NightTone Alternatives

NightTone is described as 'Makes your screen more comfortable, enjoyable and healthier by shifting the colors of your display to a warmer, eye-friendly palette. It makes you sleep and feel better' and is a color temperature tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to NightTone for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Wayland and Android apps. The best NightTone alternative is f.lux, which is free. Other great apps like NightTone are Redshift, LightBulb, Dimmer and RedshiftGUI.

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  1. Do you use your mobile phone after sunset? Do you use your phone within three hours of your bed time? If yes, then your device might be taking your sleep away. Bluelight from your mobile screens sends a signal to brain to wake up, and makes it difficult for us to sleep at night.

    46 Night Shift: Blue Light Filter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
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    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
     
  3. Night Screen icon
     1 like

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  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
     
  5. Nocturne icon
     10 likes

    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. iBrightness Tray is a little bit of a swiss army knife display tool as adjusting the brightness of your screen is just one of three main functions it has. The other two are turning on your screensaver at the click of a button and also the ability to turn off the display...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  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
     
  8. Lux Automatically Adjusts Your Screen Brightness.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  9. Calise icon
     3 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  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
     
  11. SunshinePal icon
     1 like

    SunshinePal is your daily sunlight companion designed to help you track your exposure, set healthy goals, and reconnect with nature for better sleep and mood.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • Apple Watch
     
  12. 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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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