Screen Filter

- April 17, 2014

Everyone

Tools

( 122,933)

Description

Applies a shade that acts as a dimmer to ensure your eyes don't hurt. Far more powerful than Android's built-in brightness setting. Great for low-light gaming, web browsing, and eBook reading. It even saves battery life for AMOLED displays!

More features:
- Widgets: Easy access to preset brightness levels.
- Tasker/Locale Plug-in! Set brightness based on time/place/etc. To disable, configure for 100% brightness.
- Brightness slider uses logarithmic scale for fine-grained control.
- Drag the app icon to your desktop to use for toggling on/off.
- Prompts to confirm very low brightness settings.
- Option to disable soft-key backlight (does not work on all phones).

NOTE:
*** If you accidentally make your screen go BLACK ***
1. Pull your battery or (Nexus7) hold power button for 10 seconds
2. Uninstall the app to reset your bad brightness setting
3. Reinstall the app and use it normally again

This app will always be free! If you want to show your appreciation, please donate to Wikipedia on my behalf (and let me know you did):

https://donate.wikimedia.org

Thank you! Email me if you have any other problems or questions I haven't mentioned.

Reviews

4.5

122,933 total

5 87,039

4 19,570

3 7,591

2 3,161

1 5,572

kamandoskull

Works great I didn't think it would actually work when it came to making my screen darker, BUT IT DOES! My phone screen setting still have it pretty bright at night, even on the lowest one. This let's you choose how dark, it even goes so dark where you can barely see. What I like the most is that it confirms with you if you want it that dark or if it was a mistake and also let's you choose the dark percentage. Its Great!

Brett Henning

Extremely Useful!!!! This app (and the widgets) are extremely useful. I have always felt that the minimum brightness on most android phones was too bright when in the dark. This app solves that. My only complaint is that the Developer made the percentage down to 0.1. Why? My OCD likes round numbers, and it's impossible to have the filters as whole numbers. I don't want to see 14.7 and 39.9, I want to see 15 and 40.

Adrian Silo

Simple Yet Effective Way to Dim Displays With Precise Controls All this app does is apply a black filter that darkens the display. This is perfect for AMOLED displays where the display drains more battery the brighter the display is. The app itself is lightweight, and allows precise percentage controls to control how dark the display will be, which is a big plus for me. The app does catch if you put the darkness level too low and will revert back in time, which is great since putting in too dark values can happen. It's simple, lightweight, and offers fine tuned controls. This is a must for devices that have displays that drain battery based on brightness.

Takudzwa Mugabe

Cool Could u please include a way to quickly remove the filter thru the persistent notification, please? Right now clicking the notification does both remove the screen filter AS WELL AS open the app settings - I would love for it to just remove the filter only.... just like the Screen Dimmer app does! So maybe u could include that as a setting for "what happens when you click the persistent notification?" Maybe? Otherwise this app does the best in dealing with the Nexus 5 on screen buttons imo.

Elizabeth Lavenz

Perfect tool Easy to use, great at night or in class. 4/5 for reason below- Beware: screen shots taken while screen filter is on will be taken of the object with the filter on them, so they do not look the same as they would if you took a normal screen shot with the brightness turned down. I first used this app with an S3 but now I use on my Stylo as well.

Leland Benton

Why is this not an advance option under brightness? It is nice to have the simple ability to change the percentage of the default auto brightness. I hope in the future this application will have its own menu that is accessible via settings instead of being through the notification drop down, which should still be an option for those who like it this way. Maybe also after\when the setting menu is there, how about an option to completely hide the icon. Cause frankly I don't use the turn off\on quick button since it works so well. An imo androids have to many.

User reviews

kamandoskull November 14, 2015

Brett Henning June 22, 2014

Adrian Silo August 11, 2014

Takudzwa Mugabe December 28, 2014

Elizabeth Lavenz September 12, 2016

Leland Benton October 16, 2014

raymond b. January 23, 2015

Good app but I use this app a ton at night when my screen is too bright however, it doesn't save know battery, anyone who says it does, is experiencing a placebo. This app only applies a dark filter over the screen, like on Instagram filters. This has no impact on battery as the screen is still just as bright as it was before, just with a filter over it. You can see this by taking a snapshot on your screen with it on and off. You can see the filter covering the picture.

