Eyezo for Windows
Eyezo sits quietly by the clock 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. Glare Guard keeps the window you are working in bright and gently dims everything behind it.
Get Eyezo for Windows (Beta)
Try every feature free for 7 days — no card needed.
Get the Windows Beta on Microsoft StoreFree — 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.
Countdown in the tray
The Eyezo icon by the clock shows the time to your next break — “12:35”, just the minutes, or only the eye. Hover it to see why a break is waiting.
Smart idle detection
Step away and the timer pauses. Stay away longer and it starts over — your eyes already rested. Locking your PC or letting it sleep counts too.
Heads-up before each break
A small message a few seconds before, so a break never ambushes you mid-sentence. Start now, delay it, or skip it right from there.
Sounds
Windows' own sounds for the start and end of a break and for messages, with Eyezo's own volume. The end chime tells you when to look back.
Keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl+Alt+B for a break now, Ctrl+Alt+P to pause, Ctrl+Alt+D to delay, Ctrl+Alt+G to switch Glare Guard's dimming off — from any app. Off until you turn them on.
Also included free: open at sign-in, a “take a break now” item in the tray menu, pause for an hour, today's break count with your 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. Black, warm amber or your own colour, separate strengths for the light and dark theme, and your other monitors too.
Full-screen breaks, on your timing
Choose how often and how long. Pick the break screen — Calm, Breathe, Horizon or Minimal — and Strict mode to hide the skip button.
Breaks that wait for your meeting
On a call or watching a video? Your break is held at 0:00 and comes the moment you finish. Eyezo only checks whether an app is using the microphone or playing sound — it never records or hears anything.
Per-app break rules
A full break screen in your editor, a quiet message in your design tool, nothing at all in a game. Pick any app from the list.
Smart timing
Typing when a break is due? Eyezo waits until you stop. Worked a long stretch with no rest at all? The next break is a little longer.
Countdown beside the pointer
A small ring by 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 or need a click.
Scheduling
Choose when breaks may come: only during your working hours, or none at set times — lunch, a daily meeting. Up to three times, on the days you pick. Night shift? A time can run past midnight.
Eye Score and weekly report
Today's Eye Score with the reason behind it, breaks taken, skipped and missed, your longest stretch and streaks. 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 Microsoft 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 Microsoft account and works on every PC signed in with it
- Bought securely through the Microsoft Store; cancel a subscription any time at account.microsoft.com/services
Where to find everything
Eyezo Buddy — open it from the tray or with its keyboard shortcut, over whatever you are doing.
The tray icon — the eye by the clock (click the small ^ arrow if Windows has tucked it away). Right-click it for:
- Take a break now, Delay the next break (5, 10 or 15 minutes) and Pause for 1 hour
- Eye protection — the on/off switch for everything
- Glare Guard and Turn off dimming for now — the quick way out if the screen ever feels too dark
- Settings… (or double-click the icon), Eyezo Premium…, Send feedback… and Quit
Settings has one page per topic. Every setting has a ? beside it that explains it in plain words, with an example:
- Breaks — how often and how long, Strict mode, the break screen, what happens when you step away, smart timing, scheduling
- App rules — the rule for every app, and Add app… to give one app its own
- Smart pause — what a break does during a video or a call
- Alerts — where messages appear and how big, the heads-up, the countdown beside the pointer
- Wellness — blink, posture and water reminders
- Glare Guard — strength, colour, other monitors, fade
- Insights — your break history and the CSV export
- General — language, sounds, the tray countdown, keyboard shortcuts, open at sign-in
- Account — your plan, the optional Eyezo account, settings sync
Settings marked Premium stay visible on the free plan. Your choices are kept — they come back exactly as they were the moment Premium does.
Your data stays on your PC
Your break history and your settings stay on your PC. 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 Windows PCs, and then we keep your email, your plan and the devices using it, nothing else.
Full details in the Privacy Policy for Windows.
Requirements
- Windows 10 (version 1809) or later, or Windows 11
- Intel, AMD and ARM processors
- Installed from the Microsoft Store — updates arrive automatically
- No account needed — Premium follows your Microsoft 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. The trial belongs to your Microsoft account, so reinstalling does not start a new one.
Is Premium a subscription?
Yes, yearly or monthly. Cancel any time at account.microsoft.com/services.
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?
No. Without one Eyezo collects nothing that identifies you. Sign in (with Google, Apple, or an email and password) only for Eyezo Buddy or to sync your settings.
I got a code from Eyezo. Where do I enter it?
Open Eyezo Premium (right-click the tray icon → Eyezo Premium…) and click Have a code?. Sign in first — a code is tied to your Eyezo account and turns Premium on for this PC. Codes are checked on our server, so only real ones work.
Does Eyezo watch my screen or listen to my microphone?
No. Eyezo never captures your screen and never opens your microphone. To avoid interrupting a call or a video it asks Windows a yes/no question — “is any app using the microphone or playing sound right now?” — and nothing is ever recorded or stored. Glare Guard reads only where windows are, never what is in them.
Glare Guard made my screen too dark. How do I undo it?
Right-click the tray icon → Turn off dimming for now, or press Ctrl+Alt+G if keyboard shortcuts are on. Change the strength in Settings → Glare Guard. Note that the dimming shows in screenshots and screen sharing.
A keyboard shortcut does nothing.
Another app already uses those keys — Windows gives each shortcut to the first app that asks. The other shortcuts still work.
Will it slow my PC down?
No. Eyezo is a small tray app that wakes about once a second to check the time and stays out of the way otherwise.
Need help?
We usually reply within a day.
- Email: support@eyezo.app
- In the app: right-click the tray icon → Send feedback…
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