Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
Wakeful Alternatives
Apps similar to Wakeful include goguma app, which is free and open source. Other options are Amphetamine, Caffeine for Windows, Stimulator and PowerToys - Awake. Prevent Sleep Mode Apps like Wakeful are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Android, Linux and the web.
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Simulates activity (=> disables screensaver and powersaving) while running programms (any .exe) from a choosen directory. Main purpose is to choose the steam directory to disable monitor powersaving while running steam games.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
China
Prevent your Mac from falling asleep, dimming your screen or starting the screensaver. Theine keeps macOS awake just like caffeine does with you.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Germany
EU
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Coffee allows you to keep the display awake without having to change the device settings. It can be toggled at various places:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
- Germany
- EU
Keep your screen on when your device is running your GPS application, favorite remote control, playing a movie or slideshow, etc... Perfect to keep your screen on without dimming for application development. Your screen will never go back to sleep until you want it to...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
PleaseSleep is a utility software designed for Mac OS X that helps put your computer to sleep when you know some other app is preventing your Mac from going to sleep.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
A tiny macOS menu-bar app that keeps your Mac running even with the lid closed — so coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) keep working while you move around.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Vietnam
macOS CLI that keeps your Mac awake with the lid closed on battery, so a local Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor session keeps running.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Rust
- Germany
- EU
Canada
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