Eyezo for Mac
Eyezo sits quietly in your menu bar with a live countdown to your next eye break. Every 20 minutes it guides you through a 20-second rest — then chimes when you can look back, so you never have to watch the clock.
Get Eyezo for Mac
The Mac beta is open. Install it with TestFlight, Apple’s free app for trying apps before they launch.
Free — no account needed
The 20-20-20 rule, free for good
20-20-20 break reminders
Every 20 minutes Eyezo asks if you are ready for a 20-second rest — the interval eye-care research recommends. Say yes, and it guides you through it.
Live menu bar countdown
See exactly how long until your next break, right in the menu bar. Or hide the numbers and let Eyezo tap you on the shoulder instead.
Smart idle detection
Step away and the timer pauses instead of punishing you. Away longer? It starts over — because your eyes already rested.
Heads-up before each break
A gentle notice a few seconds before, so a break never ambushes you mid-sentence. Snooze or skip right from it.
Sounds and the “look back” chime
Your eyes are away from the screen during a rest — so Eyezo tells you by ear when the 20 seconds are done. Choose the sounds and their volume.
Keyboard shortcuts
⌃⌥B for a break now, ⌃⌥P to pause or resume, ⌃⌥D to snooze — from any app, no extra permission. Off until you turn them on.
Also included free: launch at login, light & dark themes, a “take a break now” button whenever your eyes need one, pause for an hour, today's break count with your daily streak, and Eyezo in 17 languages.
Premium — yearly or monthly
Everything Eyezo does, for your eyes
Eyezo Buddy Beta
An AI assistant built into Eyezo. Tell it what you want in your own words, in any language, and it sets Eyezo up for you: “breaks feel too frequent”, “no breaks in my meeting tomorrow 3 to 4”. Ask why your timer reset or how your week went. Nothing changes until you press Save. A few messages a day while it is in beta.
Screen Guard
Give an app a daily time limit. When the time is up, Eyezo dims the screen and asks you to stop: leave the app, take 5 more minutes, or ignore it for today.
Glare Guard
Dims every window except the one you are working in, so there is less on screen competing for your eyes. Warm amber, black or your own colour, with separate strengths for light and dark mode.
Full-screen breaks, on your timing
A heads-up first, then a short rest that covers the screen. Choose how often and how long, and the break screen: Calm, Breathe, Horizon or Minimal.
Never interrupt a meeting
Eyezo notices when you are on a call or watching a video and holds your break until you are free. It checks only whether your microphone is in use — it never records anything, and it has no camera access at all.
Per-app break rules
A full overlay while you are coding, a gentle nudge in your design tool, nothing at all in a game. Set the rule for the app in front straight from the menu bar.
Strict mode
Removes the skip button. For the days your eyes need the discipline more than your deadline does.
Smart timing
Typing when a break is due? Eyezo waits until you stop. Worked a long stretch with no rest? The next break lasts a little longer. Plus Scheduling: breaks only during your working hours, or none at set times like lunch or a daily meeting.
Countdown beside the pointer
A small ring next to your mouse counts down the last seconds before a break — right where you are already looking.
Blink, posture and water
Small reminders to blink, sit up straight and drink water. The screen dims for a moment — they never block your work.
Eye Score and weekly report
Today's Eye Score with the reason behind it, every break counted, your longest stretch, streaks and a five-week activity map. Every Monday, a short report on last week. Export it all as CSV.
$1.99 a month or $14.99 a year in the US. The App Store shows the price in your currency.
- Try everything free for 7 days — no card needed, nothing charged automatically
- Then pick a yearly or monthly subscription. Eyezo Buddy (beta) is included, with a daily message limit
- Premium belongs to your Apple Account and works on every Mac signed in with it
- Purchased securely through the Mac App Store; cancel a subscription any time in your App Store settings
Where to find everything
Eyezo Buddy — open it from the menu bar eye or with its keyboard shortcut, over whatever you are doing.
The menu bar eye — click it for the countdown, Take a break, snooze (+5, +10 or +15 minutes), Pause for 1 hour, the Glare Guard switch and strength, and the break rule for the app you are using right now. The icons along the bottom open Insights, Settings and Help.
The Eyezo window has one page per topic. Every setting has a ? that explains it in plain words, with an example:
- Home — your next break, today at a glance
- Breaks — how often and how long, Strict mode, the break screen, what happens when you step away, scheduling
- App Rules — the rule for every app; pick from the apps on your Mac
- Smart Pause — what a break does during a video or a call
- Alerts — the heads-up, snooze length, the countdown beside the pointer, where messages appear
- Wellness — blink, posture and water reminders
- Glare Guard — strength for light and dark mode, colour
- Insights — your Eye-Care Score, streaks, the activity map and the CSV export
- General — language, sounds, keyboard shortcuts, launch at login
- Premium — your plan, Restore Purchases, and the optional Eyezo account with settings sync
On the free plan, Premium settings stay visible but greyed out. Your choices are kept — they come back exactly as they were the moment Premium does.
Your data stays on your Mac
Your break history, your Eye Score and your settings stay on your Mac. The one exception is Eyezo Buddy: when you ask it something, the day totals it needs go with your question. Eyezo contains no analytics, no tracking and no ads.
An Eyezo account is optional. You only need one for Eyezo Buddy or to sync your settings between your Macs, and then we keep your email, your plan and the devices using it, nothing else.
Full details in the Privacy Policy for Mac.
Requirements
- macOS 13 (Ventura) or later
- Works on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs
- No account needed — Premium follows your Apple Account
Frequently asked
What happens after the 7-day free trial?
Nothing is charged — the trial needs no payment method. Eyezo goes back to its free plan: an “Ask me” eye break every 20 minutes, for good. Buy Premium whenever you want everything back.
Is Premium a subscription?
Yes, yearly or monthly. Cancel any time in your App Store account settings.
What is Eyezo Buddy?
An AI assistant built into Eyezo. You tell it what you want in plain words, in any language, and it shows the exact change on a card; nothing changes until you press Save. It can also explain your breaks and your week. It is part of Premium and the free trial, with a daily message limit while it is in beta. Its answers are written with Claude, an AI model by Anthropic. It never sees your screen, files or audio.
Do I need an account to use Eyezo?
No. Premium belongs to your Apple Account, so it works on every Mac signed in with it — use Restore Purchases after reinstalling. Sign in (with Apple, Google, or an email and password) only for Eyezo Buddy or settings sync.
Does Eyezo watch my screen or use my camera?
No. Eyezo never captures your screen or records your microphone, and it has no camera access at all. For the meeting-detection feature it asks macOS a single yes/no question — “is the microphone currently in use?” — and nothing is ever recorded or stored. Glare Guard reads only where windows are, never what is in them.
Will breaks interrupt me during a presentation?
With Premium, no: Eyezo notices calls and videos and holds the break until you are free. On the free plan every break asks first, so you can simply say “not now”.
Does it drain my battery?
No. Eyezo is a lightweight menu bar app that stays idle between breaks and releases its timer entirely when you step away.
Need help?
We usually reply within a day.
- Email: support@eyezo.app
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