Flashlight vs Night Web Browser by Alex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashlight
This utility app transforms your device's LED flash into a bright, adjustable flashlight. It offers quick activation, a smooth interface, and features like dimming and blinking.
- Fastest turning on speed
- Cool glossy interface
- Light dimming
- Light blinking
- Adjustable frequency
- Show/hide status bar
- Activate/deactivate auto-lock
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Turn your iPhone’s rear LED into a flashlight with a clean charcoal screen and a vivid mint symbol. • Tap the symbol to turn the light on or off. • Swipe up or down, or use the settings slider, to adjust brightness. • Touch and slide across the dots to change the blink rate as you move. The dots fill from the left. • Choose steady light or blinking from 1–25 Hz. • Choose whether to show the status bar and prevent auto-lock while the light is on. • Smooth transitions and VoiceOver labels. Requires an iPhone with a rear LED flash and iOS 17 or later. The LED stops when the app becomes inactive. Actual brightness and blink timing depend on the device and its temperature. Extended use can consume battery and generate heat. Avoid blinking light if you are sensitive to flashing lights. This edition includes banner advertising through Google AdMob. No account is required.
Night Web Browser by Alex
This web browser offers a unique dark mode that dims 100% of your screen, including videos and keyboards, for comfortable browsing in low light. It allows for brightness levels lower than the standard iOS settings, protecting your eyes and preventing disturbance to others.
- 100% screen dimming
- Keyboard dimming
- Video dimming
- Brightness control
- Night mode with warm colors
- Instant search
- Swipe navigation
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The original app for those of us who browse at night, since 2012. *Top 5 Best Web Browsers for iPhone* /iMore.com Night Web Browser by Alex is the only web browser that dims your whole screen — the web page, the toolbars and fullscreen video on YouTube, Instagram and everywhere else — far below what the iPhone's own brightness slider will let you go. PLEASE NOTE: only what is inside the browser can be dimmed. iOS does not let any app dim the rest of the system. Do you think your iPhone's or iPad's screen is too bright when you look at it in the dark? Night Web Browser lets you browse in bed without disturbing the one next to you and without straining your eyes. One tap on the sun button brings up darkness and warmth, and the whole screen follows. FEATURES - Darkness boost, far below the system minimum - Warmer colour temperature for less blue light - Dims fullscreen video and the toolbars — and the clock too, if you switch that on - Fades in and out gently, never a jolt - Turns on automatically between times you choose, or from sunset to sunrise where you are - Set it from Shortcuts, Siri, or by holding the app — or let it come on with the Sleep Focus THE BROWSER AROUND IT - Can be your default browser app, with passkeys and saved passwords as in Safari - Flip through your open tabs, or lay them out in a row or a grid — and in those two, drag them into any order - Video, beside your tabs: each of your video sites in its own tab that stays on that site and keeps its own sign-in, apart from the rest of your browsing - Any of them can have its own icon on the Home Screen - Bookmarks in folders, and import them from Safari, Chrome, Firefox or Edge - Page zoom, find on page, and request the desktop website - Download files, and open or share them from the app - Searchable history — or switch off saving it altogether - Private tabs, which leave nothing behind - On iOS 27, every site you visit is asked not to sell or share your personal data - Search suggestions as you type — Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Baidu or Ecosia - Swipe back and forward like in Safari - Available in 16 languages - No account, no analytics, no tracking FREE, WITH ONE OPTIONAL UNLOCK The night filter and everything above are free. Night Web Browser Pro is one purchase, once — not a subscription. It adds a Reading List that downloads whole articles — even everything a front page links to — to read offline, plus Listen to Page (the article read aloud, with a sleep timer), Reader (just the article), Dark Mode for Web Pages, Translate Page, Block Ads and Trackers, Block Cookie Notices, Hide Distracting Items and Lock Private Tabs. Pro also keeps the brightness down after you leave the browser, until you change it in Control Center. Download the evening's reading before a flight — or before you turn off the lights. If you bought this app before it became free, Pro is already yours. You will never be asked to pay again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flashlight at none against Night Web Browser by Alex's 1. Flashlight also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 42%). Night Web Browser by Alex's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, monetization model 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. Night Web Browser by Alex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flashlight asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flashlight ships an update every 3 weeks, Night Web Browser by Alex every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashlight | Night Web Browser by Alex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 41.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Myeongseok SEO | Apps by Alex AB |
Customer experience
Flashlight
Night Web Browser by Alex
Bugs and requests
Flashlight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Night Web Browser by Alex
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes on launch or during use
- Blank screen with no functionality
- Crashes when opening certain websites (Imgur, etc.)
- Keyboard malfunction in certain conditions
- Bookmarks tab not working properly
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- Videos load in bright mode instead of dimmed
- Incompatible with iPhone X (blank screen)
- App stops working after updates
- Poor page loading reliability
- Slow page loading times
- Glitchy tab switching
Requested features
13 requests- System-wide dimming for all apps and functions
- Multiple tabs support
- Auto-scroll to top functionality
- Page position memory when navigating back
- Reading mode with larger text
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- Loading progress bar
- Full-screen mode option
- Scheduled auto-dim by time of day
- Motion-detection based brightness adjustment
- Language selection settings
- Private/incognito browsing mode
- Hide status bar option
- Improved tab switching stability
In-app purchases
Flashlight
No in-app purchases
Night Web Browser by Alex
- Night Web Browser Pro$0.99
Questions
Is Flashlight free?
Is Night Web Browser by Alex free?
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