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24 alternatives to Flexbright

Change the iPhone brightness by the time of day

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Flexbright launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
FlexBright▲81
Change brightness by time of day
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
Light App▲83
Change the lighting for your photos from day/night
2014 · hoarelea.com · its alternatives →
3
f.lux for iOS▲596
Auto adjust your iOS display based on the time of day
2015 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
4
Daylight▲149
Simple app that tells you when the days are getting longer.
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
Single Clock▲137
Set reminders, forget time zones!
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
6
Menubar Auto Brightness▲100
Auto adjust brightness when switching apps for Mac
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
7
Day Night▲207
A desktop app that kills the procrastination in you.
2018 · its alternatives →
8
Golden Hour by Exposure▲74
iOS app to sunrise and sunset
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
9
Day Night for macOS▲187
A desktop app that kills the procrastination in you.
2019 · its alternatives →
10NT
New time and daylight application▲150
2016 · chronozone.xyz · its alternatives →
11
24 Hours▲72
World clock for remote teams and travellers, on iPhone
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
12
f.lux▲72
color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day
2014 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
13
Smart Brightness for Dark Mode▲80
Don't let white pages hurt your eyes
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
Sunrise for iPad▲133
Sunrise for iPad, Week view and background sync
2014 · its alternatives →
15
Sun▲120
Beautiful weather forecast powered by Dark Sky
2016 · its alternatives →
16
BlackSight▲83
Night mode camera for all iPhones
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
17
Brightest for iPhone▲77
Do good, plant trees, change the world.
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
I built a daily sunlight tracker▲46
I kept trying to explain how important outdoor light is and how most people aren’t getting enough. Eventually I figured that showing is more effective than telling. So we built a free app that uses your Apple Watch or iPhone to automatically track your light exposure throughout the day. It tells you if you’re getting enough, shows you how consistent you are, and rewards habits that support hormone balance. It's in beta on TestFlight, let me know what you think!
2025 · lumehealth.io · its alternatives →
19
Light Alarm for iOS▲75
Wake up with gentle sunrise and birds singing
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
20
DayNight▲112
Daytime & nighttime awareness for the blind 🌚 🌞
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
Sol▲83
Become more mindful of your time
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
Stand Clock Display▲68
Turn your iPhone and iPad into a desk clock
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
Solace▲171
macOS gives you three appearance options: Light, Dark, or Auto. Auto follows sunset, which is a surprisingly blunt heuristic. It doesn't account for season (dark mode at 3:50pm in December, light mode at 9pm in June), and it has zero awareness of actual conditions outside. Overcast and dark at 2pm? Your Mac doesn't care. The deeper problem is that macOS treats appearance, wallpaper, and colour temperature as unrelated settings. You end up stitching together separate tools that don't know about each other, or you just live with the defaults and accept the friction. Solace tries to solve this…
Feb 2026 · theodorehq.com · its alternatives →
24
WeatherScout▲91
Get the golden hour, blue hour and matching weather
2018 · its alternatives →

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