Widget Brightness vs Colorbolt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widget Brightness
Control your device's screen brightness directly from a widget. Quickly adjust brightness levels without opening the application, offering convenient access to screen settings.
- Adjust brightness from widget
- Direct brightness control
- URL scheme support
- Set specific brightness levels via URL
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This app can change the brightness simply in widget. You can directly change the brightness adjustment. URL scheme: Open app: widgetbrightness:// Open app and set brightness. widgetbrightness://update/0 widgetbrightness://update/25 widgetbrightness://update/50 widgetbrightness://update/75 widgetbrightness://update/100
Colorbolt
Adjust screen brightness and display custom colors with a simple swipe. This minimalist utility offers a distraction-free experience, providing hex and RGB values for chosen colors. It's designed for one-handed use and prevents screen locking or dimming.
- Brightness control by swiping anywhere
- Custom color selection with Hex/RGB values
- Distraction-free, no UI/settings
- One-handed operation
- Prevents screen locking and dimming
- Delightful haptic feedback
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Colorbolt turns your phone into a full-screen color Swiss Army Knife. Pick a color and swipe anywhere on the screen to control the actual brightness of your device. Use it as a fill light for photos, a mood lamp, a concert lighter, a nightlight, to sneak into bed without waking anyone, or just because it looks good. PREMADE PALETTES • 30 curated colors across three palettes — Basics, Vibes, and Moods. Useful, atmospheric, and very attractive. FOUR ONE-TAP MODES • Global Pulse — Every Colorbolt pulses once per second in perfect sync and shares the same slowly drifting color. No pairing or setup. Great for concerts and festivals. • Pulse — Your chosen color rises and falls on a steady once-per-second pulse. • Rainbow — A smooth, authored 12-second journey through the full color spectrum. • Candle — Irregular candlelight with visible brightness flicker and natural color movement between golden yellow and deep orange. CUSTOM COLORS • Color wheel — Drag to any hue and saturation. • Kelvin temperature slider — Dial in warm candlelight at 1800 K or crisp daylight at 6500 K. • RGB + HEX entry — Find values from the colors, or colors from the values. • Save your favorites — Build a personal library of colors you love and use. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Access fullscreen colors directly from your home screen — white, red, your last used color, or a shortcut straight to the color picker. Every palette, mode, and custom-color tool is ready from the first launch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Colorbolt at 100% against Widget Brightness's 10%. Colorbolt also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Widget Brightness's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Widget Brightness costs $1.99 and Colorbolt $0.99 up front. Colorbolt sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Widget Brightness asks for nothing beyond the download.
Colorbolt holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Widget Brightness's written reviews are positive against 100% of Colorbolt's.
Widget Brightness ships an update every 2 months, Colorbolt fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Brightness | Colorbolt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KENICHI IIDA | Air Pie LLC |
Customer experience
Widget Brightness
Colorbolt
In-app purchases
Widget Brightness
No in-app purchases
Colorbolt
- Leave a Tip$0.99
- Colorbolt Illuminated$2.99
Questions
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