Simple Screen Shade Alternatives

Simple Screen Shade is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Simple Screen Shade for Mac and Windows. The best Simple Screen Shade alternative is Dimmer, which is free. Other great apps like Simple Screen Shade are Brightintosh, Vivid, Win10_BrightnessSlider and Nocturne.

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  1. Dimmer icon
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    Adjust the brightness of all monitors, screens and displays.

    64 Dimmer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Dimmer is the most popular Windows alternative to Simple Screen Shade.

    • Dimmer is the most popular free alternative to Simple Screen Shade.

    • Dimmer is Free and ProprietarySimple Screen Shade is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Brightintosh icon
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    BrightIntosh is lightweight, works system-wide, has optional launch-at-login functionality and includes a global hotkey to toggle the extra brightness.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Brightintosh is the most popular Mac alternative to Simple Screen Shade.

    • Brightintosh is the most popular Open Source alternative to Simple Screen Shade.

    • Brightintosh is Free and Open SourceSimple Screen Shade is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Vivid icon
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    Vivid is a software that enables users to amplify the brightness of their MacBook Pro and Pro Display XDR, system-wide, utilizing standard Apple APIs.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Vivid is the most popular commercial alternative to Simple Screen Shade.

    • Vivid is Paid and ProprietarySimple Screen Shade is also Paid and Proprietary
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    this app puts a Monitor Brightness icon to on Taskbar Tray. So you can access it with 1 click.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. 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
     
  6. 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
     
  7. Shades icon
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    Shades is a 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. 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
     
  9. 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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    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
     
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    Dim any screen and keep color accuracy.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Free and Open Source alternative to Vivid macOS application to extend Apple XDR display brightness from 500 up to 1600 nits.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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