Caffeinate is an App that helps android developers to keep their phone's display awake without having to change the device settings. It can be toggled at various places:
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- Android
PowerLockGuard Alternatives
Apps similar to PowerLockGuard include goguma app, which is free and open source. Other options are Amphetamine, Caffeine for Windows, Green Dotter and Caffeine for Linux. Prevent Sleep Mode Apps like PowerLockGuard are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Android, Linux and the web.
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- 34 Caffeinate alternatives
KeepOn allows you to keep your device's screen on for the desired duration and also allows you to return to the default settings automaticaly when the screen turns off.
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- Android
- F-Droid
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23 Mouse Jiggler alternativesMouse Jiggler is a very simple piece of software whose sole function is to "fake" mouse input to Windows, and jiggle the mouse pointer back and forth.
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- Windows
Use Mac with external monitors with lid closed even when you are on battery power. Play music, airplay movies, download/upload lid closed. Most modern and up to date app.
Platforms
- Mac
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- Mac
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55 Don't Sleep alternativesDon't Sleep is a small portable program to prevent system shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart.
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- Windows
Germany
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27 Stay Awake alternativesNeed a quick coffee break ? But don't want your PC to sleep or Teams to go idle? Stay Awake keeps your screen on by keeping its own tab active. No need to change OS settings.
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- Online
India
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One of the first webpages that used the Wake Lock API packaged in the nosleep.js script to prevent a device from sleeping.
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- Online
United Kingdom
- 44 Coffee_FF alternatives
Coffee will keep your computer wide awake while your network is active or a program. Coffee prevents standby when your traffic speed on a selected network adapter is above the user configurable threshold or specific software selected.
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- Windows
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One click keeps your Mac awake — for 15 minutes or all night. No schedules to program, nothing to configure, no permissions to grant. Part of the Mac Utility Bundle: $19.99 once, yours forever.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Since
- Since 2026
Platforms
- Mac
United States
Annoyed by the display getting dim when you're reading or watching something? What if the computer could “see and hear” you?
Platforms
- Mac
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Clapet is a utility that aims to improve clamshell mode on your Macbook by automatically managing sleep when an external display is detected.
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- Mac
