Lunar is a deep, powerful manager for external monitors — DDC control, presets, a lot of dials. If that's what you need, it's excellent. But if you're here to make your MacBook Pro's own XDR screen brighter and have it manage itself, Solis is the focused app for exactly that: full 1600-nit boost, eased automatically by battery, heat and the light around you — for $9.99 one-time instead of Lunar Pro's $23.
| Solis | Lunar Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Built-in XDR boost to 1600 nits | ✓ | ✓ |
| True-color boost (real backlight) | ✓ | gamma |
| Battery-aware auto | ✓ | ✕ |
| Thermal-aware auto | ✓ | ✕ |
| Adapts to light & learns your taste | ✓ | ~ |
| Warmth / blue-light & astronomy red | ✓ | ✕ |
| Focused, one-tap simple | ✓ | power tool |
| External-monitor DDC control | ✕ | ✓ |
| Price | $9.99 one-time | $23 |
You manage external monitors and want DDC brightness/volume/input control, deep customization, presets and automation across many displays. Lunar is the most powerful monitor toolkit on the Mac, and it's earned that reputation.
Your goal is simply "make my MacBook Pro's screen brighter, and don't make me babysit it." Solis drives the real backlight (color-true at every level, not a gamma trick), reaches the full 1600-nit peak, and manages the boost by battery, heat and ambient light on its own — plus warmth and night dim. One focused app, one tap, $9.99.
Honest note: Lunar and Solis solve overlapping but different problems — Lunar for external displays, Solis for the built-in XDR panel, managed automatically. If any detail here is out of date, email hello@heysolis.com.
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