Blinkr changelog
Every release, newest first.
These pages are dark on every Mac. August 31, 2026
Website only; no change to the app.
- The Blinkr pages no longer follow your Mac’s appearance setting. On a Mac set to Light this site came up cream, while every other twoplus11 app page stayed dark. The pages are dark for everyone now, which is how the rest of the fleet has always looked.
- Blinkr itself is unchanged. The app still follows your Mac into dark or light exactly as it did before. This is the website only.
One name for the $5 license. August 31, 2026
Website only; no change to the app.
- The $5 license is called a Business License everywhere now. Eleven app pages called it a “Commercial License” and fourteen called it a “Business License”, for the identical thing at the identical price. Blinkr’s pricing section, its checkout window, and its terms and privacy pages now all say Business License.
- Nothing about the license itself changed. Same $5, same one-time payment, same cover for one computer. A key you already hold still works, and there is nothing you need to do.
Buy several apps in one order. August 30, 2026
Website only; no change to the app.
- One payment, as many apps as you need. The commercial license window on this page could sell exactly one thing: Blinkr. A team that also wanted two other twoplus11 apps paid three separate times, on three separate pages, and filed three separate receipts. That window now carries an Add another app control: search the catalog, set how many computers each app goes on, and pay once. Every app still gets its own license key, and they all arrive in the same email.
- Nothing changes if Blinkr is all you want. The window opens exactly as it did, at the same price, with the same count of computers, and an order for a single app takes the route through checkout it always has. The extra controls appear only once the app list has loaded, so a slow or unreachable connection leaves the page as it was.
First release — August 30, 2026
Every 20 minutes, a 20-second look at something 20 feet away — timed so it never lands in the middle of your meeting.
The break
- The 20-20-20 rule, done gently. Every 20 minutes the screen fades to a soft dim for a 20-second look-away break — a countdown ring, one calm suggestion, and out.
- Esc always skips. Blinkr nudges; it never nags.
Courtesy
- Never mid-meeting. A due break quietly waits while your camera or microphone is in use, while you're presenting, or while anything runs full screen — and arrives the moment you're free. The screen being locked holds it too.
- Heads-up pill. A small capsule under the menu bar 15 seconds before each break, with Skip and +5 min. It never steals keyboard focus, and it stays away during holds.
- Away counts. Step away from the Mac and the rest of the break is credited on its own; the timer restarts fresh when you're back. Short absences bank the remaining work time instead of resetting it, so frequent short pauses can never postpone a break forever.
Stretch breaks
Every third break — roughly hourly — is a longer stand-and-stretch. Tunable, or off entirely.
Every display
All screens dim together — a second monitor never stays glaring while the first one rests. Pointer-only users keep their other screens clickable, and display changes mid-break rebuild the overlay without flashing.
The menu bar
A next-break countdown, breaks taken today, and a multi-day streak that a quiet morning doesn't break. Pause for an hour, until tomorrow, or until you say so.
Thirteen languages
English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, and Simplified Chinese — every surface, including the break screen, the menu, and the VoiceOver announcements, with an in-app language picker that switches live.
Updates
Check for Updates in the menu, in About, and from the footer of every window. Left on, Blinkr checks weekly via Sparkle and installs a newer version in the background, taking effect the next time you open it; the off switch in Settings stops the check, the download and the install together.
Licensing
Personal use is free forever and needs no key — nothing in Blinkr is locked behind one. Using it at work takes a one-time $5 commercial license per device, and the key goes into Blinkr's own License window (the key button in any window's footer): paste, Activate, done. The key is re-checked about once a day, and keeps working for three days if the licensing server can't be reached, so a flaky connection never locks anyone out.
Privacy
No permissions — Blinkr never shows a single macOS permission prompt. No tracking, and only two network calls: the optional weekly update check, which sends the app version and nothing else, and — only once you have entered a business license key — the daily re-check of that key. With no key entered and updates switched off, Blinkr makes no network connections at all. The camera check is the same read the menu-bar green dot uses; Blinkr never records anything.
Accessibility
- Full VoiceOver announcements for warnings, holds — including why a break is waiting — and breaks, including how to leave one.
- Keyboard-operable everywhere, with a visible focus ring on the break screen.
- Honors Reduce Motion, and every color is generated to WCAG 2.1 AA contrast targets.