Flashlight | Night Light vs ScreenZen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashlight | Night Light
This app provides multiple lighting solutions, including a bright LED flashlight, a customizable screen light, and a reading lamp with a sleep timer. It offers gesture controls for brightness and color adjustments, making it versatile for various situations.
- Bright LED flashlight
- Adjustable screen brightness
- Zoomable screen light
- Customizable color lighting
- Reading lamp mode
- Sleep timer
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The ultimate Flashlight, Night Light or Reading Lamp. It is free! It glows your Screen And Flashlight. It has a brightness control and a sleep timer! How many times do you have the situation that you need a flashlight on a dark way, something falls down or you just need a dimmed light to see and read? The flashlight App solves all these problems and is free of charge! You can use the flashlight and nApp in 3 different ways: ◉ BRIGHT FLASHLIGHT: Uses the flashlight of your iPhone. Simple activation through the flashlight symbol in the upper navigation bar. Change the brightness with the control. Just tap three times to turn the flashlight on and off. ◉ ZOOM FLASHLIGHT: The iPhone screen becomes a big white light cone. You can simply change the size of the light cone with two fingers. Adjust the flashlight to your optimal use. Flashlight in the dark, reading lamp, reference point. ◉ COLORED ZOOM FLASHLIGHT: Color selection between white, white-rose, white-blue, yellow, orange, green, red or a moon image. Simply select the preference button in the upper navigation bar or change the color at your iPhone settings. There you have the opportunity to change the light cone size as well, just with two fingers. ◉ READING LAMP: You can lock the screen to prevent accidental touches while reading a book. Furthermore we have integrated a sleep timer so you will never forget the time during reading. *** There is no other app, which combines so many features in a simple way. *** By gesture control you can select quickly a personal flashlight or reading lamp through zooming and sliding. *** Set different colors through the navigation bar. *** No registration required – all functions without limitation. We are looking forward to receive your comments, ideas and feedback to improve and enhance our flashlight App. THANK YOU in advance for your feedback to: flashlight@irtp.de. Enjoy the App! Kind regards, Your Flashlight application team! *** Please consider *** This App is ad supported. So please excuse the advertisement at your initial use. Maybe there will be something useful once in a while. Disclaimer: Continuous use of the iPhone camera flashlight may decrease battery life.
ScreenZen
This app offers multiple strategies to help you reduce screen time and control app usage. Features include delayed app opening, timed scrolling interruptions, and customizable app limits. It also provides options for strict blocking, settings protection, and encourages mindful breaks.
- Delayed app opening
- Scrolling interruption
- Set app goals and limits
- Configurable daily schedules
- Strict app blocking
- Screen time tracking for distracting apps
- Settings protection locks
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Multiple strategies to reduce your screentime 1. Delay before opening your app: A bit of time before choosing if you need to open your distracting app. You can have the wait time increase each time you open your app. 2. Interrupt your scrolling: Check your distracting apps for short periods of time so you don't get sucked in. 3. Set an app goal and optionally block when you reach your limit. 4. Configurable for different days of the week and time by app. 5. Messages like "Is this important" before opening your app. 6. See your screen time for only your distracting apps. Don't worry about Google Maps bloating up your time. 7. Strict block your apps: Either for time ranges, after a certain number of opens or ScreenTime. 8. Locks on Settings to prevent you from changing your settings when you want to open an app. 9. Breathing and other activities to encourage you not to need to open the app while waiting for it to unlock. 10. Streaks to encourage you not to exceed your limits or override your settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flashlight | Night Light at none against ScreenZen's 4. Flashlight | Night Light also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). ScreenZen's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On price 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. ScreenZen sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Flashlight | Night Light asks for nothing beyond the download.
ScreenZen holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScreenZen has 50K ratings behind it against 3.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Flashlight | Night Light's written reviews are positive against 93% of ScreenZen's.
Flashlight | Night Light ships an update every 3 months, ScreenZen every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashlight | Night Light | ScreenZen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.1K ratings) | 4.9 (50K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | 93.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K | 50K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #162 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sebastian Bub Software Distribution | ScreenZen LLC |
Customer experience
Flashlight | Night Light
ScreenZen
User reviews
Flashlight | Night Light
From 3.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌙 Night light
- ⏱️ Timer
- 🕰️ Clock
- 🌈 Color options
- 📚 Reading light
Room to improve
- 🔍 Limited light options
- 💡 Bright ads defeat purpose
- 🔌 Drains battery
- 🔴 Doesn't work as expected
ScreenZen
From 50K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Completely reversed my scrolling addiction
- 🚀 Helps manage screen time
- 👍 Excellent app, easy to use
- 👍 Genuinely the best screentime app out there
- 👍 Effective in avoiding doom scrolling
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy, sometimes doesn't unlock apps
- 🐛 Notifications can't break through
- 🐛 Inconsistent UI across devices
Bugs and requests
Flashlight | Night Light
Reported bugs
3 issues- Flashlight doesn't turn on
- Dimmer function doesn't work
- Unexpected noises/pop-ups
Requested features
4 requests- Adjustable brightness
- More color options
- Ability to turn off flashlight
- Keep light on when screen is locked
ScreenZen
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unlock button not working as expected
- App stops working after some time
- Compatibility issues with iOS 16 update
Requested features
4 requests- Add more customization options
- Integrate with productivity/to-do apps
- Add more pause/break options
- Improve website blocking functionality
In-app purchases
Flashlight | Night Light
No in-app purchases
ScreenZen
- Kind Tip$5.00
- Generous Tip$10.00
- Amazing Tip$20.00
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- Fantastic Tip$40.00
Questions
Is Flashlight | Night Light free?
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