Comparison

KiwiLights vs Flashlight Reminder

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Intuitive swipe controls
  • Smart brightness control
  • Customizable timer presets
  • Widget support
  • Multiple lovable characters
  • Battery-efficient design
Features
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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.

About

Flashlight Reminder

Schedule your iPhone's flashlight to turn on and off at specific times or intervals. Useful for nighttime visibility or as a unique notification system.

Highlights
  • Scheduled flashlight activation
  • Customizable duration
  • One-time reminders
  • Interval reminders
  • Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly reminders
  • Foreground operation required
Features
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Turn on the flashlight at the indicted time. At night, use this app to help ourself see the remote view. At night, tell remote friends what we want to do and what they need to do. Only for iPhone. The app has the same usage as the following app: talking reminder: talk the text at the indicted time sound reminder:play music file or talk text at the indicted time camera capture event: record video or take photo at the indicted time sound record event:record the sound at the indicted time Introduction Flashlight Reminder could turn on the Flashlight at the indicted time and turn off the flashlight after the indicted duration.The time is indicted by six kinds of different event schedulers.They are called One Time Reminder, Interval Reminder, One Hour Reminder,One Day Reminder,One Week Reminder and One Month Reminder. Features 1.Turn on the flashlight by One time reminder. 2 turn on the flashlight by interval reminder. 3 Turn on the flashlight by every hour reminder. 4 Turn on the flashlight by every day reminder 5. Turn on the flashlight by every week reminder. 6 Turn on the flashlight by every month reminder. 7 Turn off the flashlight after the indicted duration. Usage When we use the app for the first time, the database is empty. So we need add the reminder recorder. Tap any event button, we could begin to add new reminder record. Then , return back to the main view, tap the Alive Reminder button, we could check whether our input is correct. After that, back to the main view. tap the start button. Example Add Every Hour Event From the main view, tap the every hour reminder button, then the every hour event list view will be displayed. Then tap the add button at the bottom tool bar. So new record view will be displayed. Select the start time and the duration. Finally, tap the save button. The new every hour event record will be displayed in the list. Example: Add Every Week Reminder From the main view, tap the every week reminder button, then the every week reminder list view will be displayed. Then tap the add button at the bottom tool bar. So new record view will be displayed. Select the start time and the duration.Finally, tap the save button. The new every week record will be displayed in the list. Notice: For the current edition, this app is only foreground app. When the job list is displayed, the app must be in the foreground status and cannot press the home key at this time.

Screenshots

KiwiLights4 screens
Flashlight Reminder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KiwiLights at 4.7 against Flashlight Reminder's 3.5. KiwiLights also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (59 vs 2). Flashlight Reminder's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. KiwiLights sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Flashlight Reminder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KiwiLights holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KiwiLights has 59 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KiwiLights ships an update every 2 months, Flashlight Reminder every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
KiwiLights versus Flashlight Reminder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKiwiLightsFlashlight Reminder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (59 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings59 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSahtu Press, Inc.方 沈

Customer experience

KiwiLights

All ratings59 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative14.4%

Flashlight Reminder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 2 more
  • Animals change position
  • Adjust clock size

Flashlight Reminder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

KiwiLights

Subscriptions1
  • Plus Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • KiwiLights Premium$4.99
None

Flashlight Reminder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KiwiLights free?
KiwiLights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flashlight Reminder free?
Flashlight Reminder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KiwiLights or Flashlight Reminder?
KiwiLights is rated higher. KiwiLights averages 4.7 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while Flashlight Reminder averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do KiwiLights or Flashlight Reminder have ads?
Neither KiwiLights nor Flashlight Reminder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KiwiLights or Flashlight Reminder?
KiwiLights ships an update every 2 months, and Flashlight Reminder every 11 months. Most recently, KiwiLights was updated on October 17, 2026 and Flashlight Reminder on October 7, 2026.

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