Comparison

iFlashlight Pro vs Bare

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

Head to head
About

iFlashlight Pro

This simple utility app transforms your iPhone into a bright flashlight. It offers multiple brightness levels and can even send Morse code messages. Illuminate your surroundings, find your keys, or read in the dark with instant light.

Highlights
  • Instant touch light
  • Morse code messaging
  • Three brightness stages
  • Illuminates rooms and nearby space
  • Unlock car or house doors
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iFlashlight Pro turns your iPhone or iPad into a fast, reliable light, ready the instant you need it. Slide to set exactly the brightness you want, from a gentle glow to full power, using the LED flash. Need to signal for help? Switch to SOS for an automatic, recognizable flashing pattern. Want light right now? Instant Light gets you to full brightness with a single tap. No flash, or want a wider glow? Turn the whole screen into a light with a white or yellow screen light, great for reading in bed, finding something in a bag, or lighting up a room from any angle. Simple by design: no clutter, no confusing settings, just a big, easy-to-tap interface that puts the right light in your hands instantly. Please note: using the flash continuously can reduce battery life faster than normal use.

About

Bare

This browser automatically blocks ads and trackers with no setup required. It offers a reader mode, private tabs, and customizable news feeds. All features are free, with an optional tipping feature.

Highlights
  • Automatic ad and tracker blocking
  • Reader mode with customizable text and backgrounds
  • Private tabs
  • Customizable news feed
  • Site-specific blocking exceptions
  • Desktop mode per site
Features
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Bare is a web browser with ad and tracker blocking built in and switched on from the first launch. Nothing to configure, nothing to buy first. WHAT IT BLOCKS Five filter lists ship inside the app — about 163,000 rules covering ads, trackers, regional ads, cookie notices and page annoyances. They refresh in the background every day. If an update fails, the previous rules stay in use, so you are never left unprotected without being told. Blocking applies to pages you open in Bare. It does not reach into other apps, and your connection still goes straight to the site. WHEN A SITE BREAKS Tap the shield in the address bar and blocking is off for that site. Tap it again to turn it back on. Every site you have switched it off for is listed in Settings, so you can find them again months later. WHAT IT COLLECTS Anonymous counts of how the app is used, with a switch in Settings that stops them. Never a page you visited, a search you typed, or a page title. No account, no ad ID, no crash reporting. Your history stays on this device and is never synced. Bookmarks sync through your own iCloud, which we cannot see. READING Reader mode strips a page down to the article, with four text sizes and a light, sepia or dark background. Pages with no dark mode of their own can be forced dark, per site. Text size is remembered per site too. THE REST OF A BROWSER Tabs with no limit. Private tabs that leave nothing behind when you close them. Five search engines. Find on page. Downloads that show up in the Files app. Desktop mode per site. Swipe from the edge to go back and forward. NEWS ON THE START PAGE Headlines in the language the app is set to. All 35 languages have their own publishers, 159 feeds altogether. A phone set to Danish gets Danish papers. The requests go out from your phone. Nothing passes through a server of ours. Tap a headline and it opens in a tab like any other link. Turn it off in Settings and the requests stop. 35 LANGUAGES Bare follows your phone's language. Settings has a list if you want a different one, and the change takes effect while you are still looking at the screen. You do not have to restart anything. Menus, error messages, the news, all of it. FREE, ALL OF IT Every feature, every filter list, every update. No paid tier, no account, nothing held back. There is a tip in Settings if you want to leave one, and it unlocks nothing. This app contains no ads and never will.

Screenshots

iFlashlight Pro4 screens
Bare4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iFlashlight Pro at 88% against Bare's 0%. iFlashlight Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Bare's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 1.5) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Bare sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. iFlashlight Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bare holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of iFlashlight Pro's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bare's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iFlashlight Pro ships an update every 3 months, Bare every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iFlashlight Pro versus Bare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriFlashlight ProBare
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (2 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB27 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperIoannis Pinakoulakis岚烜 吴

Customer experience

iFlashlight Pro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews740 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral6.2%
Negative5.7%

Bare

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

iFlashlight Pro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 5.1.1
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to keep light on until manually turned off
  • More customization options

Bare

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iFlashlight Pro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Bare

One-time3
  • Small tip$0.99
  • Medium tip$29.99
  • Large tip$59.99

Questions

Is iFlashlight Pro free?
iFlashlight Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bare free?
Bare is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iFlashlight Pro or Bare?
Bare is rated higher. iFlashlight Pro averages 1.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Bare averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do iFlashlight Pro or Bare have ads?
Neither iFlashlight Pro nor Bare shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iFlashlight Pro or Bare?
iFlashlight Pro ships an update every 3 months, and Bare every 8 days. Most recently, iFlashlight Pro was updated on October 18, 2026 and Bare on October 7, 2026.

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