Flashlight & Morse Utility vs Ciphers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashlight & Morse Utility
This utility app provides a powerful flashlight with adjustable brightness and three distinct modes: torch, morse code, and strobe. It offers a super-fast startup and can even translate text into morse code for various uses.
- Torch mode with on/off
- Morse code translator
- Adjustable strobe frequency
- Brightness adjustment
- Fast startup
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-Light, Morse and Strobe -Brightness Adjustment -Screen Lock Super fast start of the flashlight!!! This is the best torchlight App using the Flash Light of any iOS Device and it also supports iPhone 3G 3Gs and iPod touch using HQ graphics and animation. We have a very fast starting of the App. Doesn't even take a second to start up the App. Once it is started you are ready to bring light in the dark. There are 3 different modes. The torch mode, which is the startup mode where you can switch your app on and off. The morse mode lets you morse signals, also very fast performance of this mode. And we have a strobe mode where you can change the frequency. The frequency is also showed in an indicator. You can also morse any text you want, in case of world end scenario. Furthermore we integrated some sounds and animations, that give you the feeling of real torch. Never be scared in the dark again. Please note that the usage of the flash light can clearly shorten your battery power.
Ciphers
Encrypt and decrypt messages using a wide variety of ciphers, from simple substitution to complex machines. Share your encrypted messages with friends. Supports multiple encryption methods for secure communication.
- Multiple encryption methods
- Caesar Cipher
- Enigma Machine support
- Share encrypted messages
- Affine Cipher
- Vigenère Cipher
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Encrypt and decrypt secret messages using Ciphers. Easily add many ciphers, from the Caesar Cipher to the Enigma Machine, then share with your friends. Ciphers includes the following methods of encryption: • Affine Cipher • Atbash • Autokey Cipher • Bifid Cipher • Caesar Cipher • Columnar Transposition • Enigma Machine (M3 & M4) • Four-Square Cipher • Hill Cipher • Keyword Substitution • Playfair Cipher • Rail Fence Transposition • Reversal • ROT13 • Straddling Checkerboard Cipher • Trifid Cipher • Two-Square Cipher • Vigenère Cipher
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ciphers at none against Flashlight & Morse Utility's 1. Ciphers also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Flashlight & Morse Utility's advantage is ratings volume (3.9K vs 7). On price, update cadence 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. Flashlight & Morse Utility sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ciphers asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ciphers holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flashlight & Morse Utility has 3.9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Flashlight & Morse Utility's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ciphers's.
Flashlight & Morse Utility ships an update every 7 months, Ciphers every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashlight & Morse Utility | Ciphers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.9K ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Kiefer | Simon Booth |
Customer experience
Flashlight & Morse Utility
Ciphers
Bugs and requests
Flashlight & Morse Utility
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on startup after update
- Keeps turning off
- Slow to start
Requested features
3 requests- Vibration effect with toggle
- Ability to receive Morse code messages
- Instant on/easy access feature
Ciphers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flashlight & Morse Utility
- Remove the ADs$3.99
Ciphers
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Flashlight & Morse Utility free?
Is Ciphers free?
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Do Flashlight & Morse Utility or Ciphers have ads?
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