Twinkle Tray Alternatives

Twinkle Tray is described as 'Enables brightness control on external displays in Windows 10 & 11. Even th Windows is capable of adjusting the backlight on most monitors, it doesn't support external monitors natively' and is a popular Screen Dimmer in the system & hardware category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Twinkle Tray for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, openSUSE and Flathub apps. The best Twinkle Tray alternative is Solace. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Monitorian or MonitorControl. Other great apps like Twinkle Tray are Dimmer, Lunar, BetterDisplay and DisplayBuddy.

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  1. DimScreen icon

    DimScreen

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    Form 1 Hour Software by skrommel, it can dim the screen by applying a transparent gray layer on top of your opened applications

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Gamma Dimmer icon

    Gamma Dimmer

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    Dim any screen and keep color accuracy.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • European Union flagEU
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  4. Monitor Bright icon

    Monitor Bright

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    Monitor Bright reduces with a simple trick the monitor brightness. Useful to use the PC at night without getting blind if the minimum brightness that can be obtained adjusting monitor settings is still too high if compared to ambience brightness. Supports multi monitor systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
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  6. TSS EcoScreen icon

    TSS EcoScreen

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    Adaptive per-monitor brightness manager for Windows that automatically dims inactive displays, with two-stage dimming, burn-in protection, break reminders, and energy usage statistics.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
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  8. Candela icon

    Candela

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    A macOS menu bar app that protects your displays from OLED burn-in and wear: panel health history, a checkup for defects, and the everyday brightness, volume, and scaling controls macOS leaves out.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Candela screenshot 1
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  9. darkbright-helper icon

    darkbright-helper

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    darkbright-helper is a hotkey dimmer for Windows monitors that does not stop at 0%: it lowers the real backlight over DDC/CI, then keeps dimming with a black overlay below the hardware minimum.

    7 darkbright-helper alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
    OSD in two different modes: Hardware screen dimming (upper) and black overlay at 0% hardware brightness (lower).
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    monitorcontrol (Python)

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    Python monitor control using the VESA Monitor Control Command Set (MCCS) over the Display Data Channel Command Interface Standard (DDC-CI).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  11. JoyScreen icon

    JoyScreen

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    Focus view, extra brightness, ambient glow, and keep awake — all from your menu bar. JoyScreen transforms how you use your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU
    JoyScreen screenshot 1
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