A Flash Flashlight vs Offbeat Attractions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A Flash Flashlight
This utility app uses your device's LED flash to provide the brightest possible light. It features adjustable brightness levels and a strobe mode for various situations. Be mindful that extended use can impact battery life.
- Brightest LED flash
- Brightness control
- Strobe light mode
- Simple interface
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This real flashlight takes advantage of the built-in LED flash for the brightest light! Now with brightness control and strobe light! The brightest light you will find, with you at all times! Please note: Continued use of the flash may dramatically decrease battery life.
Offbeat Attractions
Discover over 22,300 unique and quirky roadside attractions across the US. Find fun, oddball, and strange places to visit, complete with addresses, weather, images, and contact information. Plan your route and get driving directions to these unusual destinations.
- Extensive database of 22,300+ attractions
- Address, weather, and contact information
- Flickr image search
- Internet search for attractions
- GPX file import for route planning
- Driving distance and time calculation
- Route display to attractions
- Submit new attraction suggestions
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Traveling to San Diego? Visit the World's Largest Lemon. In Las Vegas? Visit the Glow-In-The-Dark Kiss Mini-Golf. Stopping in Chicago? Visit the Hill Street Blues Police Station. Choose from over 22,300 offbeat roadside attractions from around the US! This app lists places and things that you would not normally think of visiting. These attractions are fun, oddball, strange and sometimes normal but have a uniqueness to them. Also included with each location is the address, weather, images from a Flickr search of the location, Internet search of the attraction, URL and phone number (if they exist), and more. - Import GPX files; this makes it much easier to find offbeat attractions along your route. - Show the driving distance and time between your location and an offbeat attraction. - Show a route between your location and an offbeat attraction. - Send offbeat attraction data directly to our Road Trip Planner app, or to Apple Maps. - Ability to submit new offbeat attractions for review and inclusion in a future update.
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Verdict
A Flash Flashlight and Offbeat Attractions both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of A Flash Flashlight's written reviews are positive against 45% of Offbeat Attractions's. Offbeat Attractions's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (846 vs 30). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
A Flash Flashlight costs $4.99 and Offbeat Attractions $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for A Flash Flashlight against 4.5 for Offbeat Attractions. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Offbeat Attractions has 846 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of A Flash Flashlight's written reviews are positive against 45% of Offbeat Attractions's.
A Flash Flashlight ships an update every 23 months, Offbeat Attractions monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A Flash Flashlight | Offbeat Attractions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (30 ratings) — better | 4.5 (846 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.8% of reviews — better | 45.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 846 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #129 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Winkpass Creations, Inc. | Kyle Modesitt |
Customer experience
A Flash Flashlight
Offbeat Attractions
Bugs and requests
A Flash Flashlight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Offbeat Attractions
Reported bugs
2 issues- Database open errors
- Difficulty using the app and website
Requested features
3 requests- Add ability to add/suggest new attractions
- Provide more details and photos for each attraction
- Allow users to plan trips and see attractions along the route
In-app purchases
A Flash Flashlight
No in-app purchases
Offbeat Attractions
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is A Flash Flashlight free?
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