+28%
higher error risk on the night shift vs day.
Source: Journal of Circadian RhythmsFor SRE, DevOps, platform, and incident response teams
When the page comes at 3 a.m., the screen should not blind them.
ScreenMercy warms your on-call team's screens through the night, tuned to each engineer's real horizon, so a 3 a.m. page does not start with a wall of cold blue light. It clears automatically by morning. Nothing to configure, nothing leaving the device, deployed across the whole rotation.
Privacy-first. Zero telemetry. Deploys via Jamf, Kandji, and Mosyle. macOS native.
The problem
The hardest decisions get made on the least sleep
On-call rotations are built into SRE and DevOps roles, which means your engineers are routinely pulled from sleep to triage incidents in the middle of the night (on-call requirements in DevOps roles). That is precisely when human judgment is most fragile. Cognitive performance, attention, and reaction time decline significantly on overnight work, and error risk runs about 28 percent higher on the night shift than the day shift (Journal of Circadian Rhythms). A meta-analysis confirms measurably worse working memory, processing speed, and cognitive control in shift workers (BMJ Occupational and Environmental Medicine).
A cold, blue-heavy screen at 3 a.m. makes a hard moment harder: it jolts the eyes, fights the body's wind-down, and makes getting back to sleep afterward worse.
55%
melatonin suppression from evening and night screen light.
Source: PNASWorse
working memory, attention, and processing speed in shift workers.
Source: BMJ OEM meta-analysisThe solution
A screen that is ready for the page before they are
ScreenMercy keeps each on-call engineer's display warm through the overnight window, automatically, based on the real sun above their location. When the page fires, the screen is already easy on the eyes. When the incident is resolved, the warmer light helps them wind back down. It runs silently in the menu bar with nothing to manage.
Always ready, never scheduled
On-call does not run on a fixed clock, and neither does ScreenMercy. It tracks the actual sun, so the screen is right whenever the page comes.
Kinder on the way back to sleep
A warm screen during a 3 a.m. incident is gentler on the body's clock than a blast of cold blue, which can make getting back to sleep even harder.
Across the whole rotation
IT deploys it to every engineer in the rotation at once. No one has to remember to turn it on the night they are on call.
The ROI
One clearer incident decision pays for the year
On-call mistakes are among the most expensive an engineering org can make: a wrong call during an incident can extend an outage, compound customer impact, and burn hours of cleanup. ScreenMercy runs about $2 a month per seat. Set against the cost of a single fatigue-driven misstep at 3 a.m., or the cost of losing a burned-out senior SRE, the math is not close.
"The worst time to fight a cold blue screen is the moment a production incident wakes you up."
Trust and privacy
The quietest app your security team will ever review
ScreenMercy makes zero outbound network calls, collects no data, and creates no accounts. For the security-conscious teams who tend to run on-call, that turns a long questionnaire into a one-page pass.
Zero telemetry
No accounts, ever
On-device only
Apple notarized
Pricing
Simple per-seat pricing for the whole rotation.
One quiet utility for the whole team. Compare plans by monthly seat cost, then pick monthly or annual billing.
Starter
2 to 9 seats
$2 /seat/mo
per seat / month, billed annually at $24 / seat / year
Small teams buying on a card
Buy nowTeam
10 to 49 seats
$1.67 /seat/mo
per seat / month, billed annually at $20 / seat / year
Growing engineering or ops teams
Buy nowBusiness
50 to 199 seats
$1.33 /seat/mo
per seat / month, billed annually at $16 / seat / year
Department or company rollouts
Request a quoteEnterprise
200+ seats
$1-$1.17 /seat/mo
per seat / month, billed annually at $12-$14 / seat / year
Fleet-wide rollout, invoice / purchase order, and security review support
Contact us- Annual billing is the best value; monthly billing is available when flexibility matters more than the lowest seat cost.
- All plans include free updates for the license term and direct support.
- 14-day free team pilot available on every plan. No credit card required.
- Business and Enterprise plans support invoices, purchase orders, vendor onboarding, and security review.
- Custom contract terms are available case by case for larger Business and Enterprise rollouts.
Make the next 3 a.m. page a little kinder
Start a free 14-day pilot for your on-call rotation. No credit card, no commitment. If the next incident does not feel a little less harsh, walk away.
No credit card required. Cancel anytime.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
How is this different from the free Night Shift built into macOS?
Night Shift is a basic built-in feature with a limited warmth range, limited scheduling, no team deployment story, and no per-display or per-app control. Some users also report that it behaves inconsistently after sleep, updates, or display changes. ScreenMercy is purpose-built for deeper screen comfort: real sun-position timing using optional macOS Location Services or manually entered coordinates, richer controls, and a team-ready deployment path.
How do we deploy it across our fleet?
Push the signed, notarized package through Jamf, Kandji, Mosyle, Intune, or another MDM that supports macOS package deployment. A single license key or pre-activation file covers the team. Most fleets are live in under an afternoon.
What data does ScreenMercy collect?
None. There are no accounts, no analytics, and no outbound network calls. Everything runs on the device.
What is the science behind it?
Evening screen light has been shown to suppress melatonin and delay sleep onset (PNAS). ScreenMercy reduces that evening light in step with the natural day, which supports the body's normal wind-down. We are careful to make sleep and circadian claims, which the science supports, and not eye-disease claims, which it does not.
Can IT pre-configure settings for everyone?
Yes. IT sets fleet-wide defaults through a managed configuration profile, so your team gets a screen that works correctly from the first launch.
Do employees have to share location?
No. Auto-location is optional. Employees can type coordinates manually and never grant macOS Location Services permission. Either way, location is only used locally for solar calculations and is not transmitted by the product app.
Explore teams
More ways ScreenMercy fits Mac-heavy teams
Find the page closest to how your team works, buys, and deploys. Each one points back to pricing, privacy, and deployment details.
By team
- Engineering teams For Mac-heavy product and engineering teams shipping after sunset.
- On-call engineering For SRE, DevOps, and incident teams who meet the 3 a.m. page.
- Customer support and 24/7 ops For screen-bound support floors running around the clock.
- Trading desks and finance For desks and finance teams managing late-session judgment.
- Game studios For dev, art, and QA teams working through crunch on Mac.
- Design and creative For creative teams who need accurate color on demand.
- Startup teams For lean teams that need visible care without another tool to manage.
- AI startups For builders debugging models, agents, and demos deep into the night.
- Remote engineering For distributed Mac teams working across each person's own sunset.