Free for Android and iPhone
Every 20 minutes, EyeBlinkIt reminds you to look at something about 20 feet (6 m) away for 20 seconds: the 20-20-20 rule recommended by the American Optometric Association. Set your hours once and the eye rest reminders come by themselves. There's no timer to start.
Why it slips
A coding session, an exam revision block or a pile of spreadsheets can run for hours without one look away. You know a short break would help. You just don't notice the time going.
The 20-20-20 rule is a simple way to build breaks into that time. The hard part is remembering it, every 20 minutes, all day. That is the part EyeBlinkIt does for you.
How it works
Most people know the rule. Few manage it on a busy day, because the reminder is the part that slips. EyeBlinkIt runs the rhythm in the background during the hours you choose, and the break itself is guided.
Three breaks an hour add up to one minute away from the screen. Outside your hours, and during quiet hours at night, EyeBlinkIt stays silent.
What's in the app
Everything in EyeBlinkIt serves one job: getting you to look away for 20 seconds, several times a day, without having to think about it.
01 · Reminders
Pick work hours, all day, or your own hours and days. Reminders start and stop by themselves, so there is nothing to switch on each morning.
02 · Notification and widget
Each reminder carries its own buttons. Start a 20-second break, snooze or skip right from the notification, then get back to what you were doing.
03 · The break
A calm countdown tells you when to look back. Turn on voice guidance and you can look away from the screen and just listen. Choose a far look, a far look with blinks or an eyes-closed rest, or let them rotate.
On iPhone the countdown keeps going with the phone locked.
04 · Exercises
Blink Reset is fifteen slow, full blinks: close, squeeze gently, open. There is also palming, near–far focus switching, gentle eye movements, a follow-the-dot exercise, a 3-minute Desk Reset and an evening wind-down.
Each one has voice guidance, gentle haptics and a clear animation. Optional blink reminders at the times you choose.
05 · Progress
A habit sticks when you can see it. EyeBlinkIt keeps score quietly, without turning your breaks into a game.
06 · Reliability
Reminders are scheduled on the phone itself, not pushed from a server. EyeBlinkIt checks that they can arrive on time and walks you through the phone settings that matter, including the battery settings on Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Huawei, Tecno and Infinix phones.
07 · Privacy
Who it's for
If your work, study or downtime happens on a screen, the breaks are the first thing to go. EyeBlinkIt is for the days when you would never remember them yourself.
The whole app is translated, and Arabic uses a right-to-left layout. The language follows your phone.
FAQ
Something else? Write to [email protected]. New to the rule itself? Start with the 20-20-20 guide.
Yes. EyeBlinkIt is free on Google Play and the App Store. The Android app shows one small banner ad on its main screens, never during a break, an exercise or a reminder. The iPhone app has no ads.
Every 20 minutes, look at something about 20 feet (6 metres) away for 20 seconds. The American Optometric Association recommends it for long stretches of screen use. EyeBlinkIt keeps that rhythm for you.
No. Set your hours once (work hours, all day, or your own hours and days) and the reminders start and stop by themselves. They are scheduled on your phone, not sent from a server.
Yes. Choose a reminder every 15, 20, 25, 30, 45 or 60 minutes and a break of 20, 30 or 60 seconds. Quiet hours keep it silent at night, and you can snooze, or pause for a meeting, an hour or the rest of the day.
EyeBlinkIt checks that reminders can arrive on time and, on Android, walks you through the phone settings that matter, including the battery settings on Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Huawei, Tecno and Infinix phones. Phones can still delay apps running in the background, so no app can promise every reminder to the second.
No. Your settings and break history stay on your phone. If you want to keep your streak when you change phones, you can turn on an optional backup with Google or email, or with Apple on iPhone.
Without backup, your reminder settings and break history are not sent to us. The app sends usage analytics and crash reports, and you can turn both off in Settings, Privacy. Ads in the Android app come from Google AdMob. The privacy policy lists everything.
In the app, open Settings, Account & backup and tap Delete my account and data (or Delete my data on this phone if you are not signed in). You can also email [email protected] from the address you signed in with.
English, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Hindi, Indonesian and Arabic, with recorded voice guidance in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazil) and Hindi.
EyeBlinkIt is a wellness and habit tool. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition. If you have eye discomfort or changes in your vision, please see an eye care professional.
EyeBlinkIt is free on Google Play and the App Store. Set your hours once and it takes it from there.