GooglEyes for Mac
Animated googly eyes for your menu bar
A tiny macOS app by Moonpunk
moonpunk.com

Give your Mac a pair of googly eyes.

GooglEyes adds a playful pair of animated eyes to your Mac’s menu bar. They follow your mouse, glance toward each other when you hover over them, and blink on click. Lightweight, unobtrusive, and oddly satisfying.

⬇ Download for macOS  View on Mac App Store
Requires macOS 26.1 or later. Works entirely locally – no accounts, no sign-in, no tracking.
A tiny companion that watches your cursor and blinks when you click.
Product Overview

What is GooglEyes?

GooglEyes is a small macOS utility that lives quietly in your menu bar. It displays two animated googly eyes that track your mouse pointer across the screen and react to simple interactions. It’s designed to add a bit of personality to your Mac without getting in the way of your work.

Key features

  • Real-time eye tracking – the pupils smoothly follow your cursor as it moves.
  • Hover behaviour – when the pointer rests over the eyes, they glance towards each other.
  • Click-to-blink – choose whether the left or right eye blinks when you click.
  • Menu bar native – no Dock icon and no visible window unless you open Settings or About.
  • Launch at login – keep GooglEyes running automatically whenever you sign in.
  • Adjustable eye size – scale the eyes to suit different displays or menu bar setups.
  • Low overhead – written in Swift and designed to use minimal CPU and memory.

How it works

Once installed and started, GooglEyes adds an icon to your macOS menu bar. Clicking the icon opens a small menu with the following options:

  • Settings… – open the preferences window.
  • About GooglEyes – view app information and credits.
  • Quit – exit the application.

The eyes themselves are drawn directly into the menu bar using SwiftUI. Mouse movement and clicks are detected to drive the eye tracking and blink animations. All behaviour runs locally on your Mac and does not depend on any external services.

Support & FAQ

Support & Frequently Asked Questions

How do I install GooglEyes?
If you downloaded the app directly from this site, open the ZIP file and drag GooglEyes.app into your Applications folder. Then double-click it to launch. If you installed from the Mac App Store, it will appear in Launchpad and your Applications folder automatically.
How do I enable “Launch at login”?
Click the GooglEyes icon in the menu bar, choose Settings…, and tick Launch at login. GooglEyes will then start automatically each time you sign in to your Mac user account.
Can I change the size of the eyes?
Yes. Open Settings… from the GooglEyes menu bar icon and adjust the Eye size slider. Changes are applied immediately so you can find a size that looks right on your display.
How do I choose which eye blinks on click?
In Settings…, use the Blinking eye control to select Left eye or Right eye. Whenever you click, that eye will perform a short blink animation.
Why do the eyes need Accessibility permissions?
GooglEyes observes global mouse movement in order to track your cursor position. On macOS, this requires Accessibility permission so the app can receive those events. GooglEyes only uses this access to animate the eyes – it does not record, log, or transmit any information about your activity.
Does GooglEyes use the internet or contact any servers?
No. GooglEyes does not require a network connection to function and does not communicate with any external servers. All logic and animation happen locally on your Mac.
How do I uninstall GooglEyes?
Quit the app from the menu bar, then open your Applications folder and move GooglEyes.app to the Bin. You can also remove it from your login items in System Settings > General > Login Items if you previously enabled automatic launch.
How can I contact you for support?
For questions, issues, or suggestions, please email support@moonpunk.com. When reporting a problem, including your macOS version and a brief description of what you were doing when the issue occurred is very helpful.
Privacy Policy

GooglEyes Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2 December 2025

This privacy policy describes how GooglEyes for macOS handles your data. In short: GooglEyes does not collect, store, or transmit any personal information.

1. Data collection

GooglEyes does not collect any personally identifiable information. The app does not include analytics, tracking frameworks, crash reporting services, advertising SDKs, or any form of remote logging.

2. Local settings

GooglEyes stores a small amount of configuration data locally on your device, such as:

  • Whether the app should launch at login
  • Your preferred eye size
  • Which eye should blink when clicking

These preferences are stored using the standard macOS UserDefaults system and remain on your Mac. They are not synchronised to external servers by the app. If you use iCloud device backups or other system-level backup tools, those backups are managed entirely by Apple or your backup provider.

3. Network access

GooglEyes does not make outgoing network requests and does not require internet access in order to function. Any network activity you observe while using GooglEyes will be related to normal macOS system services, App Store updates, or other applications.

4. Mouse and accessibility access

To animate the eyes in response to your cursor, GooglEyes needs to observe global mouse movement. On macOS this requires permission under:

System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility

This access is used solely to read cursor position and mouse click events so that the pupils can follow your mouse and blink. GooglEyes does not log keystrokes, does not capture screen contents, and does not share any of this information outside your device.

5. App Store purchases and receipts

If you download GooglEyes from the Mac App Store, any purchase records or receipts are handled directly by Apple. Moonpunk does not receive any personal billing information. Apple may process data in accordance with its own privacy policy, which you can review on Apple’s website.

6. Third-party services

GooglEyes does not integrate with third-party services, advertising networks, social logins, or analytics tools.

7. Children’s privacy

GooglEyes is a general-purpose utility and does not target children specifically. Because the app does not collect personal data, there is no special handling of children’s information.

8. Changes to this policy

If the behaviour of GooglEyes changes in a future version in a way that affects privacy, this policy will be updated and a new “Last updated” date will be shown above. For significant changes, they will also be noted in the app’s release notes.

9. Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how GooglEyes works, please contact:

Moonpunk
Email: support@moonpunk.com