Solace quietly adapts your screen's appearance, warmth, and wallpaper, so your Mac always feels right.
It lives in your menu bar. It watches the sun. It reads the weather. And it keeps your screen in harmony with the world outside.
One wallpaper for day. Another for night. When your appearance switches, your desktop follows. Across every connected display.
Light mode arrives with the morning. Dark mode follows the dusk. Solace calculates exact solar times for your location, every day, every season. Adjust the offsets to taste. Your rhythm, your rules.
And then, the evening.
So does your screen.
At the time you choose, your display gently warms. Crisp daylight fades to soft candlelight. No sudden shifts. Just a slow, natural transition.
Evening Warmth runs on its own schedule, separate from dark mode. Choose your colour temperature. The transition happens gradually, from 6500K daylight to 2700K candlelight.
Dark mode activates when storm clouds roll in. Even at midday. When the sun breaks through, light mode returns. Your screen follows the sky.
Drag to Applications. A sun icon appears in your menu bar.
Solar, scheduled, or weather-aware. Mix however you like.
Solace runs silently at login. Your Mac adapts all day, all year.
Most people piece together separate tools that each do one thing. They don't talk to each other. Half are abandoned. Solace replaces them all.
| Feature | Solace | f.lux | Umbra | Nightfall | Shifty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custom dark mode scheduling | ✓ | Sunset only | ✕ | ✕ | Via Night Shift |
| Solar times (sunrise/sunset) | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Colour temperature | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Wallpaper switching | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Multi-display support | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Weather-aware switching | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Keyboard shortcut toggle | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Actively maintained (2024+) | ✓ | Last update 2023 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| No data collection | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Price | $4.99 | $39 | Free | Free | Free |
Four separate tools that each do one thing, or one that does it all.
Read the full comparisons: Solace vs f.lux · Solace vs Nightfall · Solace vs Umbra · Solace vs Shifty
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"I used to manually toggle dark mode twice a day. Now I forget Solace is even running. It just does the right thing, every single time."
"The evening warmth feature alone is worth it. My eyes feel so much better after long editing sessions. And the solar scheduling is spot on."
"I replaced three separate apps with Solace. Weather-aware switching during overcast Portland days is genuinely brilliant. One app, everything handled."
"Set it up in under a minute. Haven't opened it since. Would love an iOS companion app one day, but on Mac it's exactly what I wanted."
"Finally, an app that gets multi-display right. Both my monitors switch wallpapers and appearance together. No other tool I tried could do that reliably."
"I'm picky about my Mac setup. Solace nails the details. The gradual warmth transition is beautiful, and the keyboard shortcut for manual override is a nice touch."
Zero data collection. Zero tracking. We have no idea you exist.
Your location stays on your device. Solar times are calculated locally.
No sign-up. No email. Install and go.
One-time purchase. No subscription. Yours forever.
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macOS 13 Ventura or later · Universal binary (Intel + Apple Silicon) · ~3 MB