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NightOwl VS One Switch

Compare NightOwl VS One Switch and see what are their differences

NightOwl logo NightOwl

Easily toggle your Macs Dark Mode with this menubar app.

One Switch logo One Switch

All your mac toggles in one place
  • NightOwl Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-07-10
  • One Switch Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-09-20

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Category Popularity

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Communication
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Productivity
37 37%
63% 63
Browser Extension
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Social recommendations and mentions

One Switch might be a bit more popular than NightOwl. We know about 10 links to it since March 2021 and only 8 links to NightOwl. 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.

NightOwl mentions (8)

  • New To Mac
    I use dark mode, but there are some apps which are (IMO) just plain ugly in dark, like the calendar and mail. You could use an app like NightOwl. But there is a command for that. It's got two steps, firstly find the app's bundle id, using osascript -e 'id of app "App_Name"'. Then pass this result into: defaults write NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Mac won't switch to dark mode
    I had this issue a lot - instead of relying on the auto mode I went ahead and installed NightOwl. Now the theme changes correctly at the appropriate time. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Automatic Dark/Light Mode based on sunset/sunrise?
    Sadly, this functionality isn't built-in to Windows and (unlike macOS) there doesn't appear to be any decent third-party utilities to sort this out for you. To date, I've been using an Open-Source offering named Luna. Source: over 2 years ago
  • No "Night Shift" in preferences for my Mac Mini M1?
    For changes at exact times, use a third party util like NightOwl. Source: over 2 years ago
  • [macOS 11.4, MBP M1] Been dark for a while outside, but the auto appearance still goes to light mode, but it works correctly on iOS.
    I just gave up with the default Mac settings downloaded NightOwl. Night Shift works as normal but NightOwl ensures that dark mode turns on at sundown. Source: almost 3 years ago
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One Switch mentions (10)

  • Macbook Pro M1 Switch On
    I use OneClick to turn off keyboard/screen/whatever when cleaning the screen or keyboard. Source: 11 months ago
  • My very first MacBook!
    One Switch (paid) - menu bar control for one-click options for many things like disable keyboard, turn screen off for cleaning, wifi on/off, True Tone on/off (great for photo editor), etc. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Is it possible to create a 2nd desktop for doing video calls or screenshots?
    OneSwitch lets you toggle desktop icons, as I recall. Or you can probably do it in the terminal. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Your best recommendations for apps, which are not broadly known.
    One switch for various actions e.g prevent Mac from sleeping, connect bluetooth speakers etc. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Jettison for Mac
    I personally use one switch, it can eject all mounted volumes, along with a few other useful things, like connecting to my airpods easily. Source: almost 2 years ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing NightOwl and One Switch, you can also consider the following products

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Darker Medium - Read Medium stories with happy eyes

Pure Paste - Paste as plain text by default.

Dark Reader - Reduce eye strain in your browser with this extension that provides a dark theme for browsing.

Ejectify - Ejectify is a lightweight, flexible, portable, open-source program that automatically removes external disks as soon as your Mac goes to sleep and then mounts them when it wakes back up.