{"id":25971,"date":"2019-11-16T14:57:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T12:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iristech.co\/?p=25971"},"modified":"2023-03-19T19:13:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T17:13:28","slug":"comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iristech.co\/comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Blue light filtering<\/h2>\n<p>Blue light filters are apps that reduce the light emitted from the monitor. You may hear them also as blue light blockers, screen filters, orange screen filters, and many other names.<\/p>\n<p>The history of blue light filters started accidentally when Michael Herf the creator of <a href=\"https:\/\/justgetflux.com\/\">f.lux<\/a> realized in 2008 that the software for changing the color temperature of the monitor at night actually helps a lot of people to sleep better and reduce eye strain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jonls.dk\/redshift\/\">Redshift<\/a> was an open-source clone made for Linux machines after this and also <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux&amp;hl=bg\">Twilight<\/a> for Android.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/\">Iris<\/a> is the premium alternative to the free software products which integrates blue light filtering with smoother 3-step automation (Day\/Night\/Sleep) and flicker-free brightness automation which we created in 2015 as eye protection software.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the things which make <a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/\">Iris<\/a> special are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3-step blue light blocking automation (Day\/Night\/Sleep)\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to choose between Sun position or Clock times for the transitions<\/li>\n<li>Customizable transition durations and update intervals<\/li>\n<li>Low-battery usage for the location updates and screen changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Flicker-free brightness (Without PWM)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/pwm-flicker\/\">Brightness reduction without PWM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Different font-renderings<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/type-dropdown-help\/\">Easy to use and awesome presets<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Break reminding<\/li>\n<li>AI for adapting the screen based on screen contents (disabled by default)<\/li>\n<li>Color pausing when certain programs are running (Example Photoshop)<\/li>\n<li>Mouse blue light reduction<\/li>\n<li>Works on USB monitors<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/\">Great apps with a native filter on Windows, macOS, and Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Native filter on Android and iOS for jailbroken phones<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=co.iristech.iris_mini&amp;hl=bg\" class=\"broken_link\">Screen overlay in the Google Play store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/iris-ios\/\">Sideloading app for iOS without jailbreak<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/\">and much more<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read different comparison articles between Iris and the other blue light blockers bellow \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/VS-1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/best-alternative-to-f-lux\/\"><button>Read Iris vs f.lux<\/button><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Blue light filtering Blue light filters are apps that reduce the light emitted from the monitor. You may hear them also as blue light blockers, screen filters, orange screen filters, and many other names. The history of blue light filters started accidentally when Michael Herf the creator of f.lux realized in 2008 that the software for changing the color temperature &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/iristech.co\/comparison\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[875],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Comparison | IrisTech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our comparison of the best blue light filters on the market now. 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