Light + vs FlashLight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light +
This app provides controllable lighting for photography and ambience. Easily adjust color and brightness by touching and dragging the screen. Explore various shapes, flash modes, and speed adjustments for creative lighting effects.
- Controllable color and brightness
- Adjustable light shapes
- Multiple flash modes (Normal, Rainbow, Flashing)
- Speed adjustment for flash modes
- Intuitive touch and drag interface
- Settings for advanced customization
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Light+ Your Pocket Lighting Studio Transform your device into a powerful, fully controllable light source — right in your pocket. Whether you're a photographer chasing the perfect shot, a content creator setting the mood, or simply need a reliable light in the dark, Light+ gives you instant, precise control over color and brightness with a single touch. How it works Drag your finger anywhere on the screen — left and right to adjust brightness, up and down to shift through the full spectrum of color. No sliders, no menus. Just pure, intuitive light at your fingertips. Double-tap to open the control panel and unlock even more: - 5 Light Modes - Normal, Flash, Rainbow, SOS, and Heartbeat - 24 Photography Presets - from warm candlelight to cool daylight, tuned for real shooting scenarios - 24 Shape Masks - circle, star, heart, flame, and more for creative lighting effects - Speed Control - fine-tune flash and rainbow cycle rates - Color History - instantly recall your favorite colors Perfect for Portrait photography · Product shots · Long-exposure night photography · Macro lighting · Vlogging fill light · Emergency signalling · Ambient mood lighting "Fantastic for quick incidental lighting in low-light photography. Just used it very successfully on a long exposure shoot. Can't fault it." Simple. Powerful. Magical.
FlashLight
This app provides a bright and fast torch with customizable home screen widgets. It offers various lighting modes, including SOS and strobe, and allows you to change the screen color for mood lighting or as a reading light. It also includes features for using your iPhone's screen as a light source.
- Brightest and fastest flashlight
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Dynamic Island and Live Activity support
- iOS Control Centre and Lock Screen widgets
- Built-in SOS and blink signals
- Adjustable LED brightness
- Full screen color and gradient lighting
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A beautifully elegant designed torch that is the BRIGHTEST & FASTEST, simplest way to light up your room. No Ads. Make your home screen looks aesthetic with Flashlight Customisable widgets. Best Reading light and Mood Night. Choose any colour with our beautiful colour picker. Flashlight Features : • iOS 18 Control Centre Widget • Standby Flashlight Widget. • Dynamic island and live activity. • LockScreen Widget. • Brightest Flashlight instantly ON / OFF • New iOS 17 customisable Widget. • Apple Watch App to Control Flash. • Built-in SOS signal. • Built-in Flash Blink signal. • Strobe mode with different frequencies. • clean and simple modern interface. • control the LED brightness Also includes features for using your Bright iPhone Screen. • Animated Gradient Phone Screen • Full Screen White Light • Led Flash Light • Multiple Colour Full Screen Light, Use our colour picker to choose the best Colour your want for your iPhone Screen. • iPhone Strobe Screen with different frequency. • Support All device And much more. Now Install the FlashLight App and enjoy !!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Light + at none against FlashLight's shown. FlashLight's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 61%) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Light + sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FlashLight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FlashLight holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FlashLight has 358 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Light +'s written reviews are positive against 82% of FlashLight's.
Light + ships an update every 2 months, FlashLight monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light + | FlashLight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (9 ratings) | 4.3 (358 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.6% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 358 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yan Kin LEUNG | Amit Verma |
Customer experience
Light +
FlashLight
Bugs and requests
Light +
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
FlashLight
Reported bugs
2 issues- Light not working consistently
- Unresponsive controls in some cases
Requested features
3 requests- Add a timer function
- Allow changing light color in free version
- Keep the light on even when switching apps
In-app purchases
Light +
- Light+ Remove Ads$1.99
FlashLight
- Torch Widget Pro$7.99
Questions
Is Light + free?
Is FlashLight free?
Which has better reviews, Light + or FlashLight?
Do Light + or FlashLight have ads?
Which is updated more often, Light + or FlashLight?
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