Flashlight. vs Flashlight & Watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashlight.
Illuminate your surroundings with a powerful white light or explore a vibrant world of customizable special effects. Beyond a basic flashlight, this app offers unique visual experiences like magnifying lenses, personalized candy hearts, fireworks, and festive holiday themes.
- Powerful white LED light
- Strobe light modes
- Customizable color effects
- Special visual effects (fireworks, hearts, etc.)
- Adjustable effect speed
- Full white screen option
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Flashlight goes way beyond the standard white light that it provides into a world you can illuminate with special effects that you customize. Effects include magnifying lens, candy hearts that you can personalize, fireworks, festive holiday lights, Halloween ghosts and goblins, photos, and more. The potentially life-saving white light this app provides is a must, but the colorful world you can also create with it is even better! PLEASE NOTE: Continued use of the LED flash may dramatically decrease battery life. Features: - Use LED light on iPhone 4, including as a strobe light - Full white screen - Open to the effect of your choice - Custom color (defaults to Bondi Blue) - Slide/flick up and down to dim the screen - Slide with two fingers to change the speed of effects - Customize every screen and colors - Strobe light modes: Strobe, Trippy, Deep Trippy, Abyss Trippy, S.O.S., Smooth, 2-Color, 6-Color, Yin-Yang, Chasers, Holiday Lights, Hearts, Hexy, Stars&Stripes, and Halloween.
Flashlight & Watch
Easily control your device's flashlight and access time, day, and date information. Receive hourly messages to help organize your day and improve your experience. Play music directly from your library.
- Easy flashlight control
- Music playback from library
- Time, day, and date display
- Hourly organizational messages
- iPad and iPhone support
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Control iPhone & iPad flashlight easily & quickly Play music from your library Get time, day & date The app displays messages every hour to help you organize your day and to make your day better
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flashlight & Watch at 4.1 against Flashlight.'s 2.8. Flashlight & Watch also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.1). Flashlight.'s advantage is ratings volume (267 vs 17). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flashlight & Watch holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flashlight. has 267 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and July 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashlight. | Flashlight & Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (267 ratings) | 4.1 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 267 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apps From Outer Space, LLC | Tamer Elsharqawy |
Customer experience
Flashlight.
Flashlight & Watch
Bugs and requests
Flashlight.
Reported bugs
3 issues- Flashlight function not working after latest update
- Screen brightness not reverting to original setting
- Frequent crashes when trying to access settings
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to override device brightness settings
- Strobe light mode with adjustable speed
- Lock screen function to prevent accidental changes
Flashlight & Watch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flashlight.
No in-app purchases
Flashlight & Watch
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Flashlight. free?
Is Flashlight & Watch free?
Which has better reviews, Flashlight. or Flashlight & Watch?
Do Flashlight. or Flashlight & Watch have ads?
Which is updated more often, Flashlight. or Flashlight & Watch?
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