iLed Flashlight vs No Frills Flashlight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iLed Flashlight
Transform your device into a powerful and fast flashlight with instant on/off functionality. Offers essential features for daily use and emergencies, including SOS signals, strobe modes, and an auto-off timer. Unlock advanced hands-free controls and more through in-app purchases or rewarded ads.
- Instant on/off
- SOS signal
- Strobe mode with speed control
- Auto-off timer
- Battery level indicator
- Colored screen light
- Clap control
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iLed Flashlight gives you a fast, reliable flashlight for iPhone and Apple Watch. Open the app for instant light, SOS, strobe, brightness control, auto-off timers, screen colors, widgets and premium tools. The redesigned Watch app turns your Apple Watch screen into a white light, red light, SOS or strobe light with Digital Crown brightness and quick timers.
No Frills Flashlight
This utility app provides a straightforward flashlight experience with no advertisements or in-app purchases. Users can adjust brightness with a swipe and customize the light color, including a red option to preserve night vision. It also features a white noise generator for soothing purposes.
- Adjustable brightness via swipe
- Customizable light color
- Red light mode for night vision
- White noise generator
- No ads or tracking
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A super simple flashlight app with no ads, no premium payments, and no tracking - Swipe to change light brightness - Change color to anything you'd like--use red to preserve night vision! - Play white noise (great for soothing babies!)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: No Frills Flashlight at 5.0 against iLed Flashlight's 3.2. No Frills Flashlight also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). iLed Flashlight's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (73 vs 6). On price and review sentiment 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. iLed Flashlight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. No Frills Flashlight asks for nothing beyond the download.
No Frills Flashlight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iLed Flashlight has 73 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of iLed Flashlight's written reviews are positive against 100% of No Frills Flashlight's.
iLed Flashlight ships an update every 9 days, No Frills Flashlight every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iLed Flashlight | No Frills Flashlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (73 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | iDream Studios | Mark Schmidt |
Customer experience
iLed Flashlight
No Frills Flashlight
Bugs and requests
iLed Flashlight
Reported bugs
3 issues- Does not change colors
- Doesn't work at all
- Works poorly on iPhone 6
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to have SOS stay on constantly
- Remove or disable SOS/flashing light option
- In-app no sleep feature
- Function to run in background
- Dim the screen while using flashlight
No Frills Flashlight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iLed Flashlight
- iLed FlashLight PRO$0.99
No Frills Flashlight
No in-app purchases
Questions
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