Fast Torchlight vs Pelican Flashlight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fast Torchlight
This utility app provides an instant, bright flashlight using your device's camera light. It also features real-time Morse code encoding for any text you input, helping you navigate in the dark or communicate messages.
- Instant flashlight activation
- Brightest light available
- Fastest start-up time
- Camera light usage
- Real-time Morse code encoding
- Morse code any text
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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.
Pelican Flashlight
Control your Pelican lighting device with your smartphone. Customize light output from 1% to 100%, select flashing modes from 0Hz to 12Hz, and program custom sequences for your light. Reprogram settings anytime to adapt to changing needs.
- Smartphone connectivity
- Selectable light modes
- Variable light output (1%-100%)
- Flashing/strobe modes (0Hz-12Hz)
- Customizable mode sequences
- Real-time mode display
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Introducing the Pelican Programmable Flashlight app, the first platform that connects your lighting device to your smart phone. This easy to use app will provide the ability to select up to 5 modes from a clear and concise menu. You'll be able to select variable light outputs from 1%-100% as well as various flashing/strobe modes from 0Hz - 12 Hz. The light displays the selected modes which helps as "what you see is what you get". Additionally, you'll be able to select the sequence for each of the programmed modes. You'll be able to reprogram the light at any time as your needs may change. Get started today to maximize your lighting tool options.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fast Torchlight at 4.6 against Pelican Flashlight's 2.9. Fast Torchlight also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 20%) and ratings volume (127 vs 7). Pelican Flashlight's advantage is 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. Pelican Flashlight asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fast Torchlight holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fast Torchlight has 127 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Fast Torchlight's written reviews are positive against 20% of Pelican Flashlight's.
Fast Torchlight ships an update every 7 months, Pelican Flashlight weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fast Torchlight | Pelican Flashlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (127 ratings) — better | 2.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 127 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Kiefer | Pelican Products, Inc. |
Customer experience
Fast Torchlight
Pelican Flashlight
In-app purchases
Fast Torchlight
- Remove the Advertisement$0.99
Pelican Flashlight
No in-app purchases
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