Fast Torchlight vs Flashlight
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.
Flashlight
Instantly transform your device into a Morse code transmitter, emitting SOS distress signals for emergency communication. Features a simple interface for quick operation and a Morse keyboard and translator.
- Morse code transmitter
- SOS distress signal
- Emergency communication
- Morse keyboard
- Morse translator
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- Instantly signal for help by transforming your iOS device into a Morse code transmitter, emitting the SOS distress signal. - Access emergency communication swiftly with a simple interface designed for quick operation. - Ensure safety wherever you are with this essential tool on your iOS device. - Morse keyboard - Morse translator
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flashlight at none against Fast Torchlight's 1. Flashlight also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). Fast Torchlight's advantage is ratings volume (128 vs 6). On price, rating, ads 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. Flashlight asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Fast Torchlight against 4.5 for Flashlight. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fast Torchlight has 128 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fast Torchlight ships an update every 7 months, Flashlight fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fast Torchlight | Flashlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (128 ratings) — better | 4.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 128 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Kiefer | Khang Le |
Customer experience
Fast Torchlight
Flashlight
In-app purchases
Fast Torchlight
- Remove the Advertisement$0.99
Flashlight
No in-app purchases
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