It has been concluded from multiple types of research conducted across the globe that an average smartphone user uses 3-4 hours of surfing per day. Now that’s almost close to half the amount of our sleep time. We hardly wonder where times fly while browsing through the small screens, thanks to the numerous social media biggies.
Usually, while using the screens, or maybe at the end of the day, we do sometimes complain of eye stress. This is primarily due to the blue light being radiated from those mini-screens. The wavelength of this blue light is similar to the sunlight at noon!!!
What is Blue Light and how it affects our eyes
It’s part of a natural light spectrum, which disturbs the circadian rhythm and causes eye stress, headache, migraine, sleeplessness, and prolonged vision issues. According to the research, exposure to blue light results in serious threats to overall eye health and suppresses the secretion of melatonin, a hormone that influences circadian rhythms.
Harmful effects of using a smartphone without blue light filter are:
- Eye strain, tired eyes and bad eye health
- Headaches and migraine pain
- Insomnia sleeplessness
- Lack of quality sleep
High-end devices from Samsung have started including a dedicated feature called Blue light filter. Don’t worry in case your phone doesn’t have this feature. Numerous apps from Google Play Store can help you out in blocking those harmful rays. Once the blue light filter is applied the screen turns to a warmer, yellowish color, which reduces the negative impact of screens rays and thus helps in improving the sleep quality.
Top 5 Blue Light Filter apps for Android
1. Blue Light Filter – Night Mode, Eye Care by Leap Fitness Group (4.7*) : 10M+ Downloads
- Reduce blue light
- Adjustable filter intensity
- Save power
- Very easy to use
- Built-in screen dimmer
- Eye protector from screen light
2. Bluelight Filter for Eye Care by Hardy-infinity (3.3*): 10M+ Downloads
- Free Screen Filter App to Protect Your Eyes
- Screen Filter with Natural Color
- Easy Operation
- Turn On or Off Quickly and Easily
- Startup Automatically
3. Twilight: Blue light filter by Urbandroid Team (4.6*): 5M+ Downloads
- Makes your device screen adapt to the time of the day
- Filters the flux of blue light
- Based on your local sunset and sunrise times
- Backlight control
- Smartlight
4. Blue Light Filter – Screen Dimmer for Eye Care by Health Group: Fitness, Eyes Protect, Drink Water.(4.5*) 5 M+ Downloads
- Relieve eye fatigue with warmlight and gentle nightlight
- Filtering harmful blue light
- New eye care module: Fatigue test, vision test & eye exercises
- Keep good eyes protecting habits with the daily health report
- Choose your color for 24 hours’ eyecare
- Fully compatible with smartphones, tablets, laptops and LED screens
5. Blue Light Filter & Night Mode – Night Shift by Ascendik (4.8*): 1M+ Downloads
- Pre-made blue light filters with Saving and Editing
- Dimming below system minimum
- Temperature customization
- Color and RGB customization
- Automatic filter schedule
- Reduce power usage
Apps for blue light draw over other apps ..and can steal passwords ..so which is safe?