HazeOver alternative for Mac
HazeOver proved that dimming background windows works. Ombrelle keeps that focus behavior and adds the controls a modern Mac dimmer should have: blur, tint, app exclusions, display exclusions, presets, and a softer visual feel.
Try Ombrelle for a weekNo card. No account. If it does not feel better than your current setup, delete it.
Why switch
If you use HazeOver, you already believe in the idea: one bright front window, everything else quieter.
The issue is not the concept. It is that HazeOver has not evolved much around modern multi-display, app-specific, and visual customization workflows.
Ombrelle is the same category, rebuilt with more softness and more control.
Feature differences
Background windows can blur, tint, warm up, or take on a glass color instead of only getting darker.
Exclude apps, exclude displays, or keep a reference screen untouched while the rest of your Mac dims.
Focus, Flow, and Evening give you ready-made dimming setups without tuning one slider at a time.
If you want a HazeOver alternative with app exclusions, display controls, custom effects, and presets, try Ombrelle next to it for a normal work session.
Try it
Install Ombrelle, turn it on, and work for an hour. If your Mac feels calmer, you have your answer.
Try Ombrelle free$11.99 once after the trial
For many HazeOver users, yes. Ombrelle dims inactive windows like HazeOver, but adds blur, tint, app exclusions, display exclusions, and focus presets.
No. Ombrelle is a $11.99 one-time purchase. The value is a more modern and customizable Mac window dimmer, not the lowest possible price.
No, Ombrelle is macOS-only, same as HazeOver.
Yes. Ombrelle is free to try for a week, no account required and no card up front.
When the trial ends, it just ends.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later