Free download · Pack 1

Midnight is watching
your lock screen.

Two glowing eyes in the dark. On iPhone they blink when you wake the phone. Free for iPhone, iPad and Android.

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iPhone · iOS 17 or newer

Blinking Live Photo

Black cat wallpaper: two glowing amber eyes in the dark

A real Live Photo. Wake your phone and Midnight blinks once, then settles. No app needed.

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Older iPhone · iPad

Seven moods, shuffling

Black cat wallpaper: Midnight giving a judging side-eye

Seven eye expressions that rotate on your lock screen with Photo Shuffle. Works on iPhone X, 8 and up, and on iPad.

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Android

Video wallpaper

Black cat wallpaper: two glowing amber eyes in the dark

The same blinking eyes as a short looping video for any Android live-wallpaper app.

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Wide awake Side-eye left Judging Side-eye right Big pupils Sleepy Happy slow blink

© 2026 The Midnight Cat. Free for personal use on your own devices. No resale, redistribution or re-uploading. More Midnight packs are coming, including a Christmas one.

How to install

Three minutes. No app.

iPhone with iOS 17+: Live Photo
  1. Download the zip on your iPhone and open it in Files (tap it once to unzip).
  2. You get two files with the same name: MIDNIGHT_EYES.HEIC and MIDNIGHT_EYES.MOV.
  3. Select both → Share → Save 2 Items (or Save to Photos). They join into one Live Photo.
  4. Settings → Wallpaper → Add New Wallpaper → Photos → pick it.
  5. Make sure the Live Photo button (top left of the preview) is on, then tap Add. Touch and hold the lock screen to see him blink.

On a Mac, AirDrop both files at the same time. Low Power Mode pauses Live Photo motion.

iPhone X, 8, or iPad: Photo Shuffle
  1. Download the zip, open it in Files, and save the 7 pictures to Photos.
  2. iPhone: Settings → Wallpaper → Add New Wallpaper → Photo Shuffle → pick the 7 Midnight pictures. Choose "On Tap" or "On Lock" for how often he changes mood.
  3. iPad: use the iPad zip (square images). Settings → Wallpaper → Add New Wallpaper → Photo Shuffle.

Photo Shuffle needs iOS 16 or newer. The iPhone X can run iOS 16, but not the iOS 17 Live Photo wallpaper.

Android
  1. Download the video.
  2. Set it as a live wallpaper with a video wallpaper app (many are free), or the built-in option on Samsung and other phones.

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