RGB Light vs Virtual Thermal Printer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RGB Light
This utility app transforms your device into a full-screen RGB color picker and a flashlight. Easily select colors with a double tap and get their hexadecimal codes, or activate the device's LED light with a single tap.
- Full-screen RGB color picker
- Hexadecimal color code display
- Copy color codes to clipboard
- Device LED flashlight activation
- Intuitive double-tap interface
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RGB Light is a useful and simple to use app that turns your device in a RGB color picker and a light! Double tap on the screen to choose a color with the intuitive interface. The selected color will be then showed fullscreen and also given as an RGB code in hexadecimal value (for example: #FFFFFF for white, #FF0000 for red) that can be copied to the Clipboard. And, because this is also a light, tap on the top right flashlight icon to turn on the device led!
Virtual Thermal Printer
This utility app simulates a thermal receipt printer for POS systems. It supports various ESC/POS commands to print text, barcodes, and QR codes, and offers multiple code-page options for international character sets.
- Simulates POS thermal printer
- Supports ESC/POS commands
- Prints text, barcodes, and QR codes
- Configurable IP address and port
- Multiple code-page support
- Raster image printing
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Print receipts from POS applications that support ESC/POS printing over IP. Just power on the printer and configure the IP-address and port displayed in your POS application. List of supported commands: - ESC @: Initialize printer - LF: Print and line feed - GS !: Double-width and double-height - ESC E: Turn emphasized mode on/off - ESC -: Turn underline mode on/off - ESC a: Align text (left, right and center) - ESC i and ESC m: Partial cut - GS B: Turn white/black reverse print mode on/off - GS V: Cut paper ( - GS k: Print barcode (EAN8, EAN13, Code39) - GS ( k: Print QR Code. Functions 169 & 180 - DLE EOT: Printer status (1..4) - GS v 0: Print raster bit image For more details on ESC/POS commands see https://reference.epson-biz.com/modules/ref_escpos/index.php?content_id=2 The following code-pages are supported: - CP437: US ASCII - CP850: Latin I - CP852: Latin II - CP858: Latin I + Euro - CP860: Portugese - CP863: Canadian-French - CP865: Nordic - CP866: Russian Note: The content printed in the above screenshots is for illustrative purposes only. Depending on the POS system used, the output may vary. Please make sure your POS application supports ESC/POS commands before installing this application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Virtual Thermal Printer at every 5 weeks against RGB Light's every 61 months. Virtual Thermal Printer also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 25%) and rating (3.3 vs 3.0). RGB Light's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ratings volume, ads, 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
RGB Light costs $0.99 and Virtual Thermal Printer $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Virtual Thermal Printer holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of RGB Light's written reviews are positive against 50% of Virtual Thermal Printer's.
RGB Light ships an update every 61 months, Virtual Thermal Printer every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.
| Parameter | RGB Light | Virtual Thermal Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 3.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 61 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Petrucci | Pascal Kimmel |
Customer experience
RGB Light
Virtual Thermal Printer
In-app purchases
RGB Light
No in-app purchases
Virtual Thermal Printer
No in-app purchases
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