Umbrella vs Lighting Check
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Umbrella
Enhance your browsing experience by blocking ads, saving battery life, and reducing data consumption. Simply enable the content blocker in your device settings for a faster, more comfortable online experience.
- Ad blocking
- Faster browsing
- Battery saving
- Data consumption reduction
- Content blocker activation
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Umbrella is the simple, powerful ad blocker for Safari. Browse faster, save battery, and use less data โ automatically, on every website you visit. Turn it on once and forget it. No accounts, no sign-up, no clutter. WHY UMBRELLA โข Browse faster โ pages load quicker without heavy ads and trackers โข Save battery โ less to download and render means more screen time โข Use less data โ stop ads from eating up your mobile plan โข Protect your privacy โ block trackers that follow you around the web โข Cleaner pages โ say goodbye to pop-ups, banners, and distractions POWERFUL BLOCKING Umbrella blocks over 150,000 ad, tracker, and annoyance rules โ one of the largest blocklists available on iOS. CHOOSE WHAT TO BLOCK โข Ads โข Trackers โข Social widgets โข Annoyances (cookie notices, pop-ups, banners) Add your own custom rules, or subscribe to remote filter lists. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Umbrella works entirely on your device. It never sees the pages you visit, never collects your data, and never sends anything to a server. HOW TO START 1. Open the app and turn Umbrella on 2. Go to Settings โบ Safari โบ Extensions and enable Umbrella 3. Done โ enjoy a faster, cleaner web Goodbye old habits. Surf comfortably without having to think about anything. Download Umbrella and take back your browsing.
Lighting Check
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Having correct light intensity in a cattle is very crucial in maximising the financial gain. This app measures this using the light sensors in the camera of phone. Lighting Check app provides a set of standards for various locations in a cattle farm, to help the farmer have a better understanding that on each location how the lighting of the area is close to standard or not. The accuracy of this app is in direct relation with the quality of the camera of your phone. Thus, newer iPhones could provide more accurate reading of the lighting intensity. In order to maximise the quality of the output, this app only uses the camera of the back of your iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lighting Check at Free against Umbrella's $1.99. Lighting Check also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 24 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Lighting Check is free to download; Umbrella costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Umbrella ships an update every 24 months, Lighting Check every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Umbrella | Lighting Check |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free โ better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 5 months โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Tini | Hassan Chizari |
In-app purchases
Umbrella
No in-app purchases
Lighting Check
No in-app purchases
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