8bit BIKE LIGHT vs FlashLight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
8bit BIKE LIGHT
Enhance your night cycling visibility with a unique pixel art safety light. Choose from 22 dot animations and enjoy a simple, ad-free experience that keeps your screen active.
- Pixel art safety light
- 22 unique dot animations
- Black & red graphics for visibility
- Simple to use
- Automatic sleep function disable
- Ad-free experience
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● This is the world's first safety light app using pixel art. ●Select from 22 unique dot animations. ●Black & red graphics improve visibility! ● The usage is so simple! ● The sleep function is automatically disabled. There is no worry about the screen disappearing during use. ● The app is completely free! There is no advertisement display (as of 2025). Don't worry about your ads appearing during use.
FlashLight
This app provides a bright and fast torch with customizable home screen widgets. It offers various lighting modes, including SOS and strobe, and allows you to change the screen color for mood lighting or as a reading light. It also includes features for using your iPhone's screen as a light source.
- Brightest and fastest flashlight
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Dynamic Island and Live Activity support
- iOS Control Centre and Lock Screen widgets
- Built-in SOS and blink signals
- Adjustable LED brightness
- Full screen color and gradient lighting
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A beautifully elegant designed torch that is the BRIGHTEST & FASTEST, simplest way to light up your room. No Ads. Make your home screen looks aesthetic with Flashlight Customisable widgets. Best Reading light and Mood Night. Choose any colour with our beautiful colour picker. Flashlight Features : • iOS 18 Control Centre Widget • Standby Flashlight Widget. • Dynamic island and live activity. • LockScreen Widget. • Brightest Flashlight instantly ON / OFF • New iOS 17 customisable Widget. • Apple Watch App to Control Flash. • Built-in SOS signal. • Built-in Flash Blink signal. • Strobe mode with different frequencies. • clean and simple modern interface. • control the LED brightness Also includes features for using your Bright iPhone Screen. • Animated Gradient Phone Screen • Full Screen White Light • Led Flash Light • Multiple Colour Full Screen Light, Use our colour picker to choose the best Colour your want for your iPhone Screen. • iPhone Strobe Screen with different frequency. • Support All device And much more. Now Install the FlashLight App and enjoy !!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 8bit BIKE LIGHT at none against FlashLight's 1. 8bit BIKE LIGHT also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). FlashLight's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 29 months) and ratings volume (358 vs 7). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. FlashLight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 8bit BIKE LIGHT asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for 8bit BIKE LIGHT against 4.3 for FlashLight. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FlashLight has 358 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of 8bit BIKE LIGHT's written reviews are positive against 82% of FlashLight's.
8bit BIKE LIGHT ships an update every 29 months, FlashLight monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 8bit BIKE LIGHT | FlashLight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 4.3 (358 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 82.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 358 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | naoki akisato | Amit Verma |
Customer experience
8bit BIKE LIGHT
FlashLight
Bugs and requests
8bit BIKE LIGHT
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
FlashLight
Reported bugs
2 issues- Light not working consistently
- Unresponsive controls in some cases
Requested features
3 requests- Add a timer function
- Allow changing light color in free version
- Keep the light on even when switching apps
In-app purchases
8bit BIKE LIGHT
No in-app purchases
FlashLight
- Torch Widget Pro$7.99
Questions
Is 8bit BIKE LIGHT free?
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