Our take
Pick Lunar if mac users who will stay on Free while they send a first DDC brightness to an external panel — then Lunar Pro at US$23 when they need Sync / Location / Clock beyond the trial, not BetterDisplay Pro US$21.99 first unless they want HiDPI / virtual screens / PIP, and not if they are not on macOS. Pick Stats if mac users who will stay on the MIT binary at $0 while they open a first Battery 80% popup — not a
Best for
Lunar Hardware brightness you start at a public $
Stats A menu-bar meter you start at a public $
Free plan
Lunar $0 · dDC / Apple Native / Manual (capped) / Gamma fallback / CLI / input switching
Stats $0 · mIT at exelban/stats. Menu-bar modules on macOS
Lowest paid
Lunar Lunar Pro $23
Stats Not published by the vendor
Watch out
Lunar macOS-only
Stats Menu-bar only
Last checked
Lunar 2026-10-23 · lunar.fyi
Stats 2026-10-23 · mac-stats.com
mac users who will stay on Free while they send a first DDC brightness to an external panel — then Lunar Pro at US$23 when they need Sync / Location / Clock beyond the trial, not BetterDisplay Pro US$21.99 first unless they want HiDPI / virtual screens / PIP, and not if they are not on macOS.
Read the Lunar pagemac users who will stay on the MIT binary at $0 while they open a first Battery 80% popup — not a remote dashboard first, and not Alfred Powerpack unless they need a launcher.
Read the Stats page
