Comparison

bClk vs Color Light

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

Head to head
About

bClk

This customizable night clock offers a vibrant color palette and adjustable brightness, perfect for use in low-light conditions. It includes features like displaying a second time zone and a unique swipe gesture for flashlight functionality. The app is designed to stay on while plugged in, with intelligent power management when unplugged.

Highlights
  • Customizable colors and brightness
  • 12/24 hour format with PM indicator
  • Display of a second time zone
  • Swipe gesture for flashlight mode
  • Orientation-dependent controls
  • Auto-lock management for continuous display
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Night clock. Choice of 12 or 24 hr format. 12hr format has an extra "." to denote pm hours. Whole rainbow of color choices and variable brightnesses. Guide button leads you to separate page (and disappears after 3 seconds if not tapped). Set color/brightness by tapping on digits so you are less likely to change something while just handling the clock in the dark. Be sure to plug in because it does draw power. Single tap: change brightness. Double tap: change digit color. Swipe the digits to change background color to bright red to use as a night flashlight. Swipe digits again to get back to black blackground (and old brightness). Both brightness change and color change are orientation-dependent. Single tap in Portrait mode increases brightness, in Landscape decreases brightness. Similarly, double-tap in Portrait cycles one way and reverses if in Landscape. Display another time zone: If you are living in Maui but your officemates are all in Chicago and you want to keep track of what time it is there. Digits are italic if the time zone is enabled. AutoLock is turned off in the app so the clock continues to display during the night but with v1.80 and up if the phone is unplugged or power is lost then the display will turn off after the number of minutes set in the AutoLock feature. If AutoLock is set to never then the display will stay on but at the lowest power consumption setting. A 1/2 full battery icon is displayed if battery is being drained (see screenshot for largest iPhone).

About

Color Light

This app provides a versatile lighting tool for photography, allowing users to adjust hue, saturation, and brightness. It offers various fill light types including square, gradient, and customizable shapes to enhance photos.

Highlights
  • Adjustable hue, saturation, and brightness
  • Square fill light
  • Gradient fill light presets
  • Customizable shape lighting
  • Immediate lighting results
Features
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Light is critical to normal photography. However, the most uncontrollable factor is the control of light, and if you want to shoot good-looking works, Light Art is a must-have application for us. Light Art allows you to easily adjust Hue, Saturation, and Brightness to help you light up quickly with immediate results. Fill Light Types Selection: -Square With any brightness and saturation, a variety of light perceptions can be achieved. -Gradient Preset popular purple light, white light, warm light and other colors. -Shape Customize and combine multiple colors to create neon lighting patterns. Subscription Plans: Monthly Subscription: $9.99 / month with 3-day free trial. Subscription will automatically renew 24 hours prior to the end of each term (month or year correspondingly) and your card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time in your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for any unused period of the term. Terms Of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/lightart-terms-of-use/home Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/lightart-privacy-policy/home

Screenshots

bClk4 screens
Color Light3 screens

Verdict

The call

bClk and Color Light both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of bClk's written reviews are positive against 25% of Color Light's. bClk also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Color Light's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (328 vs 4). On rating, update cadence, 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

Color Light is free to download; bClk costs $0.99 up front. Color Light sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. bClk asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for bClk against 4.0 for Color Light. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Light has 328 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of bClk's written reviews are positive against 25% of Color Light's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

bClk ships an update monthly, Color Light every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
bClk versus Color Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbClkColor Light
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.0 (328 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4328 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.210.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSean Brennan林月 张

Customer experience

bClk

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Color Light

All ratings328 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative21.6%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Bugs and requests

bClk

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Color Light

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App doesn't work after payment
  • Flashlight doesn't work, only screen

Requested features

2 requests
  • Allow trying paid features before purchase
  • More free effects

In-app purchases

None

bClk

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Color Light

Subscriptions3
  • Light Art Week$2.997 Days
  • Light Art Pro Month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Light Art Pro Month$9.991 Month

Questions

Is bClk free?
bClk costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Color Light free?
Color Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, bClk or Color Light?
bClk and Color Light are both rated 4.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 328 ratings respectively.
Do bClk or Color Light have ads?
Neither bClk nor Color Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, bClk or Color Light?
bClk ships an update monthly, and Color Light every 3 weeks. Most recently, bClk was updated on June 7, 2026 and Color Light on September 24, 2026.

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