David So November 15, 2016

Does what it says While it does allow me to dim the screen to my liking to read comfortably at night, I found that it didn't really help my battery; after removing this app and trying the owl, my battery life went up quite bit. I misunderstood. I thought by dimming the screen, it would conserve battery, but doesn't appear to do so. I also tried a little test, where I fully charged the phone and turned on this app and did not use it. Found the battery depletes so much faster with this enabled

Christina Luzwick December 5, 2014

For Lg g3 phones... It does not appear this will dim the home buttons. They remain bright white. It's a marvel how much illumination these little icons can throw in a dark space. I read in bed at night so i was hoping the lights would be less intrusive to my sleeping husband. **Kudos, however, on requesting zero "permissions". That's why i chose this app over the other developer. WHY ON EARTH would a light dimming app need access to my location? That's creepy. 5 stars if the home buttons can dim.

Keira Stargem February 12, 2017

This is EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED from this app! :D Although, it leaves the very bottom strip of my phone (a verizon pantech) un-dimmed. While it DOES bug me the TINIEST little bit, I'm not complaining, simply making note of it. ^_^ also makes all screenshots taken while it's on darker, so turn it off for that.

Corey Bouche September 7, 2014

Best App EVER! This is the BEST app ever! I have the Samsung Note3 and use it at night time alot, to fully control the brightness is a miracle. Warning DO NOT PLAY with anything below 15-10 % as you may darkened the screen too much and won't be able to see. Not a big deal as I read this from a previous review, so I made sure not to go below this percent.

Raquel Panotes November 16, 2015

PERFECT FOR MY EYES!!! Guys I tried one application in here Which I thought is right for me but I felt may eyes is in pain using it... the light is strong for some reason even I keep adjusting it,thinking that I'm not adjusting it right ,but the more im use it my eyes hurts...so I decided to unstalled it,then I found this Application and what can I say its PERFECT for my eyes easy to use and its really what i wanted... and I would like to thank u for this application guys :) ... now my eyes is feeling better. CHEERS!

Ly T. June 18, 2014

Easy on the eyes This really helps if your eyes are a bit light-sensitive and you use your phone in the dark (like in bed). I haven't come across a downside to this app. If you take a screenshot it'll have the dimmer over the picture, but that's just a little thing to keep in mind for the rare occasion.

Rolando Arbitrario July 6, 2014

Great app!!! This is a must app for those brightness that is still too bright even at 0%. Though it is very dangerous to have 0% brightness with 0% filter, there's the possibility of total blackout on your phone especially when you are too sleepy configuring this stuff. I would like to suggest, maybe just make the lowest level around 30-40%. Also the range slider's UI is not correct on the percentage/value. Overall superb!

Michael Byléhn May 23, 2016

Works but a bit too simple Developer: I wish you added the option to have an automated curve like F.lux on the PC. So that the screen goes gradually darker by itself later at night... AND/OR... have widgets that set at specific %. I.e. we drag the widget to the home screen and then we configure that specific widget what % it should change to.

Blue Llama April 18, 2014

Not perfect(yet?) I'm not sure if it's possible to fix but when my navigation button bar is invisible in the home screen, it has the normal brightness. IT HAS BEEN FIXED IN THE LATEST UPDATE! BEST APP EVER. The UI looks great! Good job!

Chris Andrews June 8, 2014

Use to work great Prior to updating the app. It worked flawlessly and one of my favorite apps because how useful it is and how often I use it but now after playing a game on my phone such as solitaire. It malfunctions and only darkens the upper 2/3s of my phone screen. Fixes on reset. I think it may be caused by the ads that come across the screen and then returning to the home screen.

