Colorbolt vs Screen Light Color
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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. THREE 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. 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. No ads. No in-app purchases.
Screen Light Color
Transform your device's screen into a customizable light panel without distractions. Easily adjust to any color for various uses, from photography to tracing and mood lighting. Unlock advanced features like precise color temperature control and external display mirroring through in-app purchases.
- Adjustable color panel
- Distraction-free interface
- Photography lighting
- Tracing and animation lightbox
- Color matching reference
- Night light functionality
- External display control
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a clean, full-screen color light. Pick any color, adjust the brightness, then hide the controls so the display becomes the light — with nothing else in the way. Screen Light Color is useful as: → A studio light for accent or soft fill lighting → A lightbox / light table for tracing, drawing, animation, film negatives, radiographs, and more → A color reference and matching tool → A night light or screen flashlight → A red light for stargazing, night walks, or darkroom use → A beacon, visual signal, or mood light Made to stay out of your way: → Open colors from Home Screen widgets or Control Center → Use Siri and Shortcuts to open the app and set colors → Use Split View and multiple windows on iPad, each with its own color → Temporarily disable touch to prevent accidental taps or palm input → Use custom in-app screen brightness without changing your device brightness elsewhere → Navigate the app with VoiceOver Want more control? An optional in-app purchase unlocks: → Precision white-balance controls for warmer or cooler light, including magenta/green tint → Hue, saturation, brightness, RGB, and HEX controls → Saving as many custom color swatches as you want → Sync saved colors across your devices with iCloud → External-display support, so you can turn a TV or connected display into a larger light panel using AirPlay or a cable Simple when you want it. Precise when you need it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Screen Light Color at Free against Colorbolt's $0.99. Screen Light Color also leads on ratings volume (496 vs 12). Colorbolt's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Screen Light Color is free to download; Colorbolt costs $0.99 up front. Colorbolt sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Screen Light Color sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Colorbolt holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Screen Light Color has 496 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Colorbolt's written reviews are positive against 90% of Screen Light Color's.
Colorbolt ships an update fortnightly, Screen Light Color every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Colorbolt | Screen Light Color |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better | 4.5 (496 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 89.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 496 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Air Pie LLC | Brian Li Sui Fong |
Customer experience
Colorbolt
Screen Light Color
Bugs and requests
Colorbolt
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Screen Light Color
Reported bugs
2 issues- Paid features not functioning as advertised
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to show multiple colors at once
- Random color generator slideshow option
- Support for Split View on iPad
- Option to add the app to Control Center
In-app purchases
Colorbolt
- Leave a Tip$0.99
- Colorbolt Illuminated$2.99
Screen Light Color
- Tip Jar$3.99
- Unlock Extra Features$3.99
Questions
Is Colorbolt free?
Is Screen Light Color free?
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Do Colorbolt or Screen Light Color have ads?
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