Zhanna Jussipova

RingDisk - Brighten your video calls with different toned ring lights

Say goodbye to dark, grainy webcams and unflattering shadows. RingDisk creates a beautiful, customizable glowing border around your screen that illuminates your face with a perfect studio glow. Whether you are on Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Skype, or recording self-tapes, RingDisk ensures you always look professional and well-lit. Designed specifically for macOS, RingDisk is lightweight, highly customizable, and extremely easy to use.

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Zhanna Jussipova
Thanks so much for checking out RingDisk! The idea for this app actually came out of pure frustration. Like many of you, my day is packed with back-to-back video calls, remote syncs, and quick Loom recordings. I tried using physical desk ring lights, but they always felt bulky, added to cable clutter, and frankly, blinded me during long sessions. I realized the massive, beautiful display right in front of us is already the perfect light source—it just needed the right software to tame it. That’s why I built RingDisk. It transforms your Mac’s screen into a highly customizable studio light without blocking your workspace. Why you’ll love it: Total Control: You can adjust the temperature from warm amber to cool daylight, change the thickness (10px to 120px), and even select specific sides to avoid keyboard glare or eye strain. Notch & Bezel Friendly: With dynamic inset padding, the glow safely hugs your screen without clipping into your MacBook's notch or menu bars. 100% Private & Lightweight: Built strictly for macOS. It runs entirely locally, requires zero internet access, doesn't touch your camera, and sits quietly in your menu bar until you need it. No extra hardware, no messy cables, and no more looking like a shadow in important meetings. Our official License Agreement is available here for the privacy-conscious: https://kzai.tilda.ws/ringdiskli...
swati paliwal

@kzai Congrats. Just a quick que: when you adjust temperature and thickness, does the app use a GPU shader for smooth rendering at 60 fps, or is it CPU-based bitmap that could impact battery power on long calls?

Zhanna Jussipova

@swati_paliwal WoW, I've not expected getting technical questions here, cool! The ring is rendered with SwiftUI's native Shape + .blur() pipeline — the path geometry is computed on CPU (it's a simple vector shape, so that's basically nothing), but the blur compositing and alpha blending go through macOS's Metal-backed Core Animation compositor. So in practice it's GPU-accelerated, just like any transparent window on macOS.

The bigger win for battery: the overlay is completely static between state changes.

Emma Blunt

I like this idea, what are your lighting recomendations for different light levels/types in your meetings? Do you have a personal favourite?

Zhanna Jussipova

@emma_blunt_ Personally I like the the white color and the wharmest temperature , but you actually even choose different colors, I've not decided yet wether to allow user to change temperature when the color is not white, probably it will cause confusions

Ferdi Sigona

I like this idea (especially because I take a lot of calls at night, in the dark lol). I'd love for the light ring to create "breaks" where the cursor is hovering, for example if I need to switch or open new tabs in Chrome as I'm using it.

Zhanna Jussipova

@ferdi_sigona Very good point, for that case you can choose "Inset" that will allow you to move Disk, so it won't cover/break your working tabs

Zhanna Jussipova

I've totally forgot to mention, app is free and unlocking full functionality costs only 1$ without any subscriptions! It's only one time purchase forever.
Because of there is people in team developing this app, I can keep price for such helpful utilities very low

Zhanna Jussipova

Big thank you for your support, all of you. App is getting it's first sells, I'm very happy with your activity!

Zhanna Jussipova

We can add a mirror directly in our app with video recording button, so you could record video with unique lightning, what do you think ? Worth a try ?

Zhanna Jussipova

New feature will be available soon! Record yourself and change lightening and colors

Zhanna Jussipova

Spain localization is added !

Zhanna Jussipova

Custom animations for RingDisk will be available soon. Submitted already to AppStore!