Alex Rattray March 23, 2015

Works great Terrific app. I like the UX style, which is creative and unique. I would suggest adding an alternative way to to select the filter percentage, like a raw number input (I often like going between, say, 30 and 60 percent depending on scenario, and it's annoying to get back to the previous one. Also, people like round numbers). Also, I just donated $5 to Wikimedia with the author in mind (could not find a place to specifically make it on their behalf). Thanks!

Ryan Sawhill Aroha June 29, 2015

Great, but doesn't darken back/home/app-list keys Better than some dimmers. Has a 10sec timeout when you change the darkness setting -- in case you make the screen too dark. However, as the title says, the home keys on Lollipop (triangle, circle, square) remain SUPER bright (probably just normal brightness). The "Enable soft-key backlight" check box sounds perfect but toggling it makes no difference for me. :( While I'm dreaming: I also wish there was configurable color tinting. EDIT: app called Twilight handles the tinting and dimming perfectly.

LilRask _ October 7, 2014

One of my 'Quick-Go-Tos' apps set in my Notification Toggle app. Really does save eye-strain. The auto timeout warning when u set too low (dark) is a lifesaver. Is Handy when using phone at the cinema's so the brightness doesn't annoy others & keep yr privacy from people nearby from peeking too. Thanks Haxor Industry.

Cory Champion February 21, 2015

Works as shown I just installed it and it works great. When it downloads I put it on one of my pages and then click it to activate it and you can pull down the top bar to adjust it. If you put it too dark it will display a message saying it may be too dark to see and if you dont press "keep settings" within 10 seconds that it will revert back to normal. Nice to make the screen darker now. Will update if I come across anything while using it.

Aureliano Skirzewski July 15, 2015

Unbeatable! The best light dimmer! I use it almost everyday to read at night together with moonreader! Yet i wish it could control or increase contrasts because, if lights are dimmed too much, the background mixes with what should be lighted. Additionally, now I am having trouble with my screen that does not light uniformly and the lower parts of the screen are already too dark while the upper parts still burn my eyes... perhaps you could improve this beautifully simple app introducing gradients in the filter 😅

Tulika Gupta September 3, 2015

Simple and useful! So.. I've been using this app since like forever. Just now after turning the filter on, i thought i should write a review cuz this is everything an app should be like. Serves the purpose and no hassle, simplicity is the key here. Every single night i turn it on and then in the morning i turn it off. It's become more of a ritual for me :D. But seriously, it's one of my favourites. Use it when i have to save battery and ofcourse, saving my eyes from too many photons at night. :) can't imagine life without it.

Trinesan Govender June 26, 2015

Great! Almost perfect 👌 Works exactly as it says.. Still has that brightness spike when exiting an app using the BACK or HOME button. Haven't noticed it when switching through "recent apps" though.. Also the dark screenshot issue (perhaps make the brightness spike then?) and non-editible widgets. But the SCREENSHOT issue is the most serious I'd say. Other than that, this app saves my eyes and (possibly) my battery, and that makes it freaking awesome! 😉

Brook Powers July 10, 2015

Cool, but... This app is fantastic for when I'm scrolling in bed late at night (like I am right now) and I don't want to wake up my husband. The biggest bummer? Because the app darkens your screen's image and does not actually adjust the brightness, any screenshots are super dark!

Zach Merrin October 26, 2015

Great, with some room for improvement Great app, use it all the time at night... BUT would be better if brightness slider, edit button and % were not on the same horizontal line so you could have better control over the level. Also right now with the exponential sliding scale almost half the slider is below 10% which is basically unusable. A couple of presets would be nice too, 10, 15, 25, 50... Also sometimes there are flashes of bright while switching apps or tabs or changing the brightness level.

