Screen Shader | Smart Screen Tinting

Name: Screen Shader | Smart Screen Tinting
Rating: 4.514226231783484 (1441 reviews)
Author: https://guiselin.com

Shades Chrome to a soothing orange color to decrease eye-strain, eye fatigue and to appease your brain's day/night cycle.

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Screen Shader is a popular open-source Chrome extension designed to reduce eye strain and eye fatigue by tinting your screen with a relaxing orange hue. It smartly adjusts screen tinting throughout the day based on your location's sunrise and sunset times, supporting your brain's natural day/night cycle and reducing blue light exposure.

With a completely redesigned user interface and an advanced shading algorithm, Screen Shader offers full control over color, darkness, and location settings. It works seamlessly across popular websites like YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, and more, without affecting browser performance. The extension supports customizable keyboard shortcuts for easy shade adjustments and is regularly updated with user feedback. By reducing harmful blue light, Screen Shader helps improve sleep quality and visual comfort during prolonged computer use.

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Version:

2.1.1 Last updated: 2022-11-28

Creation date:

2020-04-10

Risk:

Permissions:

tabs
storage
scripting

Host permissions:

file:///*
<all_urls>

Size:

140.00KB

Email:

su*****@guiselin.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-17

Ranking

# 1,409 ▼ 1

Other rankings

#20 in Accessibility

#9 in Darken your browser

#7 in screen keyword 92

#10 in reduce keyword 16

#21 in variety keyword 3

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Screen Shader | Smart Screen Tinting (v2.1.1)

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User reviews

Screen Shader is praised for effectively reducing eye strain and providing extensive customization for screen tinting. Users find it invaluable for managing light sensitivity and improving visual comfort. However, multiple reports highlight its disruptiveness on certain websites, especially YouTube dark mode and Microsoft suite apps, causing display glitches and usability problems. The extension does not fully disable on opted-out sites, forcing users to turn it off entirely to fix issues. Print and fullscreen video problems have also been noted. Overall, it's a useful tool but has notable compatibility drawbacks that impact user experience.

Pros

Effectively reduces eye strain and headaches by tinting the screen.
Highly configurable with various adjustment options to suit user preferences.
Works well on most websites and is more compatible than some dark mode solutions.
Has been reliable and useful for many long-term users.
Helps users with light sensitivity and conditions like astigmatism and cataracts sleep better.

Cons

Causes issues on some websites, notably breaking YouTube dark mode, especially with YouTube Shorts.
Does not fully disable on specific sites when chosen, requiring complete extension disablement to fix site problems.
Interferes with functionality on some websites, such as blocking buttons or preventing fullscreen video playback on Reddit.
May cause pages or parts of pages to become blank or have display glitches.
Can cause printing issues with web apps like Google Docs and Sheets by treating the tint as a background for printouts.

Recent reviews

This is perfect. Prevents headaches and eyestrain. Every adjustment I could want.

Fr*****, 2025-06-22

La pantalla se me queda oscura, ya restablecí la configuración y nada

中国*****, 2025-06-14

makes youtube shorts go white, atleast when in dark mode

hå*****, 2025-04-20

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Risk impact

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Screen Shader | Smart Screen Tinting requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

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Screen Shader | Smart Screen Tinting has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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