Fast Torchlight vs Atus Defender
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fast Torchlight
This utility app instantly activates your device's flashlight for immediate illumination in dark environments. It offers the brightest light and fastest startup, with added functionality for sending messages in Morse code.
- Instant flashlight activation
- Brightest light output
- Fastest startup time
- Morse code sender
- Camera light usage
- Amazing graphics
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The key is simplicity! Start the app and the flashlight will start with a blink of an eye. Thats all you need. Use it in the dark, to find the right key, to find your things, to light the doorways or to find the way to your bathroom in the morning! it was never that easy! Functions: -The brightest light ever -The fastest start ever -Amazing graphics, you think you can grab it -use your camera light -Morse Code (NEW!) You can now morse any text you want and watch realtime morse encoding Never be scared in the dark again I hope you will enjoy it! Please note that the usage of the flash light can clearly shorten your battery power.
Atus Defender
This service provides a safety solution for individuals working alone or in vulnerable situations. It allows users to quickly raise an alarm and summon assistance, with their location and profile information transmitted to a monitoring center for rapid response.
- Quick alarm activation
- Dead-man alarm function
- Real-time location tracking
- Automatic emergency calls
- Profile-based response actions
- Indoor beacon location support
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The Atus Defender service is a lone worker solution, designed to give lone workers or those who are vulnerable or at risk, the ability to quickly and simply raise an alarm and summon assistance. The Defender App is linked through an ARC (Alarm Receiving Centre) so that the user’s situation can be monitored and help quickly sent directly to them in the event of an emergency. To be able to use the Atus Defender service, the user needs to have an account on the server where they will have registered their details on their profile response page. The ARC will know what pre-defined actions should be performed from that profile in the event that an alarm is triggered. An alarm can be activated from the App screen by pressing the alarm button for 2 seconds, by using the App’s dead-man alarm button which triggers upon release, or triggered separately from the Defender Remote (optional) if the user has one for use with the Defender App. Once an alarm has been activated then the smartphone transmits the user’s location to the ARC response centre, as well as simultaneously initiating a phone call. The users alarm information is then combined with their previously defined profile response data held on the server, so that the ARC receives as accurate a picture as possible about the user, their situation and what measures need to be taken to assist them. To aid the recue team or emergency services to locate the user, continued updates as well as a history of previous locations are provided to the ARC whilst the alarm is active. If the user is within range of one of their indoor Defender Beacons (optional), then the server will also display the location beacon information as well as the GPS location, to enable the user to be accurately located indoors when out of range of GPS satellites. This App uses the smartphone’s GPS functionality in the background when there is an active alarm. Continued use of GPS services running in the background can dramatically decrease the battery life of the phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Atus Defender at 100% against Fast Torchlight's 53%. Atus Defender also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Fast Torchlight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Atus Defender asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fast Torchlight ships an update every 7 months, Atus Defender every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fast Torchlight | Atus Defender |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (128 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 128 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Kiefer | Skyresponse AB |
Customer experience
Fast Torchlight
Atus Defender
In-app purchases
Fast Torchlight
- Remove the Advertisement$0.99
Atus Defender
No in-app purchases
Questions
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