Comparison

Magic Lights ES vs Color Lights Flashing

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Magic Lights ES

Transform your device into a versatile light source. Enjoy dynamic disco effects, ambient lighting, and a functional flashlight. Customize colors and transitions for unique light shows.

Highlights
  • Flashlight functionality
  • Disco-style color effects
  • Soft ambient illumination
  • Customizable light shows
  • SOS light signal
Features
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Magic Lights is the all-in-one light machine for your iPhone. It delivers flashlight, disco-style colors, soft ambient illumination — you name it. Magic Lights provides full control over the display colors and the LED photo light (if your device has one). Features: * Disco lights * Smooth ambient color changes * Flashlight (uses LED photo light if present) * SOS light (uses LED photo light if present) * Create your own light shows in a range of great colors and transition styles. TIPS: - Best effect in a darkened room - Turn your display brightness to the maximum in the iPhone's settings. - Turn the display towards a white wall for indirect illumination - Allow Magic Lights access to the back light (iPhone Settings -> Privacy -> Camera) WARNING: - Don't use if you are sensitive to light effects - Prolonged use of your phone's photo light will drain the battery quickly. - Prolonged use of your phone's photo light might cause temporary automatic disabling of the photo light to prevent overheating. NOTE: This free version is fully functional, but ad-sponsored. If you don't like to see ads and have a spare buck, consider getting Magic Lights Deluxe instead.

About

Color Lights Flashing

Transform your phone into a versatile lighting tool. Enjoy a bright flashlight, customizable disco effects, and music synchronization for parties or mood lighting. It offers a user-friendly interface with battery optimization and privacy respect.

Highlights
  • Music synchronization
  • Disco ball simulation
  • Adjustable strobe frequency
  • Mood lighting effects
  • Battery optimized flashlight
  • Clean and fast interface
Features
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Color Lights brings you the world's most entertaining flashlight app, all in one app. A simple but complete tool in your phone with many useful features with music, color and flash. Color Lights app provide you with many more features synchronizing the camera led flashlight and the screen flashlight turning your phone in a color flashlight ensuring you're enjoying lighting, dancing and listening music. FEATURES: * Cool Interface: Stunning graphics with beautiful interface and clean layout make the operation simple, smooth and fast! * Colorful environment: Simulate a disco ball and another light effects, select your style, switch color mode and host your own personal ambient. * Optimized: Battery friendly, super bright flashlight and music integration. * No unnecessary permission, no data collections: Just camera to control the flashlight and microphone to beat to the rhythm of the music. We respect your privacy. USES: * Strobe/Blinking Lights: The brightest strobe lights with frequency adjustable can be used in your bike, in your car, to send a warning, to produce a nice effect in when recording a video. * Animate your music! Color Lights flashlight app can integrate music from Music Streamers(Spotify, Deezer, SoundCloud) and from Music Players and beat to the rhythm of the music! Cool! * Disco Light: Animate the moments with your friends with disco lights, like a color flashlight create a cool disco light effect that will turn your flash LED on and off with the surrounding sound like graphical equalizer or music visualizer. * Mood Light: Selecting slow speed transform your room in a mood lights, using your screen color as a night light displaying color lights of the rainbow that adding ambience and atmosphere to a room. Can help you meditate and relax an even release tension, stress or anxiety. Have fun! * Disclaimer: Strobe light can cause epileptic seizures in some people with history of epilepsy. Do not point to the face for long periods. --- MORE INFORMATION: Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://duperchic.wixsite.com/chic-apps/policy Contact us: chic.message@gmail.com

Screenshots

Magic Lights ES4 screens
Color Lights Flashing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Color Lights Flashing at 80% against Magic Lights ES's 36%. Color Lights Flashing also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 26 months). Magic Lights ES's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Color Lights Flashing sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Magic Lights ES asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Color Lights Flashing holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 197 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Magic Lights ES's written reviews are positive against 80% of Color Lights Flashing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Lights ES ships an update every 26 months, Color Lights Flashing every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Magic Lights ES versus Color Lights Flashing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic Lights ESColor Lights Flashing
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (74 ratings)4.6 (197 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.5% of reviews79.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings74197 — better
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTLogic.dePavel Rojas

Customer experience

Magic Lights ES

All ratings73 ratings
Positive34.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative58.9%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive36.5%
Neutral18.9%
Negative44.6%

Color Lights Flashing

All ratings185 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive79.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative15.9%

User reviews

Magic Lights ES

From 74 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good for ambient light
  • 👍 Works for parties/slumber parties
  • 👍 Can program custom shows
  • 👍 Handy SOS and Morse code
  • 👍 Simple and effective

Room to improve

  • 👎 Flashlight doesn't change color
  • 👎 App crashes frequently
  • 👎 Confusing to use
  • 👎 Not bright enough
  • 👎 Poor design

Color Lights Flashing

From 197 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Fun and enjoyable experience
  • 💡 Creative exploration features
  • 🌈 Colorful and vibrant lights
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 🎶 Syncs with music (paid version)

Room to improve

  • 💸 Expensive paid features
  • 🆓 Free version is limited/useless
  • 💡 Wish all features were unlocked
  • 💡 Desire for more affordable options
  • 💡 Wish for a free version with more features

Bugs and requests

Magic Lights ES

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Crashes on editing shows
  • Crashes when trying to play shows
  • App freezes on edit button
  • App crashes before opening
  • Stopped working after update
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  • Button names not visible
  • App won't open after update

Requested features

5 requests
  • More options for light effects
  • Update LED for colored spots
  • Sleep timer
  • Add patterns or gradients
  • Improve brightness

Color Lights Flashing

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Free version is useless
  • Paid features inaccessible
  • Unable to restore purchases
  • App bugged a lot
  • App didn't work as shown in ads
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  • Siphons cash from account

Requested features

6 requests
  • More affordable pricing or a free version
  • Free trial option
  • Unlock all features
  • Brighter lights
  • Wider light coverage
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  • More features in the free version

In-app purchases

None

Magic Lights ES

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Color Lights Flashing

Subscriptions5
  • FlashBeat – Weekly Access$1.997 Days
  • MusicVibe Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited Weekly Access3 Days trial$9.997 Days
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  • Infinity Lights – Yearly Pass7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Origin Lights – Launch Deal1 Year trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Magic Lights ES free?
Magic Lights ES is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Color Lights Flashing free?
Color Lights Flashing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Magic Lights ES or Color Lights Flashing?
Color Lights Flashing is rated higher. Magic Lights ES averages 2.5 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Color Lights Flashing averages 4.6 from 197 ratings.
Do Magic Lights ES or Color Lights Flashing have ads?
Neither Magic Lights ES nor Color Lights Flashing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic Lights ES or Color Lights Flashing?
Magic Lights ES ships an update every 26 months, and Color Lights Flashing every 2 months. Most recently, Magic Lights ES was updated on October 22, 2026 and Color Lights Flashing on October 20, 2026.

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