BLiiNK vs Poxture App
It's 4 pm, and your face has crept closer to the screen with every email. BLiiNK is a desktop app for Windows and Mac that uses your webcam to check how you sit, how close you are to the screen and how often you blink. Poxture App checks your posture through your Mac's camera and nudges you when a habit shows up, like leaning in or looking down. BLiiNK's website did not load for me on 8 November 2026, so every fact about BLiiNK below comes from saved copies of BLiiNK's website, from August 2025.
By Shyam Verma, maker of Poxture App · Checked 8 November 2026
Camera app · Windows, Mac
BLiiNK
- Notices with
- Your webcam
- Nudge
- A notification that goes away once you fix it
- Works
- At your computer
- Price
- A 1-day trial, then $9.90 a month or $99.90 a year (August 2025)
Mac app · ours
Poxture App
- Notices with
- Your Mac's camera
- Nudge
- A glow and a how-to card
- Works
- At your Mac
- Price
- Free an hour a day, $19 once for all day
The short version: on Windows, or want blink reminders and office stretches? BLiiNK, if you can still get it. On an Apple Silicon Mac and want a glow with a how-to card? Poxture App.
Download Poxture App for MacChoose BLiiNK if
- You work on Windows 10 or 11. BLiiNK's download page offered Windows and Mac versions.
- You want reminders to blink. Poxture App does not count blinks.
- You want office stretches, and reminders to drink water and take short walks, in the same app.
- You want the camera to come on only a set number of times each hour.
- You like a character on screen. BLiiNK has characters for adults and children.
- You're buying for a team. BLiiNK had Business and Enterprise plans, priced on request.
Choose Poxture App if
- You want to hear when you have sat still too long, as well as when you slouch, lean in, look down or prop your chin.
- You want each nudge to come with a card that shows how to fix it.
- You want a free hour every day, with every feature all day for your first 14 days.
What BLiiNK is
BLiiNK is a desktop app for Windows and Mac from BLIINK CJSC. It uses your webcam to check three things: how you sit, how close you are to the screen and how often you blink. You choose how many checks it makes each hour. In its FAQ's example of 10 checks an hour, "your webcam will randomly switch on only 10 times per hour". You can also pick hours when it does not check. It adds office stretches for the neck, back, hands, wrists and eyes, and reminders to drink water and take short walks.1,2,3,6
How BLiiNK nudges you
When it finds a low blink rate, a short distance to the screen or a sitting position it does not recommend, a notification appears on your screen. Once you blink, move back or sit up, the notification goes away, with no click needed. It asks you to blink when your rate falls below about 12 blinks a minute, and its page recommends sitting at least 35 cm from the screen. You choose how often the messages come, and their type, size and place on screen, from a set of characters for adults and children. It keeps a history of your blink rate, posture and distance.2,3
Poxture App's nudge is a soft glow at the top of the screen you're using, with a card that shows how to fix the habit it noticed. When you sit right again, the glow turns green, so you know you fixed it.
Checks as often as you set, or once a minute
Poxture App checks for eight habits: too close to the screen, looking down, hand on face, slouching, sitting still too long, hunched over, leaning to one side and not working from a proper desk setup. It checks once a minute. When you've been looking down or slouching for about half a minute, by default, the glow tells you.
What BLiiNK cost
In August 2025 BLiiNK's website listed a 1-day free trial, then a subscription. The Personal plan cost $9.90 a month, or $99.90 a year, which the page showed as $8.33 a month. Business and Enterprise plans were priced on request, for 3 months, 6 months or a year. You signed in on its site to download the app.1,4,5
Poxture App is free to use: the first hour of each day is free for good, and for your first 14 days every feature works all day, and $19 once keeps it on all day. There is no subscription.
Is BLiiNK still available?
On 8 November 2026 BLiiNK's website did not load for me. Its server gave an error, and saved copies of its home page from February 2026 show the same error. The last saved copy of its home page that loads is from 8 August 2025, and its download page then offered version 2.1.9 for Windows and Mac.1,4,7
Privacy
BLiiNK's FAQ says "No picture or video is recorded or saved while Bliink is working." It says the app runs on your computer and needs the internet only to download it. Its privacy policy says that when you register, you are asked for details "such as your name, surname, phone number, address and email".1,2,3,6
Poxture App has no account and no web app, so there is no sign-in to keep. Its camera images never leave your Mac. Poxture App sends usage counts with a random install number and, once a day, rounded posture scores with no install number, and supporters can turn both off in Settings. The privacy page lists all of it.
Where they run
In August 2025 BLiiNK ran on Windows 10 and 11, and on Macs with M1 or M2 chips, its download page said. It came in English, German and French.4
Poxture App is a Mac app only. It needs an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later) with macOS 15 or later, and lives in your menu bar. The camera is off whenever Poxture App isn't checking your posture: when you pause, outside your work hours, during calls if you choose, and when the Mac is locked.
Side by side
| BLiiNK | Poxture App | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Windows 10 or 11, and Macs with M1 or M2 chips (August 2025) | Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 15 or later |
| How it notices | Your webcam, as many times an hour as you set | Your Mac's camera or an external webcam, once a minute |
| What it checks | How you sit, how close you are to the screen, and how often you blink | Eight habits, from leaning in to sitting still too long |
| How it nudges | A notification that goes away once you fix it | A soft glow at the top of the screen, and a card that shows how to fix it |
| Free use | A 1-day trial, in August 2025 | 1 hour a day, free for good; all day for your first 14 days |
| Price | A subscription, in August 2025: $9.90 a month or $99.90 a year | $19 once |
| Account | A sign-in on its site to download it | None |
| Camera images | "No picture or video is recorded or saved", its FAQ says | Camera images never leave your Mac |
Questions
Is Poxture App a BLiiNK alternative?
On an Apple Silicon Mac, yes. Both check your posture through the camera. BLiiNK also counts your blinks, and checks a set number of times each hour. Poxture App checks for leaning in, looking down, a hand at your chin and sitting still too long, and shows a card on how to fix each. It does not count blinks.
Is BLiiNK still available?
Its website did not load for me on 8 November 2026, and saved copies from February 2026 show the same error page. The last saved copy of its home page that loads, from 8 August 2025, offered version 2.1.9 for Windows and Mac.
How much did BLiiNK cost?
In August 2025 its website listed a 1-day free trial, then a Personal subscription at $9.90 a month or $99.90 a year. Business and Enterprise plans were priced on request.
How does BLiiNK check your posture?
With your webcam, a set number of times each hour. Its FAQ says that with 10 checks an hour, "your webcam will randomly switch on only 10 times per hour". It also checks how close you are to the screen and how often you blink.
Does Poxture App run on Windows?
No. Poxture App runs only on Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 15 or later.
Does Poxture App send any data?
Yes, a little. Camera images never leave your Mac. Poxture App sends usage counts with a random install number and, once a day, rounded posture scores with no install number, and supporters can turn both off in Settings. The privacy page lists each one.
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Sources, read 8 November 2026
- BLiiNK's website (home page, saved 8 August 2025), checked 2026-11-08
- BLiiNK's website (how it works page, saved 8 August 2025), checked 2026-11-08
- BLiiNK's website (FAQ, saved 2 August 2025), checked 2026-11-08
- BLiiNK's website (download page, saved 8 August 2025), checked 2026-11-08
- BLiiNK's website (pricing page, saved 8 August 2025), checked 2026-11-08
- BLiiNK's website (terms and privacy policy, saved 2 and 3 August 2025), checked 2026-11-08
- BLiiNK's website (home page, saved 12 February 2026), checked 2026-11-08