you turn it on.
See the signal, not your history.
Open the optional local Preview to check your setup while BlinkTide is running. Lighting, glasses and head position can affect the estimate.
Settings & privacy
Make it feel
like yours.
A lot to make your own
Your cue.
Your way.
Set BlinkTide up around the way you work, then keep the controls close at hand from the menu bar.
- Reminder timing
- Choose when the next visual cue appears after a blink.
- Detection sensitivity
- Adjust it from 0–100% if blinks are missed or extra ones are counted.
- On-screen reminder
- Show a cue, dim the background, and tune its strength and fade.
- Camera & breaks
- Choose your camera and enable optional 20-20-20 look-away reminders.
The optional live Preview and guided calibration help you check the setup. Calibration values and estimates stay in memory for the current session.
Setup help
Guided calibrationA little setup.
A little setup.
A better fit.
Take a short guided check to help BlinkTide understand your eyes in the current session. Everything stays local and disappears when you quit.
Privacy, without compromise
Your camera.
Never our content.
Camera access supports your blink reminders. Your camera images are never recorded or uploaded.
- No ads. No tracking.No BlinkTide account to create, and no developer-operated network connection.
- No history to manage.Frames, blink analysis, settings, calibration and counters stay in memory, then disappear when you quit.
- You control camera access.Change permission at any time in macOS settings.
Annual access
Try the rhythm.
Keep what works.
7 DAYS FREE
Try BlinkTide for seven days and see how it fits into your real work routine before you decide.
€4.99per year
After the free trial, annual access is €4.99. Purchases, billing and cancellation are handled by Apple.
Requires a Mac with Apple silicon · macOS 14 or later · No ads · No tracking · No app account · No cloud sync
BlinkTide is a productivity reminder, not intended for medical use. Blink estimates are not health measurements.