Are you having trouble falling asleep? Are your kids hyperactive when playing with the tablet before bed time?
Are you using your smart phone or tablet in the late evening? Twilight may be a solution for you!
Recent research suggests that exposure to blue light before sleep may distort your natural (circadian) rhythm and cause inability to fall asleep.
The cause is the photoreceptor in your eyes, called Melanopsin. This receptor is sensitive to a narrow band of blue light in the 460-480nm range which may suppress Melatonin production - a hormone responsible for your healthy sleep-wake cycles.
In experimental scientific studies it has been shown an average person reading on a tablet or smart phone for a couple of hours before bed time may find their sleep delayed by about an hour.
The Twilight app makes your device screen adapt to the time of the day. It filters the blue spectrum on your phone or tablet after sunset and protects your eyes with a soft and pleasant red filter. The filter intensity is smoothly adjusted to the sun cycle based on your local sunset and sunrise times.
PRO features
- more than 2 predefined profiles
- adjustable transition time
- option to turn off Twilight service altogether during inactive times
- new features will often first appear as PRO
Thank you very much for your intention to support our development. This is a pro application for the Twilight app. Please install on top, do not uninstall Twilight first.
Top comments
tony863
24 Oct 1633#5
it's a sad world when we have to consider using apps like this to ensure our kids get a good night's sleep. I'm in support of this kind of thing and I'm voting hot....but I remember reading my kids bedtime stories instead of allowing themselves to become fixated on a 10" screen :disappointed:
Graham1979
24 Oct 1626#10
Are your kids hyperactive when playing with the tablet before bed time?
Then you just failed as a parent!
OnlyJoeKing to illy1965
24 Oct 1623#13
As gratitude for the use you get?
leaston
24 Oct 1611#21
It's 'You're', by the way, not 'your'. Did you mean 'have any'? :stuck_out_tongue: If this is what you teach your kids about spelling and grammar, perhaps it's not us who failed? Just saying.
You are free and easy with the sweeping statements and judgements about complete strangers. Thanks for your valuable (but incorrect) opinion, much appreciated :wink:
All comments (76)
polarbaba
24 Oct 161#1
brilliant app... great catch!
harveyman
24 Oct 162#2
Good app, but can at times cause an overlay on the screen which can stop them from installing etc.
zajczex to harveyman
25 Oct 16#41
thats why you root yoyr phone and use cf lumen instead, it works as f.lux for pc and doesnt interfere with functionality of your system at all. Twilight is just red overlay...
joedb to harveyman
25 Oct 16#46
Is there any way around this? very annoying having to pause it to install new apps!!
harveyman
24 Oct 161#3
Stop apps from installing and working I meant
oUkTuRkEyIII to harveyman
24 Oct 16#4
Oh i bought it the last time it was on sale and haven't had any problems
patcho to harveyman
25 Oct 16#31
Only side loaded apps, all you have to do is stop it for a few seconds.
tony863
24 Oct 1633#5
it's a sad world when we have to consider using apps like this to ensure our kids get a good night's sleep. I'm in support of this kind of thing and I'm voting hot....but I remember reading my kids bedtime stories instead of allowing themselves to become fixated on a 10" screen :disappointed:
fr33radicalls to tony863
24 Oct 16#20
I agree,chill out, relax and get them to read to ready them for sleep, but I think if they or I use something like this on the tablet or pc before bedtime it will probably help, I use f.lux on the pc and I don't use the pc at night without it on.
Roger_Irrelevant to tony863
25 Oct 162#26
Our little one (just turned two) loves his books and happily e.g. turns pages and will start singing nursery rhymes according to what's on that page.
Too many parents these days just stick YouTube on a phone or tablet in front of their kids and wonder why they get the "zombie stare".. :smirk:
benjammin316 to tony863
25 Oct 16#54
welcome to the future grandpa.
nomisco to tony863
25 Oct 16#62
Fortunately there are still those of us who do read bedtime stories, but I'm otherwise much in agreement with you.
logges
24 Oct 16#6
awesome app!!!! Can also link with Philips hue lighting
JimBobJr
24 Oct 16#7
Not saying this isn't a good deal, but isn't this feature built into Android nowadays?
Coth to JimBobJr
24 Oct 16#8
Not sure. I have marshmallow on my s7 edge. I don't know of any settings that allow this. Nougat might though, unless I'm havering.
dheydl to JimBobJr
25 Oct 16#51
It is built into iOS but something like f.lux for Android requires rooting to install, so this might be a decent alternative for not much money.
JimBobJr
24 Oct 161#9
MIUI on my Redmi note 2 had it, so does the custom Cyanogenmod for it, so i just assumed it was widespread in Android.
I guess not
Graham1979
24 Oct 1626#10
Are your kids hyperactive when playing with the tablet before bed time?
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Opening post
Are you using your smart phone or tablet in the late evening? Twilight may be a solution for you!
Recent research suggests that exposure to blue light before sleep may distort your natural (circadian) rhythm and cause inability to fall asleep.
The cause is the photoreceptor in your eyes, called Melanopsin. This receptor is sensitive to a narrow band of blue light in the 460-480nm range which may suppress Melatonin production - a hormone responsible for your healthy sleep-wake cycles.
In experimental scientific studies it has been shown an average person reading on a tablet or smart phone for a couple of hours before bed time may find their sleep delayed by about an hour.
The Twilight app makes your device screen adapt to the time of the day. It filters the blue spectrum on your phone or tablet after sunset and protects your eyes with a soft and pleasant red filter. The filter intensity is smoothly adjusted to the sun cycle based on your local sunset and sunrise times.
PRO features
- more than 2 predefined profiles
- adjustable transition time
- option to turn off Twilight service altogether during inactive times
- new features will often first appear as PRO
Thank you very much for your intention to support our development. This is a pro application for the Twilight app. Please install on top, do not uninstall Twilight first.
Top comments
Then you just failed as a parent!
You are free and easy with the sweeping statements and judgements about complete strangers. Thanks for your valuable (but incorrect) opinion, much appreciated :wink:
All comments (76)
Too many parents these days just stick YouTube on a phone or tablet in front of their kids and wonder why they get the "zombie stare".. :smirk:
I guess not
Then you just failed as a parent!