Comparison

Screen Light Color vs 8 Queens Performance

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Adjustable color panel
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Photography lighting
  • Tracing and animation lightbox
  • Color matching reference
  • Night light functionality
  • External display control
Features
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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.

About

8 Queens Performance

This app measures your mobile device's CPU performance by solving the classic Eight Queens chess puzzle. It calculates the time taken to find all 92 solutions on an 8x8 chessboard, providing a benchmark for your phone's speed.

Highlights
  • CPU performance metering
  • Eight Queens chess problem solver
  • Measures time to find 92 solutions
  • Visual CPU performance indicator
  • Benchmark for mobile speed
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Eight Queens Performance Benchmark Test And Meter App is a Visual CPU Performance App. You can meter your smart mobile phone's speed with the Eight Queens Chess Problem solving. The App finds the 92 solutions from the 16 million variations where the eight queens don't attack each other on the 8x8 chess board. Finding the 92 right solutions with an up-to-date decent smart mobile phone lasts less than a half minute.

Screenshots

Screen Light Color4 screens
8 Queens Performance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 8 Queens Performance at none against Screen Light Color's 2. 8 Queens Performance also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Screen Light Color's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (498 vs 14). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Screen Light Color sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 8 Queens Performance asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Screen Light Color against 4.4 for 8 Queens Performance. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Screen Light Color has 498 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Screen Light Color's written reviews are positive against 100% of 8 Queens Performance's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screen Light Color ships an update every 5 weeks, 8 Queens Performance weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Screen Light Color versus 8 Queens Performance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen Light Color8 Queens Performance
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (498 ratings) — better4.4 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews89.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings498 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian Li Sui FongLaszlo Polszter

Customer experience

Screen Light Color

All ratings485 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive89.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.5%

8 Queens Performance

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

8 Queens Performance

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Screen Light Color

One-time2
  • Tip Jar$3.99
  • Unlock Extra Features$3.99
None

8 Queens Performance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Screen Light Color free?
Screen Light Color is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 8 Queens Performance free?
8 Queens Performance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Screen Light Color or 8 Queens Performance?
Screen Light Color is rated higher. Screen Light Color averages 4.5 out of 5 from 498 ratings, while 8 Queens Performance averages 4.4 from 14 ratings.
Do Screen Light Color or 8 Queens Performance have ads?
8 Queens Performance shows ads; Screen Light Color does not.
Which is updated more often, Screen Light Color or 8 Queens Performance?
Screen Light Color ships an update every 5 weeks, and 8 Queens Performance weekly. Most recently, Screen Light Color was updated on November 11, 2026 and 8 Queens Performance on November 3, 2026.

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