Leon Rosenbaum July 7, 2014

Finally Finally I can look at my screen past midnight not burning my eyes! Warning- do not put it at 0% or close to that or you will have to guess where you're clicking or restart your phone because it really will black out your screen. thank you for this great tool! Screw Apple, we can dim, too!!:)

Roshanda Wilson March 24, 2015

Love it! Love this app better than the other one I had. It really does get rid of that little bit of brightness that my phone always had even when I turn the level all the way down both my phone and when I'm online. now the bright light doesn't hurt my eyes while I'm reading in the dark even though I should be doing that in the first place... But hey I can't help it when I'm reading something good.

saisunilvarma nadimpalli March 8, 2017

It's the only app that goes into every phone I use. It's easily adaptable and user friendly. It don't even consume the slightest amount of battery even if you turn it on all night which is unusual in these genre of apps. Moreover it can dim the screen to extreme bands that makes eyes less prone during low light conditions.

Mike Hawk May 31, 2016

Ive been using this app for a few years now. And I absolutely love it. It's nice for phones like the lg flex where the screen brightness doesn't go vary dark. But this dims the screen so even in pitch darkness u can almost not even see the screen. So in a movie theater u can text and not bother any one.

Vishnu Gawas August 31, 2016

Must have! For night users who find even the lowest point of brightness of the stock high. This is a must have app. It hardly takes up any space at all. And adding widgets to the screen with different values will also help. And adjusting the brightness is pretty easy job. And disabling can be done with eyes closed. Total recommend for all users.

Noche Astral December 7, 2014

Wow! My eyes shield! Proteje mis ojos del brillo This is perfect app to protected your eyes from brightness of the screen(even if is low is way to shinny!) so with this app you solve that issue! I read better and browse more confortably in the night! Exelente para cuudar la vista del brillo de la pantalla puedo leer y navegar mejor de noche!

Maurice Richard November 4, 2014

almost! the screen gets brighter everytime i go to the internet plus those keys on the bottom of my android (menu, home, back, search) stay very bright and so this is an inconvinience because i cannot just put tape over the keys like i did on my cameras for security purposes( you know... nsa and all) please fix these issues

A Google User February 25, 2017

If you accidentally make the screen go completely black, you have no other option but to take out your battery then uninstall the app. Reinstalling the app resets the brightness level. The developer should build in a blackout reversal option. The soft-key backlight disable button doesn't work on galaxy s7

Eddie F December 10, 2014

Nexus 6 Works great on my Nexus 6. Only issue and reason for the four stars is that the on-screen buttons are still at the "stock" brightness while the rest of the screen is filtered when the app is enabled. Please fix! Also, set a limit so that its not possible to make the screen go completely dark. That's a PITB on my N6.

Kosher Penguin January 21, 2016

It works great & they don't want any of my info I mainly use this app to darken my screen while watching asmr videos on YouTube. Once I got the setting how I liked it, all I have to do is tap the icon on my phone & it darkens my screen just how I want. And they don't ask for any permissions or $$! What a relief! Great app! Nicely done!

Joshua Chandra June 30, 2015

Stops some popup interaction You cannot interact with the Amazon Appstore's app installation or Superuser's permission-granting popups (so far that I've found, maybe more) when the filter is on. Otherwise it darkens the screen perfectly. Note that this will brighten the screen if you have Invert Colors enabled.

Sandeep Mishra September 20, 2014

A minor Glitch I'm facing an issue with this awesome app. Whenever I enable it, every button except cancel gets disabled in almost every app I use. I can't backup with helium, can't install any apk etc. All is well after I disable it. I'm using DN3v5.5 on my Note 2. Developers, any idea why this might be happening?

March 1, 2015

Best way to read your books & news at night with the blue white light reduced so you can fall asleep. Tried various apps, this is the simplest & most effective. Simply turn on/off by touching app's icon, or notifier screen, yay!. (My schedule varies so on-off by time setting in others is just hassle). Quick to adjust & dims well. Works without having to look at an orange screen. Onle one that dims glaring kindle sufficiently. Doesn't interrupt any app or tasks. Color choice (orangy) would be nice, but this works very well. Text stays dark, easy to read even dim.

Ec Little July 25, 2014

Great. The best and most simple app for reducing brightness below it's minimum. There are some issues, though. The "toast" notifications stay longer than they're supposed to. Also, I've noticed a strange pattern on my screen when the dimness is set somewhere below 40%. Other than that, great job.