Darker Pro

Darker can lower your screen brightness to extremely low levels.

App info

Category :

Health & fitness

Update :

November 18, 2024

Installs :

7,424

Developer :

mlhgdevelopment

Price :

$2.99

Requires Android :

Android Varies with device

Content Rating :

Everyone

App description

Android App Analysis and Review: Darker Pro, Developed by mlhgdevelopment. Listed in Health & fitness Category. Current Version Is v6q, Updated On 18/11/2024 . According to users reviews on Google Play: Darker Pro. Achieved Over 7 thousand Installs. Darker Pro Currently Has 493 Reviews, Average Rating 4.4 Stars

Darker can lower your screen brightness to extremely low levels, to help prevent eyestrain during the night. Use the built-in color filter* to adjust the color of your display, perfect for filtering out harsh white backgrounds during the night.

Users can either upgrade the free version to Pro through in-app purchase, or directly purchase this version (for countries that don't support In-app purchases) - both are the same in terms of functionality.

Features only in the Pro version:

» Auto-On & Auto-Off
» Start at boot
» Lower brightness below 20%
» Darken navigation bar
» Custom filter colors
» Root mode
» Customizable notification buttons
• Up to three buttons can be added for quick access.
• Buttons to increase and decrease the brightness (+5%, -5%, +10%, -10%)
• Buttons to set a specific brightness (@0%, @10%, @20%, ... , @90%, @100%)
• Quick toggles (stop, pause, reset, color filter)

Note: When manually installing APK files, Android blocks the "Install" button from being pressed when Darker is running. This is NOT a bug. It's a protective measure to prevent malicious apps from camouflaging the install button. Pausing Darker will solve this.

Darker requires the use of accessibility services to darken the screen, no data will be accessed or shared via the AccessibilityService API.

*The color filter is similar to how the desktop version of f.lux works. Selecting a redder color will reduce more bluelight emitted from the display.

Tasker Support
Darker has Tasker support, use these intents to send commands to Darker:

darkerpro.STOP
darkerpro.PAUSE
darkerpro.INCREASE_5
darkerpro.INCREASE_10
darkerpro.DECREASE_5
darkerpro.DECREASE_10
darkerpro.SET_10
darkerpro.SET_20
darkerpro.SET_30
darkerpro.SET_40
darkerpro.SET_50
darkerpro.SET_60
darkerpro.SET_70
darkerpro.SET_80
darkerpro.SET_90
darkerpro.SET_100
darkerpro.TOGGLE_COLOR
darkerpro.ENABLE_COLOR
darkerpro.DISABLE_COLOR

Add the above intents to Tasker by going to Action Category→System→Send Intent→Action, leave the other fields default, and note that the intents are case sensitive.

These two intents below need an additional parameter in the "Extra" field

darkerpro.SETCOLOR "Extra" field: COLOR:1~16 (Colors are numbered left to right, top to bottom)
darkerpro.COLORSTRENGTH "Extra" field: STRENGTH:1~10

The intent below needs the "Target" field set to "Service"

darkerpro.START

What's New

*** NOTE: Please don't update if you aren't having issues with the previous version! This new version switches to using accessibility services to darken the screen, which is more prone to issues compared to the previous implementation, but supports newer Android versions. ***

- Fixed auto on/off schedule not accurate on some devices (Please set up the schedule again if you are having issues, a permission prompt will be displayed for granting the required alarm permission)

Rate and review on Google Play store

4.4

493 total

5 66.9

4 16.3

3 8.5

2 4.1

1 4.1

Total number of installs (*estimated)

Estimation of total number of installs on Google Play, Approximated from number of ratings and install bounds achieved on Google Play.

Recent Comments

David F

Was great. No longer updated and now doesn't come on automatically at the specified time and this is why I bought the pro version. Also the color filter needs a option to just filter out blue light, whatever color that may be. It's too confusing for me to know how to set it to get rid of the blue light. Please fix. Formerly 4*+

Kim Wyatt

I've loved this app for years. But over the last two weeks it's gotten less reliable. When darker is turned on it suddenly takes over all brightness control, so I can't brighten my screen without turning off the app. But then, the darker pro app got harder and harder to turn off. Finally even after turning off the app the screen was still dimmed. I had to delete the app and restart my phone to regain control of my screen brightness.

Sameer Trivedi

I paid for the pro version. And It doesn't work properly. It works the first time I install it. Then after the app is killed and restarted it stops working, it shows the filter is active but nothing is dimmed nor the color filter works. I am on Android 12. Fix this ASAP man!! I have been using the free app for a long time. But after the Android update, it no longer works.

Justin Z

It darkens the screen, has a color filter, and Tasker integration. These are great, but without functionality to fade brightness & color changes, I'll be using a different app which provides less basic control. It'd also be nice if the app was sunset and sunrise aware.

Eldorel

For some reason the pro version is two major revisions (and over a year) behind the free version. I don't know if the dev just forgot this one exists, but Pro no longer works on my devices after the last android 12 updates, or on my new work phone running android 13.

Dinelia Brown

Great app! I've been using DarkerPro for years and it has worked as expected. Last problem I had was with my phone and when I contacted the developer they answered it the next day. That was faster than I expected. This is a must have app. I highly recommend it.

TwoZero ThreeZero

Darker Pro stopped to work after reinstall and doesn't work even after multiple reinstallation. It is running but adjusting settings doesn't change anything now.

Anonymous R.

Probably the most consistent app I've ever had. It's one of those apps that work so well you almost forget it wasn't a native feature to your phone. Excellent!