Should I Sleep Alternatives
Should I Sleep is described as 'Annoyed by the display getting dim when you're reading or watching something? What if the computer could “see and hear” you?' and is a prevent sleep mode app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Should I Sleep for Mac, Windows, Android, F-Droid and Linux. The best alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like Should I Sleep are Caffeine for Windows, Caffeine for Mac, Caffeine for Linux and Don't Sleep.
Amphetamine
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo41 alternatives to Amphetamine- Free • Proprietary
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Mac
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.
Amphetamine Features
Caffeine for Windows
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo28 alternatives to Caffeine for Windows- Free • Proprietary
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- 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.
Caffeine for Windows Features
Caffeine for Mac
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo41 alternatives to Caffeine for Mac- Free • Proprietary
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- 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.
Caffeine for Mac Features
DiscontinuedThe last version (1.1.3) is from May 2020.
Caffeine for Linux
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo27 alternatives to Caffeine for Linux- Free • Open Source
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- 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.
Caffeine for Linux Features
Don't Sleep
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo30 alternatives to Don't Sleep- Free • Proprietary
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Windows
Don't Sleep is a small portable program to prevent system shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart.
Don't Sleep Features
Coffee: Keep Display Awake
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
43 alternatives to Coffee: Keep Display Awake- Android
- F-Droid
Coffee allows you to keep the display awake without having to change the device settings. It can be toggled at various places:
Coffee: Keep Display Awake Features
KeepOn
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
28 alternatives to KeepOn- Android
- F-Droid
KeepOn is free and open-source (FOSS), without any ads/tracks and no Internet use.
Lungo
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo36 alternatives to Lungo- Paid • Proprietary
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Mac
Keeps your Mac awake.
Lungo Features
Theine
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo39 alternatives to Theine- Paid • Proprietary
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Mac
Prevent your Mac from falling asleep, dimming your screen or starting the screensaver. Theine keeps macOS awake just like caffeine does with you.
InsomniaX
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo29 alternatives to InsomniaX- Free • Proprietary
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Mac
It always has been a missing feature: disabling the sleep mode on a Apple Laptop. Who does not want to use it as a big juke-box or go warwalking. The best looking server ever, especially at about one inch height.
InsomniaX Features
DiscontinuedThe software is discontinued from July 2017 http://semaja2.net/2017/06/thank-you-and-farewell-for-now/