01 · Choose
Pick your flame.
A candle. An eclipse. A flower that blooms with its music. Pick one, set the clock.
Focus training for iPhone
Your focus isn’t broken. It’s just untrained.
Trataka is the old monk’s drill: hold your gaze on one point until the mind goes quiet. Your iPhone counts your blinks and turns every session into a score.
Camera processing stays on device
You used to finish books.
You can again.
Your attention didn’t wear out on its own. Thousands of smart people are paid to interrupt it. Trataka is the old counter-move: rest your eyes on one point, and the mind remembers how to stay. Sessions run 30 seconds to 10 minutes.
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- living scenes, drawn in light
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- photos ever leave your phone
02 · Hold
Stare until the noise stops.
Your eyes will wander. That’s the workout. When you’re truly locked in you blink less without trying, and your phone quietly notices.
03 · Score
Watch yourself get steadier.
A Focus Score out of 100. Tuesday a 61, tonight a 74. That number is why you’ll come back.
Thirteen rooms for your mind.
Some nights you need a candle. Some nights, the whole cosmos. Every scene is drawn live in Metal with its own soundscape, and Echo Bloom blooms to the music.
Artwork from the practice library, interpreted for the page. In the app they move, and one of them listens.
The monks knew. Science is catching up.
Sharper
In a 2021 study, a trataka session sharpened visual memory more than eye exercises did.
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 · Read the study
Calmer
A 2025 review of early trials links steady gazing to lower anxiety and a calmer heart rate.
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice · Read the review
Measured
Blinking slows when you’re absorbed; researchers read it as a rough signal of dopamine. Your score measures what the camera can actually see: steadiness and blinks.
What the camera watches during a sessionTrataka AI is a training tool, not a medical device. It doesn’t diagnose or treat anything.
What happens on your phone stays there.
Watching, not recording
The camera reads your eyes in the moment and keeps no pictures. Everything runs inside Apple’s frameworks.
Nothing to leak
There is no Trataka AI server holding your face data, because none exists.
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“Great app. Excellent interface and minimalist design. Helps you focus and builds concentration skills.”Yazdan_H, App Store reviewView the live listing →
Trataka AI Pro
Start free. Stay if it works on you.
Weekly$7.99
Annual$44.99about 87¢ a week
Download free and practice tonight. Pro opens the full library with a 3-day Pro trial, then about 87¢ a week on annual. The App Store handles billing and cancellation.
Get it on the App StoreFair questions.
Do I have to keep my eyes open without blinking?
No. Blink whenever you need; the app counts blinks, it doesn’t punish them. When you’re truly absorbed you naturally blink less, which is why the count means something. No need to gaze until your eyes water like the old texts. Never strain.
Does the camera record me?
No. Gaze and blink checks run inside Apple’s frameworks on your device, during the session only. Nothing is stored or uploaded, and there’s no server holding face data.
What is trataka, and why the eyes?
An old yogic drill: fix your eyes on one point, classically a candle flame, until the mind settles. Where the eyes go, attention follows. Trataka AI measures how steady you were and scores it out of 100.
What does it cost, and how do I cancel?
Free to download. Pro starts with a 3-day Pro trial, then $7.99 a week or $44.99 a year (about 87 cents a week). Cancel any time from your Apple subscription settings.
The blog
Read your way in.
trataka-evergreen · October 8, 2026
Trataka History: From the Hatha Yoga Pradipika to Modern Research
21 min readtrataka-evergreen · October 4, 2026
What You See During Trataka: Afterimages, Fading and Halos Explained
19 min readtrataka-evergreen · September 30, 2026
Trataka for Sleep: Does Candle Gazing Before Bed Help?
12 min readThe monks had candles.
You have better.
Ten minutes tonight. One point of light. Free on iPhone.