Since I started using an external monitor on my new Macbook Pro, I've wanted a way to turn the second screen's brightness down wihtout having to use the physical buttons on it. There are a lot of other apps which try to accomplish this, but they all fail misereably, mostly becuase they are less focused. Instead of trying to be the "Almighty" anything and everything utility app, this MonitorControl Lite app just has the one function, and it does that nearly perfectly. It has enough settings that I can customize it to my prefrences (having the bars show percentages, using overlay instead of gamma dimming, letting me dim the external instead of both at the same time, though it is an option). To be fair, I've only been using this tool for an hour, but I am so glad that I finally found something that works the way I wanted it to that I had to get this review out. As I mentioned, it is nearly perfect. The only drawback that I can find is there is no tip jar for me to buy the Dev some coffee. 5/5 stars

This elegant app solved my problems adjusting brighness on my new otherwise very nice Dell external monitor. Dell's somewhat clunky control app isn't even available for Mac OS with this model of monitor. Without Monitor Control Lite, I'd have to use the horrible awkward hardware buttons each time throughout the day when I want to adjust my monitor's brightness. Thanks MC Team! I just donated on their Open Collective page and encourage anyone else whose live has been made easier by this brilliant app to donate as well.

I have a Apple Cinema Display 27" and it is a great monitor. Love it and used it witjh my MacBooks for years. Just recently updated to a MacBook Pro M1 Pro, and I managed to get it to work with this MacBook using a dock. After MacOS Monteray Apple disabled controlling brightness on the Apple Cinema Displays via the keyboard, I could no longer control the brightness as it was always set to 100%. Well with some searching found this app. It works great and solved my issue. Thank you Istvan Toth for creating this App. Much appreciated.

My LG monitor is supposedly “compatible” with a preexisting first party app which hasn’t been updated in years and doesn’t even do the basic function of adjusting brightness. This app gives me the freedom to do that without clicking through extra different settings windows and also creates functional keyboard shortcuts. Well done, thank you.