Keep Display On Alternatives

Keep Display On is described as 'When it's not possible to change the screensaver settings in your Windows environment, then it's almost impossible to show things on your screen for a longer period without activating the screensaver' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Keep Display On for Mac, Windows, Android, F-Droid and Linux. The best alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like Keep Display On are Caffeine for Windows, Caffeine for Mac, Caffeine for Linux and Don't Sleep.

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Keep Display On

Free • Proprietary
Windows

When it's not possible to change the screensaver settings in your Windows environment, then it's almost impossible...

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Amphetamine
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Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
41 alternatives to Amphetamine
Welcome to Amphetamine4, the most awesome keep-awake utility ever created for macOS. Amphetamine can keep your Mac, and optionally its display, awake through a super simple on/off switch, or automatically through easy-to-configure Triggers.
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Amphetamine Features
Sits in the System Tray
Customizable triggers
Caffeine for Windows
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Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Windows
28 alternatives to Caffeine for Windows
If you have problems with your PC locking or going to sleep, caffeine will keep it awake. It works by simulating a keypress once every 59 seconds, so your machine thinks you're still working at the keyboard, so won't lock the screen or activate the screensaver.
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Caffeine for Windows Features
1. PortableCaffeine for Windows can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Optimized for Windows
Caffeine for Mac
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Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
41 alternatives to Caffeine for Mac
Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu.
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Caffeine for Mac Features
Sits in the MenuBar
Discontinued
The last version (1.1.3) is from May 2020.
Caffeine for Linux
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Free • Open Source
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Linux
27 alternatives to Caffeine for Linux
Inspired by the Mac OS X version, Caffeine for Linux is a status bar application able to temporarily prevent the activation of both the screensaver and the "sleep" powersaving mode.
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Caffeine for Linux Features
Sits in the System Tray
Don't Sleep
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Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Windows
30 alternatives to Don't Sleep
Don't Sleep is a small portable program to prevent system shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart.
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Don't Sleep Features
1. PortableDon't Sleep can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Sits in the System Tray
Econap
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Prevent Sleep Mode App
Windows
26 alternatives to Econap
Econap helps you to save energy and increase your comfort. Before your pc enters the sleep mode, Econap will check if something important is running on your system. If so, it will wait until your download, backups, videos etc. are finished. Finally your pc will go to sleep.
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Econap Features
1. PortableEconap can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Customizable
Configurable
Sits in the System Tray
Should I Sleep
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Paid • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
30 alternatives to Should I Sleep
Annoyed by the display getting dim when you're reading or watching something? What if the computer could “see and hear” you?
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Should I Sleep Features
Face detection
Motion Detection
KeepOn
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Free • Open Source
Android
F-Droid
28 alternatives to KeepOn
KeepOn is free and open-source (FOSS), without any ads/tracks and no Internet use.

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Coffee: Keep Display Awake
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Free • Open Source
Android
F-Droid
43 alternatives to Coffee: Keep Display Awake
Coffee allows you to keep the display awake without having to change the device settings. It can be toggled at various places:
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Coffee: Keep Display Awake Features
Display Management
Lungo
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Paid • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
36 alternatives to Lungo
Keeps your Mac awake.
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Lungo Features
Sits in the MenuBar
Display info on the menubar