KiwiLights vs TempusLocusLux
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KiwiLights
This app provides a charming flashlight and timer with adorable characters. It features smart brightness control, customizable timer presets, and widget support for quick access. Enjoy a blend of practicality and fun with its intuitive interface and battery-efficient design.
- Intuitive swipe controls
- Smart brightness control
- Customizable timer presets
- Widget support
- Multiple lovable characters
- Battery-efficient design
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A bedside clock that glows all night. An alarm with its own sound. A nightlight and a flashlight in one swipe. Prop your phone on your nightstand and Kiwi keeps the time, in StandBy and on your Lock Screen. Pick from four clock styles in the app. Set an alarm for the morning. On iOS 26 it rings even with the app closed or your phone on silent, and you can snooze it from the Lock Screen. Drag the sun down and the sky goes with it. Night settles into a soft light you can leave on until morning. Drag it back up and you have a flashlight. Set a timer for the evening, a nap, or a quiet hour. Watch the sun or the moon count it down. A small voice counts the last seconds so nobody gets startled awake. Layer rain, a stream, night sounds. Whatever settles your room. Play Kiwi's own songs, or connect Apple Music or Spotify. At night the Night Monster peeks over the hill. Leave the light on or play some music and your friend leaves him an offering. He leaves you a jar of fireflies. Kiwi stories, read aloud. A different one is free every week. Twelve friends, all free. Kiwi, Taro, Cheri, Mango and the rest. Pick one and the whole app takes their colors. Each of them has a song. Eight quick games for nights when sleep won't come. Wallpapers, trading cards, Kiwi stickers for Messages, and widgets that keep the clock, the timer and the alarm close. No account. No ads. Nothing to sign up for. The app sends how it's used, never who you are. FREE Twelve characters. Flashlight and nightlight. The bedside clock. Quick alarm times. The basic timer. All eight games. One ambient sound at a time. Six app icons. A narrated story that changes every week. PLUS $0.99 A MONTH, OR PREMIUM $4.99 ONCE Same unlocks either way. Custom alarm times, custom timer lengths, three more clock styles, five more timer looks, layered sounds, narration for the whole story library, and six more character app icons. Subscription details KiwiLights Plus: auto-renewing subscription, $0.99 per month, after a 1-week free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at $0.99/month unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID Account Settings. KiwiLights Premium: $4.99 one-time purchase, unlocks the same features. No subscription. Privacy Policy: https://kiwithegreenkoala.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://kiwithegreenkoala.com/terms Made with care by Sahtu Press.
TempusLocusLux
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This app is not a clock that continuously displays time as numbers. Time generates a field of light, which is rendered across the entire screen. The light you see is not decorative. It is the structure generated from time itself. This app allows you to experience that very transformation as “time.” The design of the app is based on three concepts: • Tempus (time) • Locus (space & place) • Lux (light) Time is not something to be displayed; it is the origin from which a field emerges. From time, position is determined. From position, light appears. The field of light is in constant transformation, and no configuration ever repeats exactly. It is a “clock” that exists only in that singular moment. The date is not shown directly. However, the spatial arrangement of the minutes is determined by the current year, month, and day. This design expresses the irreversibility of time. Even if the same minute and the same hour occur, a different date will never reproduce the same structure. The field forms according to the unique conditions of that day. There is no return to the past. Time is mapped into space, and space is visualized as light. This app is not a device for reading time. It is a device for experiencing the field generated from time. The structure forming at this very moment exists only at this exact time. That is the present of this clock. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Privacy Policy and Terms of Use TempusLocusLux provides a Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Please refer to the following pages for details. Privacy Policy https://www.atlascope.idatabase.info/app/en/privacy.html Terms of Use https://www.atlascope.idatabase.info/app/en/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: KiwiLights at none against TempusLocusLux's shown. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. KiwiLights sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and TempusLocusLux sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
KiwiLights ships an update every 2 months, TempusLocusLux monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KiwiLights | TempusLocusLux |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (64 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sahtu Press, Inc. | YUTAKA MIMURA |
Bugs and requests
KiwiLights
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on opening
- App turns off unexpectedly
- App doesn't open after update
- App changes phone brightness settings
Requested features
7 requests- Add an alarm clock
- Make clock numbers bigger
- Add a game feature
- Allow setting wallpaper
- More characters
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- Animals change position
- Adjust clock size
TempusLocusLux
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KiwiLights
- Plus Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- KiwiLights Premium$4.99
TempusLocusLux
- TempusLocusLux Pro (Lifetime)$0.99
- Support Development (Small)$0.99
- Support Development (Large)$9.99
Questions
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