Dark Reader for Safari

4.4
iOSApp Store

What it actually doesDark Reader is a Safari extension that inverts website colors in real-time, converting light pages to dark mode. It works through dynamic style transformation but requires explicit enabling on each website and occasionally freezes.

65%Marketing ≈ reality50%Stability75%Live project

Actually does

  • Ad-free4% of reviews
  • Web app
  • Dark mode85% of reviews
  • Динамическая инверсия цветов в реальном времени65% of reviews
  • Sync across devices15% of reviews
  • Отключение расширения для отдельных сайтов35% of reviews

Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews

  • Регулировка яркости и контраста
  • Готовые цветовые схемы и кастомизация
  • Сепиа-тон для страниц
  • Автоматическое обнаружение уже тёмных сайтов
  • No telemetry

Common complaints

  • Frequent freezing and work disruptions15% of mentions

    «Hangs several times a day. Stops responding, starts applying style to all elements, configuration button stops working»

  • Mode doesn't work on some websites (requires manual activation)20% of mentions

    «Doesn't work on most sites, to make it work you need to set the sites theme to light»

  • High memory consumption on some websites8% of mentions

    «Reddit in dynamic mode takes up a lot of RAM. About 13 GB for my poor 8 GB model»

  • White flash when loading pages12% of mentions

    «page preload is white... Flashing white between pages»

  • Extension button occasionally not working12% of mentions

    «Very often the button on Safari doesn't work: I click it and nothing happens»

What people praise

  • Applies dark mode to all websites, not just built-in ones

    «Dynamic mode converts almost all pages to dark mode without bugs»

  • Convenient to work at night, eye protection

    «Now I can work at night without worrying about waking my wife with the white interface color of Jira»

  • Best extension in its class

    «this is the best of all extensions of this kind»

  • Integration with system dark mode

    «Now all great, we have auto-switch»

  • No ads and no user data collection

    «Dark Reader contains no ads and does not collect user data»

Where to install

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