Comparison

Magnifier with Flashlight vs Hoist!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Magnifier with Flashlight

This app uses your phone's camera to magnify small text and details up to 16x. It includes a flashlight for low-light conditions and allows you to capture enhanced images. You can also use it as a mirror with the front camera.

Highlights
  • Up to 16x zoom
  • Built-in flashlight
  • Capture and save images
  • Front camera mirror
  • Image filters
  • Easy zoom bar
Features
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Magnifier is a simple and free tool that helps you see small text, numbers, fine details, and facial features using your iPhone’s front or rear camera. Easy-to-Use Zoom Bar Magnifier features a straightforward zoom bar—just drag to zoom in or out. Its intuitive design makes it one of the easiest magnifier apps to use, perfect for daily tasks that require clarity and precision. Built-in Flashlight Unlike many magnifying apps, Magnifier includes a flashlight that can be turned on or off with a single tap. This makes reading and magnifying easy even in low-light environments. Capture Images Use Magnifier as a zoom camera to quickly take photos. You can also apply stylish filters to enhance your images—great for sharing on social media. Magnifying Mirror Switch to the front camera to use Magnifier as a mirror. It's handy for applying makeup, checking your appearance, or experimenting with different looks. Key Features - Zoom up to 16x to read prescriptions, instructions, serial numbers, and other tiny details - Capture and save images to your camera roll with a single tap - Use the flashlight for better visibility in dark conditions - Turn your front camera into a magnifying mirror - Apply filters to enhance your view - Enjoy a clean experience with non-intrusive ads Whether you're dealing with vision difficulties or just need a simple and reliable magnifying tool, Magnifier is a smart and accessible choice. Download and use Magnifier.app for free. If you enjoy using Magnifier, your support means a lot to us.

About

Hoist!

Features
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Hoist turns a phone, an iPad or a watch into one thing, shown fullscreen, meant to be read by somebody else. A flag at a match. A name at an arrivals hall. A countdown on a shelf. A light at a concert. A candle in a window. Not a widget, not a notification — a screen you point outward and walk away from. What you can show Flags — 273 countries and territories, drawn as artwork, plus a designer for making your own: Nordic cross, horizontal stripes, vertical stripes, your colours. Flags move in the wind, and the wind is one setting for the whole app, from still to storm. Signs — large type on a solid ground, for a name, a room number, a word. Countdowns — to a moment or for a while, drawn four ways: digital, analogue, an hourglass, or a tank that drains. The last seconds flash so a room notices. Photographs — your own, filling the screen, with a chosen ground behind anything transparent. QR codes — a network, a link, a card, at a size that scans across a table. A candle — drawn, not filmed, and steady enough to sit in a window all evening. A light — a flat field of colour, a lighthouse whose beam sweeps round and floods the screen, or a flashing beacon. The torch can join in. On the wrist Everything except photographs reaches Apple Watch, at full brightness with nothing over it. Raise a flag from your wrist without taking the phone out. Without opening the app A Control Centre button, a Lock Screen Live Activity, and Shortcuts — so a display is one press away. Give an occasion a date and Hoist offers it when the day comes. Said plainly Hoist collects nothing. It has no network code at all — nothing to send, nowhere to send it. Flashing light is capped well below the rate that provokes photosensitive seizures, and anything faster asks first. Eleven languages: English, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch

Screenshots

Magnifier with Flashlight3 screens
Hoist!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hoist! at none against Magnifier with Flashlight's 1. Hoist! also leads on ads (none vs shown). Magnifier with Flashlight's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Magnifier with Flashlight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hoist! asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Magnifier with Flashlight versus Hoist!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagnifier with FlashlightHoist!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTevfik YucekMarkus Solberg

Bugs and requests

Magnifier with Flashlight

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Does not work on iPad 2
  • Shows a green screen on iPad 2

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to pay and eliminate ads
  • Buttons labeled to remember functionality

Hoist!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Magnifier with Flashlight

One-time1
  • Remove Magnifier Ads$3.99
None

Hoist!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magnifier with Flashlight free?
Magnifier with Flashlight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hoist! free?
Hoist! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Magnifier with Flashlight or Hoist! have ads?
Magnifier with Flashlight shows ads; Hoist! does not.

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