# Brightness Dimmer Pro

> Now decrease brightness of your screen lower than default settings.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.util.brightnesscontroller](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.util.brightnesscontroller)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.util.brightnesscontroller`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** FreeSoftwaresNoAds
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 71,456
- **Rating:** 3.24 / 5 (616 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.9
- **Last updated:** 2021-02-24
- **First published:** 2017-03-25
- **Size:** 6.12 MB
- **Data as of:** 2025-04-29
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.util.brightnesscontroller)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scoopandlive/scoopit/master/privacy\_policy](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scoopandlive/scoopit/master/privacy_policy)

## Description

**Brightness Dimmer Pro** is a Chrome extension designed to reduce your screen brightness below the default minimum levels. By applying a customizable overlay filter, it darkens your display effectively, making it ideal for use in dark environments or at night. This extension helps reduce eye strain and avoid headaches caused by excessive screen brightness. Additionally, users can customize the filter color to suit their preferences, ensuring a comfortable viewing experience anytime.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`

## Review summary

Brightness Dimmer Pro is praised for its effective eye strain relief, helping with migraines and sleep by dimming screen brightness beyond default limits and offering color options for nighttime use. Users appreciate its simple and minimalistic design and battery-saving benefits. However, recent intrusive ads have led to dissatisfaction among long-time users. Several users report app crashes or failure to launch on newer phones, along with issues like brightness not affecting the notification bar, substantial app size, and insufficient guidance on necessary permissions.

### Pros

- Helps reduce eye strain and migraines by allowing brightness levels lower than default phone settings and providing color adjustments.
- Minimalistic, simple, and easy to use interface.
- Assists with sleep hygiene and reduces blue light exposure, especially beneficial for nighttime use.
- Saves battery life by dimming the screen beyond phone's default capabilities.
- Offers different color options to make phone use at night more comfortable.

### Cons

- Recently introduced ads, including full-screen ads that activate when interacting with controls, which users find intrusive.
- App crashes immediately or fails to start on some newer phones.
- Does not reduce brightness in the notification bar, limiting overall dimming effectiveness.
- App size is considered large by some users, along with reports of battery drain.
- Lack of clear instructions for permissions like "floating" required for app functionality.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.util.brightnesscontroller)