Comparison

iLlumination vs CaptainShot Screenshot Library

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

Head to head
About

iLlumination

This universal flashlight app uses your device's LED or screen to provide illumination. It offers features like tap-to-toggle, strobe modes, and Morse code, with additional options for color and contrast adjustment.

Highlights
  • LED and screen flashlight
  • Tap-mode control
  • Strobe light modes
  • Morse code functionality
  • Color picker
  • Contrast adjustment
  • Screen lock
Features
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iLlumination — The Classic Flashlight, Reborn The flashlight app thousands relied on is back — rebuilt from the ground up for modern iPhone. Same simple idea, a completely new design, and every feature refined for today's devices. Why fumble in the dark? iLlumination turns your iPhone's LED flash — or its screen — into a fast, reliable light, with proper controls for the moments you actually need them. Lighting modes • Flashlight — instant, ultra-bright steady light. • Tap mode — press and hold to shine, release to stop. The fastest way to signal. • Strobe — rhythmic flashing with selectable speeds, from slow to ultra-fast. • Morse code — type any message and flash it with correctly timed pulses, with a built-in SOS and loop. Choose your light source Use the LED flash, the Screen, or Dual (both at once) in any mode — pick a default in Settings. Built for control • Brightness — fine-tune the LED level and screen brightness with a slider, or swipe on the screen light to dim it on the fly. • Color picker — eight screen-light colors (white, warm, amber, red, green, blue, violet, pink). Remembers your last choice. • Screen lock — dim the screen and lock it so a stray tap never kills your light. Double-tap to unlock. • Auto-on — switch the light on the instant the app launches. • Dark, Light & Auto appearance. No ads. Just light, done properly. Strobe lighting can trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy. Please use with care. Note: Sustained use of the LED flash will drain your battery faster. I'm always improving iLlumination and I genuinely read every message. For bug reports, feature ideas, or to help translate the app into your language, email me: iphone@erikstorli.net.

About

CaptainShot Screenshot Library

Features
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We don’t take screenshots just to keep an image. We take them to remember something. A restaurant, a ticket, a purchase, an idea, a document, a conversation… then a few weeks later, the screenshot is buried among thousands of images. CaptainShot turns your screenshots and useful images into a private, organized, actionable library on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It analyzes new captures, organizes them, helps you find them again, and lets you take action. MAKE YOUR SCREENSHOTS USEFUL - AI-powered automatic collections: CaptainShot analyzes your screenshots and automatically groups them by topic. - Manual collections: create your own collections. CaptainShot also takes your organization into account to better classify relevant new images. - Custom Selections: build dynamic collections with your own rules by combining text, visual content, SmartData, dates, faces, favorites, stars, status, notes, summaries, and more. They update automatically. - Natural search: find a screenshot using your own words through OCR, visual content, collections, detected data, notes, and summaries. - SmartData: turn screenshots into actionable information. CaptainShot detects dates, amounts, links, contacts, addresses, flights, deliveries, QR codes, and useful references. - Quick actions: use detected information to open a link, contact someone, view an address, use a date, or launch the relevant action. - Reminders and suggestions: CaptainShot detects important dates and information and can suggest reminders with useful details already prepared and linked to the original image. - Summaries and translations: on Apple Intelligence-compatible devices, generate summaries, translations, title suggestions, and reminder suggestions locally. - Super-fast Review: keep, delete, move, favorite, or mark screenshots as “To Review” in just a few gestures. - Timeline, statistics, and widgets: return to a specific period, track your library, and keep important content accessible from your Home Screen. - Image editor: add notes, text, shapes, arrows, annotations, or blur areas. Crop, rotate, compare edits, and use Apple Pencil on compatible devices. - Import and sharing: add screenshots, photos, and documents from Photos, the camera, the Share Sheet, or by drag and drop on Mac. Share collections with other users. BUILT FOR EVERYDAY USE CaptainShot helps you find your images, understand what they contain, and act when it matters. New screenshots are analyzed in the background so your library keeps organizing itself automatically. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Screenshots can contain personal information, so CaptainShot is built around a local, private approach. OCR, visual analysis, SmartData, classification, and search run directly on your device. Your screenshots are not sent to CaptainShot servers for analysis. No account. No ads. No tracking. No profiling. Apple Intelligence is not required for the core experience. Compatible devices unlock additional local features such as summaries, translations, title suggestions, and reminder suggestions. BUILT FOR THE APPLE ECOSYSTEM Native app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with one Pro access across all your devices. Photos integration, duplicate-free iCloud import, widgets, and Share Sheet support. Available in 9 languages: FR, EN, IT, DE, ES, ZH, JA, KO, PT-BR. Privacy Policy: https://captainshot.ai/en/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

iLlumination3 screens
CaptainShot Screenshot Library4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CaptainShot Screenshot Library at Free against iLlumination's $3.99. CaptainShot Screenshot Library also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). iLlumination's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On 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

CaptainShot Screenshot Library is free to download; iLlumination costs $3.99 up front. CaptainShot Screenshot Library sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. iLlumination asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iLlumination ships an update every 2 months, CaptainShot Screenshot Library weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iLlumination versus CaptainShot Screenshot Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriLluminationCaptainShot Screenshot Library
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB197 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik StorliDamien Clere

In-app purchases

None

iLlumination

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

CaptainShot Screenshot Library

Subscriptions3
  • CaptainShot Pro$0.991 Month
  • CaptainShot Pro$2.996 Months
  • CaptainShot Pro$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Access (lifetime)$14.99

Questions

Is iLlumination free?
iLlumination costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CaptainShot Screenshot Library free?
CaptainShot Screenshot Library is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iLlumination or CaptainShot Screenshot Library have ads?
Neither iLlumination nor CaptainShot Screenshot Library shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iLlumination or CaptainShot Screenshot Library?
iLlumination ships an update every 2 months, and CaptainShot Screenshot Library weekly. Most recently, iLlumination was updated on October 26, 2026 and CaptainShot Screenshot Library on September 29, 2026.

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