Turn Off the Lights for Safari vs Text Replace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Turn Off the Lights for Safari
This extension dims your web browser to focus on videos, creating a cinematic viewing experience. It offers extensive customization for video playback, eye protection, and visual effects, enhancing online content consumption.
- Dims web pages to focus on videos
- Supports multiple video sites
- Customizable YouTube playback settings
- Eye protection for nighttime browsing
- Atmosphere lighting effects
- Video filters and audio visualization
- Night Mode for YouTube
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Immerse yourself in a cinematic atmosphere while watching videos online with Turn Off the Lights. This powerful browser extension dims everything on the web page except for the video you are watching, bringing your focus to the content that matters most. Turn Off the Lights browser extension has also been featured on several popular websites, including Lifehacker, CNET, ZDNet, BuzzFeed, and PC World. With its growing popularity and positive feedback, it is no surprise that the Turn Off the Lights browser extension has become one of the most popular and trusted browser extensions in the market. Please share your feedback, suggestions, and thoughts with us https://www.turnoffthelights.com/support Browser extension features: ◆ Turn the lights back on by clicking on the black layer ◆ Supports multiple video sites: YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Twitch, and more ◆ Customize your YouTube experience: - Auto HD: Set videos to play in HD automatically, with options ranging from highres > 8K > 5K > 4K > 1080p > 720p > 480p > 360p > 240p > 144p > default - Auto Wide: Automatically plays videos in the widest mode - 60 FPS Block: Disable YouTube 60 FPS for Auto HD 30 FPS video quality ◆ Easter Eggs: Shortcut key: T -> Experience a real movie theater feeling ◆ Darken the screen when the user clicks on the play button ◆ Toggle fade in and fade out effects ◆ Customize colors ◆ Enable Multimedia Detection ◆ Display Dimness Level Bar ◆ Eye Protection for nighttime browsing, with a whitelist/blacklist filter ◆ Atmosphere lighting to create a glow around the video player ◆ Show the dark layer on top of the window ◆ Shortcut Keys: Ctrl + Shift + L: Toggle the lights Alt + F8: Restore default opacity value Alt + F9: Save current opacity value Alt + F10: Enable/disable the Eye Protection feature Alt + (Arrow Up): Increase opacity Alt + (Arrow Down): Decrease opacity Alt + *: Toggle lights on all open tabs ◆ Mouse Wheel Volume Control for each HTML5 video player ◆ Apply filters to the current HTML5 video player (grayscale, sepia, invert, contrast, saturate, hue rotation, brightness) ◆ Audio Visualization effect on top of the current HTML5 video (Blocks, Frequency, and Music Tunnel) ◆ Loop the current HTML5 video player ◆ Night Mode switch to toggle YouTube in black or white theme, with whitelist/blacklist filter - Timestamp: Activate Night Mode within the chosen time - Blackout: Dim web page and activate Night Mode ◆ Stop YouTube and HTML5 videos from automatically playing ◆ And more… Do not forget to Like & Follow Us: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/turnoffthelight X https://www.x.com/TurnOfftheLight Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/turnoffthelight Instagram https://www.instagram.com/turnoffthelights YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@turnoffthelights Project Information: https://www.turnoffthelights.com/browser Note: YouTube is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.
Text Replace
This tool allows you to edit text directly on any webpage, making content dynamic and editable in real-time. It enables you to modify website text instantly, transforming static pages into interactive experiences.
- Replace text anywhere on a website
- Web Edit Mode for direct text editing
- Make webpages editable
- Real-time content modification
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Feature: 1. Replace Text Anywhere on the Website 2. 「Web Edit Mode」: Make Webpage Editable and Edit Text Directly
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Text Replace at 100% against Turn Off the Lights for Safari's 55%. Text Replace also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Turn Off the Lights for Safari's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (57 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Turn Off the Lights for Safari holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Turn Off the Lights for Safari has 57 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of Turn Off the Lights for Safari's written reviews are positive against 100% of Text Replace's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Turn Off the Lights for Safari ships an update every 3 weeks, Text Replace every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Turn Off the Lights for Safari | Text Replace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (57 ratings) — better | 3.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Van Damme | 柯铃 靖 |
Customer experience
Turn Off the Lights for Safari
Text Replace
Bugs and requests
Turn Off the Lights for Safari
Reported bugs
3 issues- Breaks Safari extensions
- Crashes/freezes browser
- Doesn't work on certain devices/OS versions
Requested features
3 requests- Easier access to dark mode settings
- Whitelist/blacklist for sites
- Improved performance/stability
Text Replace
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Turn Off the Lights for Safari
No in-app purchases
Text Replace
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Turn Off the Lights for Safari free?
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