Software Alternatives & Reviews

Nocturnal VS BetterDummy

Compare Nocturnal VS BetterDummy and see what are their differences

Nocturnal logo Nocturnal

Have more control over your screen at night 🌙

BetterDummy logo BetterDummy

BetterDummy creates a virtual display which you can utilize as a mirror main for your display on the Mac.
  • Nocturnal Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-11-01
  • BetterDummy Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-23

Nocturnal videos

Nocturnal Animals - Movie Review

More videos:

  • Review - Nocturnal reviewed by Mark Kermode
  • Review - Nocturnal Animals - Movie Review

BetterDummy videos

Follow-up: Fixing Hi-DPI Monitor Issues on macOS Using BetterDummy

More videos:

  • Review - Why you should still NOT buy an Ultrawide Monitor for your M1 Mac (P3421W & BetterDummy)

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Nocturnal and BetterDummy)
Mac
58 58%
42% 42
Productivity
37 37%
63% 63
Remote Desktop
51 51%
49% 49
Remote PC Access
52 52%
48% 48

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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Nocturnal and BetterDummy, you can also consider the following products

MonitorControl - Control your external monitor brightness&volume on your Mac

Lunar.fyi - Control monitor brightness, adapt using the ambient light sensor, adjust volume, switch inputs and turn off displays without fiddling with clunky buttons.

Duet Display - With Duet Display, you can transform your iPhone or iPad into a second display to expand the screen space of your PC or Mac system.

Screens - GNU Screen.

DisplayBuddy - Control the real brightness of your monitors directly from your Mac - no need to touch the buttons on your Monitor.

mRemoteNC - mRemoteNC is the next stage of mRemote development