Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Lunar 4
Control all your monitors, even on M1
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lunar 4 launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Control monitor brightness, adapt using the ambient light sensor, adjust volume, switch inputs and turn off displays without fiddling with clunky buttons.
2022 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
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Lunar 2.0▲142Sync your monitor's brightness with your in-built display 🖥💡
2018 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
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Lunar▲9Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display
2018 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
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f.lux▲1,353Adjusts your computer's display to adapt to the time of day
2014 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
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MonitorControl▲103🖥 Control external monitor brightness & volume on your Mac
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Luna Display 4.0▲203Luna Display now turns any Mac into an extra display
2019 · astropad.com · its alternatives →
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f.lux for iOS▲596Auto adjust your iOS display based on the time of day
2015 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
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Lunar▲10Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display
2020 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
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Luna Display▲343Hardware that turns the iPad into a wireless second display
2018 · shop.astropad.com · its alternatives →
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LightBuddy▲229Look better on video calls using the screen you already have
Dec 2025 · lightbuddy.app · its alternatives →
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Auto adjust brightness when switching apps for Mac
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Lunar▲6Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display
2019 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
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Displaygo▲93One shortcut to control your dual monitors instantly
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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MacMonitor▲106Real-time Apple Silicon system monitor for your menu bar
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Quickly manage open windows in Mission Control on the Mac
2019 · fadel.io · its alternatives →
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Solace▲171macOS 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 →
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Luna Display 5.0▲200Turn your iPad into a wireless display, now for Windows
2021 · astropad.com · its alternatives →
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NightTone▲121Colored light filter, screen dimmer & brightness control
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Don't let white pages hurt your eyes
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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