Black Screen

What is Black Screen?

Black Screen is an app for people who spend long hours working on the computer.

It allows you to

1. Rest your eyes
2. Make periodic breaks
3. Work in intervals (Pomodoro technique)
4. Reset your attention
5. Black out specific screens (premium feature)

Rest your eyes

Pressing a key combination will turn your screen black. Press it again to return to the normal screen. It’s much quicker than turning your display off and on.

Make periodic breaks

You can set it up to make your screen black every number of minutes.

I set it up to make my screen black for 5 – 7 minutes after every 30 minutes of work. It forces me to take periodic breaks, not to sit at the computer for too long.

Work in intervals (Pomodoro technique)

With Black Screen, you will be more disciplined, focused, and productive.

I set it up to make my screen black for 5 – 7 minutes after every 30 minutes of work.

Working in 30-minute intervals helps me stay focused and better plan my time.

I decrease the interval duration to 20 minutes when I'm tired.

Working this way, I have to get up every few minutes and go for a walk, which helps me stay healthy and saves me from the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle.

Reset your attention

It’s hard to stay focused during computer work.

You often want to reset your attention – divert attention for a few seconds.

With Black Screen you can quickly reset attention without getting stuck.

Press one key on the black screen to see an awesome random photo for a few seconds.

Press it several times to keep yourself amazed with the stunning slideshow.

Then, remove the black screen to continue working with your attention refreshed.

Black out specific screens (premium feature)

Black Screen allows you to assign keyboard shortcuts to black out specific screens. For example, you can assign keyboard shortcuts to black out one screen out of three, two screens out of three, two screens out of four, etc.

This is a premium feature and can be purchased in the Microsoft Store app.