Adjust Laptop Brightness

Adjust Laptop Brightness is a very simple application that helps users seamlessly tweak the brightness level of their laptops. Contrary to what its name implies, the tool works for desktop computers as well.

The installation procedure takes little time to finish. The interface consists of a small, vertical frame with a slider that you can move to increase and decrease brightness instantly.

At startup, Adjust Laptop Brightness creates an icon in the system tray area, whose context menu contains several program options (also available in the frame's right-click menu).

You can restore brightness to default level, select the minimum or maximum value, hide the slider, as well as turn off the monitor.

Double-clicking the app's icon in the slider brings up an "Options" panel where you can set Adjust Laptop Brightness to calibrate monitor brightness on system startup, always show the slider in the center of the screen, fade the slider after specific time (defined by the user), and so on.

The app works well and does not put a strain on PC performance, since it uses minimum CPU and RAM. However, the lowest brightness level recorded by Adjust Laptop Brightness is the monitor's current one, thus forcing the user to fiddle with the monitor buttons to lower it beyond that level.

On top of that, the installer creates an additional link on the desktop that directs users to the developer's website, without giving any warning beforehand (let alone integrate an option for dismissing it from setup). The presented features do not justify Adjust Laptop Brightness's high pricing.