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Desktop Dimmer VS NegativeScreen

Compare Desktop Dimmer VS NegativeScreen and see what are their differences

Desktop Dimmer logo Desktop Dimmer

Enable darker-than-dark dimming for internal and external screens.

NegativeScreen logo NegativeScreen

Invert your screen colors.
  • Desktop Dimmer Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-20
  • NegativeScreen Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-10-10

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Desktop Dimmer and NegativeScreen)
Work Management
71 71%
29% 29
Color Temperature Adjuster
Time Tracking
72 72%
28% 28
Color Tools
50 50%
50% 50

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, NegativeScreen should be more popular than Desktop Dimmer. It has been mentiond 8 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Desktop Dimmer mentions (1)

  • Is it possible to reduce the screen brightness below what windows 10 allows?
    I would like to reduce the screen brightness of the lcd backlight further than what I currently am able to do (working at night and saving battery/my eyes). I tried this but it is just a filter, which is bad for colors and sometimes the filter is not applied to certain system ui elements, therefore blinding you. Source: about 1 year ago

NegativeScreen mentions (8)

  • I want to dark mode everything
    Windows Application Negative Screen https://zerowidthjoiner.net/negativescreen. Source: about 1 year ago
  • [windows 10] Smart invert/auto dark mode, but for chosen windows only
    After some research I found NegativeScreen, which does exactly what I want, the only caveat is that it affects your entire screen. I'd like this for only a selected few windows, a free program if possible. Source: over 1 year ago
  • 2.8K OLED panel reduces battery life by 50% according to the latest Lenovo Thinkpad spec
    And if your apps don't support dark mode, force them to: https://zerowidthjoiner.net/negativescreen. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Legally blind gamer who needs games with dark backgrounds and light character and elements?
    There's an odd little retro dungeon crawler called Paper Sorcerer that might work for you. It's always high contrast, but I think some areas are light mode instead of dark mode so you might need something that can invert the colors at points (I'm not sure if something like NegativeScreen would work in games). Source: about 2 years ago
  • What do you consider yourself as
    Https://zerowidthjoiner.net/negativescreen for Windows, scroll down to the downloads section and unzip the .exe binary anywhere, preferably to the C:\Users\(your username) folder and shortcut on the desktop. Source: about 2 years ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Desktop Dimmer and NegativeScreen, you can also consider the following products

Dimmer - A very small and free utility for Windows to reduce brightness on LCD/TFT screens.

f.lux - f. lux is a piece of software for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android that provides a blue light filter over your screen. Research suggests limiting our exposure to blue light in the hours before bedtime can help us fall asleep faster.

LightBulb - Background application that adjusts screen gamma, making the colors appear warmer at night...

Windows Night Light - Turn on the night light setting in Windows 10 to show warmer colors that are easier on your eyes.

CareUEyes - CareUEyes is an eye protection software for windows that comes with blue light filter, screen dimmer, and break reminder

Brisync - Synchronize your external monitor brightness with built-in display.