Shady Alternatives

Shady is described as 'Puts a shade over your screen to help soothe your tired or dazzled eyes. You can use it to reduce your Mac's brightness far below the usual minimum, without any risk of damage to your screen' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to Shady for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Wayland apps. The best Shady alternative is f.lux, which is free. Other great apps like Shady are Redshift, Solace, LightBulb and Red Moon.

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  1. SunsetScreen icon
     35 likes

    Whether you're a morning lark or night owl, SunsetScreen allows you to set the time of the sunset and sunrise, so you can have full control over your sleep cycle.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2.  2 likes

    Adjust the color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings. This may help your eyes hurt less if you are working in front of the screen at night.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  3.  2 likes

    Day/night gamma adjustments for Wayland compositors supporting wlr-gamma-control

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  4. Velis Auto Brightness is a pretty powerfully adjustable auto-brightness app for your android device.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  5. World's first instantaneous content-aware brightness control app that let your screen’s brightness and color temperature adapt instantly and automatically to provide the most optimal viewing experience for your eyes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Iris icon
     32 likes

    Reduces blue light and flicker for eye comfort, supports auto color temperature adjustment based on time, customizable modes, overlays, color and font options, docking station support, and accessible part-screen filtering for diverse needs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. sunsetr icon
     1 like

    Automatic blue-light filter for Hyprland, Niri, and everything Wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
  8. CareUEyes icon
     9 likes

    CareUEyes is a very simple but useful program when it is about your eye care. The program comes with a very simple and clean interface and needs to technical knowledge. Even a novice computer user can download and use it easily.

    57 CareUEyes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Eye Saver icon
     8 likes

    Free software for eye protection and more! It protects your eyes while you are working on the computer. Eye Saver has three main functions: blue light filter; eliminates the invisible flickering of the display backlight; reminds you to take breaks;

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. CF.lumen icon
     11 likes

    CF.lumen - don't let your phone blind you! CF.lumen changes the colors of your Android device's display based on the position of the sun. With the default settings, your display will get a warmer tint (lower color temperature) when the sun is down, to look more like indoo.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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