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Dark Reader vs Dark Mode

Side-by-side comparison of two popular Chrome extensions

⭐ Higher Rated
Dark Reader

Dark Reader

Dark Reader Chrome extension enables you to turn your favorite websites into dark mode. This extension protects your eyes from late-night internet surfing. Dark Reader extension transforms bright colors so that you can easily read them at night. This extension lets you customize the contrast, sepia filter and the dark mode.

★ 4.5
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Dark Mode

Dark Mode

The dark mode is a chrome extension that allows you to change the theme of the website you use. With one toggle button, you change the light theme into the dark. This extension also allows you to customize the dark theme into one of the many options available.

★ 4.0
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Side-by-Side Comparison

Metric
Dark Reader
Dark Mode
Rating
4.5 / 5
4.0 / 5
# Ratings
9580
1598
Users
7.0M+
2.0M+
Version
4.9.45
0.4.2
Size
573KiB
263KiB
Category
Accessibility
Productivity
Permissions
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Which Should You Choose?

Dark Reader is the stronger pick — higher rated, more reviewed, and built with color-transformation technology rather than a simple toggle.

Dark Reader rates 4.5 stars across 9,580 reviews, compared to Dark Mode's 4.0 stars across 1,598 reviews. The two also work differently: Dark Reader uses intelligent color transformation to produce high-contrast, eye-calming dark themes with adjustable contrast and sepia filters, while Dark Mode offers a simpler one-toggle switch between light and dark with a smaller set of customizable color classes. For broader website compatibility and finer control, Dark Reader is the more capable of the two.

About Dark Reader

Dark Reader Chrome extension enables you to turn your favorite websites into dark mode. This extension protects your eyes from late-night internet surfing. Dark Reader extension transforms bright colors so that you can easily read them at night. This extension lets you customize the contrast, sepia filter and the dark mode.

This extension is different from other dark mode extensions. It does more than inverting the colors of websites. This extension uses intelligent technology to transform bright and blinding web pages into dark, eye-calming, high contrast, dark-themed pages.  Dark Reader is the most popular and well-known dark extension for Firefox and Chrome. It is compatible with almost all websites. It can transform intense colors on websites into soft, making it easier to read at night. You can adjust the brightness and the sepia filters. It is free to use, which is the best thing about it.  Key Features of Dark Reader Chrome extension 
  • Easy user interface 
  • Simple to use  
  • Enable dark mode in one click 
  • Easy to adjust brightness & contrast  
 
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About Dark Mode

The dark mode is a chrome extension that allows you to change the theme of the website you use. With one toggle button, you change the light theme into the dark. This extension also allows you to customize the dark theme into one of the many options available.

The dark mode is a chrome extension used to toggle between light and dark themes for the web pages. With this extension, you can change the theme from light to dark and dark to light countless times. You can also customize the colors in the dark theme with 2 classes of colors available with this extension. You also have custom colors feature in this extension where the colors can be added to the particular dark mode. You can add websites to the whitelist, those which will have light mode always and cannot be changed with the toggle button. This whitelist can be edited at any time. Some key features of this extension are
  • The toggle button, the icon appears on the extension bar in the form of a toggle button which enables you to switch between the modes
  • Whitelist, where you can add websites in this list where the light mode is fixed and cannot be toggled between.
  • This list can be edited any number of times. To add the websites type the website name with a .com at the end. To add a few other websites to that list separate them with a comma (,)
  • The custom dark theme enables you to custom colors to add to the dark mode
  • This extension is available for google chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera browsers
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