Blink pairs the pomodoro technique with the 20-20-20 eye-care rule. Your iPhone glows gently next to your laptop and quietly reminds you. That's it.
Knowledge workers blink about half as often as they should when they're locked into a screen. You've felt the tax: the dry sting at 4pm, the tension creeping up the back of your neck, the focus that quietly slipped sideways an hour ago without anyone telling you.
The Mac apps that fix this can blur your laptop when it's break time — but iOS can't reach across to do that, and the Mac apps can't reach back. So most days the break either covers the work you're trying to do, or it just… doesn't happen. Blink reframes the whole thing: your phone, sitting quietly next to the keyboard, becomes the nudge. The laptop never gets touched.
Blink moves through a focus block, a 20-second eye break baked into minute 20, and a longer wellness break every fourth cycle. The phone does the work. The laptop is left alone.
A quiet countdown ring. A Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. The last 30 seconds wind down — a softer colour, an optional soft chime — so the break never feels abrupt.
At minute twenty, the phone dims and shows the 20-20-20 prompt: look at something twenty feet away for twenty seconds. Tap done, or wait — either way it ends gently and slips you back.
Every fourth cycle, a longer card: five stretches, a posture nudge, a "remember to actually blink" reminder. Stagger in, easy to skim, easy to ignore the parts you don't need today.
25-min focus, 5-min break, 30-min long break, and a 20-second eye break at minute 20. Every duration is adjustable.
A soft notification 30 seconds before each break. Hit +1m, +5m, or +15m if you need to finish a thought — no shame in it.
Pauses during phone calls, when iOS Focus modes say you're in a meeting, when the phone is face-down, or when you've stepped away.
Read the countdown at a glance without unlocking. The Lock Screen, the Island, your wrist if you have one — the timer is wherever your eyes already are.
Deep Work (50/10), Standard (25/5), Quickstart (15/3). Pick one and go — or build your own and keep it.
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The Mac app you might already use blurs your laptop when it's break time. iOS can't reach across to do that — and the Mac apps can't reach back. Blink leans the other direction. Your iPhone, sitting next to the keyboard, becomes the ambient nudge device: glanceable, out of the way, never blocking your work. The break overlay only ever covers the phone screen. The laptop is yours.