Screen Light Color vs Screen Light App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Screen Light App
This utility app transforms your device's screen into a customizable light source. Adjust brightness and color to create the perfect ambiance for any situation. It offers a simple, ad-free experience.
- Customizable screen light
- Adjustable brightness
- Single color display
- Ad-free experience
- Intuitive controls
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ScreenLight is a simple app that lets you use your iPhone screen as a light. It displays a single color across the entire screen, with intuitive controls for brightness and color. There are no ads, and the app is completely free to use.
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Verdict
Screen Light Color and Screen Light App both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 90% of Screen Light Color's written reviews are positive against 67% of Screen Light App's. Screen Light Color also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (494 vs 31). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Screen Light Color sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Screen Light App sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Screen Light Color against 4.5 for Screen Light App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Screen Light Color has 494 ratings behind it against 31, 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 67% of Screen Light App's.
Screen Light Color ships an update every 5 weeks, Screen Light App every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Screen Light Color | Screen Light App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (494 ratings) | 4.5 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.6% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 494 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Li Sui Fong | Rikuto Kumada |
Customer experience
Screen Light Color
Screen Light App
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
Screen Light App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Screen Light Color
- Tip Jar$3.99
- Unlock Extra Features$3.99
Screen Light App
- Buy me a coffee$0.99
- Cake set$2.99
- Dinner$5.99
Questions
Is Screen Light Color free?
Is Screen Light App free?
Which has better reviews, Screen Light Color or Screen Light App?
Do Screen Light Color or Screen Light App have ads?
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