Comparison

Colorbolt vs The Missing Brightness Widget

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

Head to head
About

Colorbolt

Transform your device into a versatile color tool. Adjust screen brightness with a swipe, use it as a fill light, mood lamp, or concert accessory. Offers curated palettes, custom color creation, and unique pulsing modes.

Highlights
  • Full-screen color adjustment
  • Brightness control via swipe
  • Premade color palettes
  • Custom color creation (color wheel, Kelvin, RGB/HEX)
  • Global Pulse and individual Pulse modes
  • Rainbow and Candle light modes
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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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.

About

The Missing Brightness Widget

Features
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Set your screen brightness in one tap, right from your Home Screen, Lock Screen or Control Center. iOS has no brightness widget. This app gives you one: five brightness presets and two action buttons (Dark Mode and Night Shift by default), always one tap away. HOW IT WORKS iOS doesn't let apps change brightness, Dark Mode or Night Shift by themselves. The Shortcuts app can, so this app comes with a free shortcut that does the work, then takes you back to your Home Screen. Setup takes 30 seconds and the app guides you through it. EVERYWHERE YOU NEED IT • Home Screen widgets in three sizes, with five layouts: brightness on the right, left, top, bottom, or on its own • StandBy, for a bedside dimmer • Lock Screen widgets with your favorite presets • Control Center controls, also usable on the Lock Screen and the Action button • Siri and Spotlight: "Dim the screen with Brightness Widget" MAKE IT YOURS • Choose the value of each of the five presets • Link the two round buttons to any shortcut of your own and pick their icon • Show or hide the values, and choose which side the brightness sits on • Works with the Clear and Tinted Home Screen GOOD TO KNOW Auto-Brightness can change the value again after a while. To keep your setting, turn it off in Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Auto-Brightness.

Screenshots

Colorbolt4 screens
The Missing Brightness Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Missing Brightness Widget at none against Colorbolt's 2. Colorbolt's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 10 months) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Colorbolt costs $0.99 and The Missing Brightness Widget $2.99 up front. Colorbolt sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. The Missing Brightness Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colorbolt ships an update fortnightly, The Missing Brightness Widget every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Colorbolt versus The Missing Brightness Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorboltThe Missing Brightness Widget
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAir Pie LLCweheartprojects.com

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Colorbolt

One-time2
  • Leave a Tip$0.99
  • Colorbolt Illuminated$2.99
None

The Missing Brightness Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colorbolt free?
Colorbolt costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is The Missing Brightness Widget free?
The Missing Brightness Widget costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Colorbolt or The Missing Brightness Widget have ads?
Neither Colorbolt nor The Missing Brightness Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Colorbolt or The Missing Brightness Widget?
Colorbolt ships an update fortnightly, and The Missing Brightness Widget every 10 months. Most recently, Colorbolt was updated on November 11, 2026 and The Missing Brightness Widget on November 9, 2026.

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