Away From Keyboard (AFK) Alternatives

Away From Keyboard (AFK) is described as 'Away From Keyboard is an app that reduces eye strain with reminders to take a break' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to Away From Keyboard (AFK) for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Wayland apps. The best Away From Keyboard (AFK) alternative is f.lux, which is free. Other great apps like Away From Keyboard (AFK) are Redshift, Solace, LightBulb and Red Moon.

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  1. Screen Shader icon
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    Screen Shader is a chrome extension designed to tint the screen a “cozy” orange color to reduce eye strain, eye fatigue, and restore day/night balance, while also providing a wide variety of settings for everyone's different tastes!.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
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  2. EasyEyes icon
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    Trouble Sleeping? Device screen too bright even on the lowest brightness setting? Want to give your phone a warm look instead of that eye straining blue gaze you see at night? EasyEyes is the solution. By changing your device's color temperature, EasyEyes reduces eye strain...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  3. This advanced Windows app allows you to alter the screen shading according to the time of day, which is great if you work outside the normal hours, or if you need a lift in the afternoon. You can set the colour tints and your awake and sleep times.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Setting the color temp of the screen really only requires about 40 lines of C (80 or so all inclusive). sct is a crude utility which does roughly that. I’d say exactly that, but some of the calculations aren’t actually exact.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. Night Screen icon
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    Night Screen is created for those people who spend a lot of time at night working.

    Limit your exposure to energy-efficient lighting before bed. In addition to the LED screens in your electronics, energy-efficient lighting emits a lot of blue light.

    51 Night Screen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. Brightness Controller easily allows windows users to set the brightness level of your LCD screen (It is very useful when your screen doesn't allow settings to be remembered without having to push many buttons on your screen!).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Shady icon
     5 likes

    Shady 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  8. Calise icon
     3 likes

    A Python program that calculates ambient brightness and sets screen's correct backlight using a camera.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. myPoint Shade icon
     2 likes

    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. Brisync icon
     3 likes

    Synchronize your external monitor brightness with built-in display. Application reads current brightness of your built-in display and passes it to external monitors via DDC interface. You can adjust brightness by menu in system status bar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Lumen icon
     2 likes

    Lumen - magic auto brightness based on screen contents. You control Lumen simply by using your brightness keys - it'll automatically learn your preferences.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. Dim any screen and keep color accuracy.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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