Shades Alternatives

Shades is described as 'FREE utility for controlling the brightness of your screen. It runs in the background providing always-available fine-grained control over the brightness of your display via a slick Mac-like interface' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to Shades for Mac and Windows. The best Shades alternative is Free Monitor Manager, which is free. Other great apps like Shades are Nocturne, EasyOnTheEyes, myPoint Shade and Dimmer Than Dim.

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    Free Monitor Manager lets you easily change your monitor's brightness, contrast and colors.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Free Monitor Manager is the most popular Windows alternative to Shades.

    • Free Monitor Manager is the most popular free alternative to Shades.

    • Free Monitor Manager is Freemium and ProprietaryShades is Free and Proprietary
  2. Nocturne icon
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    Nocturne is simple app for switching a computer to night vision mode. It has a few tricks up its sleeve: color correction, window shadow toggling, and background removal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Nocturne is the most popular Mac alternative to Shades.

    • Nocturne is the most popular Open Source alternative to Shades.

    • Nocturne is Free and Open SourceShades is Free and Proprietary
  3. EasyOnTheEyes icon
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    FREE and simple screen shader app. Complete multiple display support, including latest OS X. • Five presets. Easy to change too. • Multiple monitor support, even on latest macOS. • Quickly detects all monitor changes. • Fine control.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. myPoint Shade icon
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    Stop burning your eyes! myPoint Shade is caring for your eyes' comfort.

    If you work in a dark room or struggle with eye strain and headache, myPoint will tune up your displays - this way it will care for your health and comfort.

    myPoint allows you to adjust the brightness o.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • myPoint Shade is the most popular commercial alternative to Shades.

    • myPoint Shade is Paid and ProprietaryShades is Free and Proprietary
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    Are you suffering from eye strains for staring at the screen for a long time?

    Dimmer than Dim helps you to reduce eye strains and radiation by breaking the brightness limit of your screen settings.

    More often than not, you'll find that even using the minimum brightness le.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. ScreenDimmer icon
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    Having two monitors on OSX is both a joy and a pain. Simple things like viewing a movie or playing a game quickly become a hassle when you have one screen playing and the other blasting full brightness your face.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    If you work in a dark room, or in room lit by the sun, or struggle with eye strain and headache, Simple Screen Shade will dim your displays - this way it will care for your health and comfort.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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