A gentle way to keep an eye on your blink rate while you work, so dry, tired eyes don't quietly sneak up on you at the screen.
The front camera notices each blink frame by frame and keeps a running total while you work.
You can see your blinks over the last 30 seconds, minute, and five minutes, so trends become easy to notice.
Each rate maps to a clear label from very low to high, so you can tell at a glance whether your eyes might want a break.
Start a session when you sit down to focus, then look back over a friendly summary when you finish.
All of the face and blink analysis happens locally, with no accounts and nothing ever uploaded.
The camera quietly pauses after a minute with no face in view, which helps save battery.
Blinky is a small iOS eye-health app that reads your blink rate from the front-facing camera and shows it across 30-second, one-minute, and five-minute windows. It sorts each rate into plain categories, from very low to high, and offers a gentle note when you slip below a comfortable range. Everything runs on device, with no accounts and nothing leaving your phone, and version 2.0 reworked it around intentional tracking sessions, which was kinder to the battery.
One-time purchase. iOS, iPadOS. Hardware sold separately, obviously.