Comparison

MyLight vs let's led

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

Head to head
About

MyLight

This app provides a simple and modern interface for lighting up your surroundings. It offers various light modes using either the device's screen or LED, including a stroboscope, SOS, and color options. Users can control brightness and customize their experience with widgets and shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Simple modern interface
  • Screen and LED lighting
  • Stroboscope and SOS modes
  • Adjustable LED brightness
  • Customizable widgets
  • Siri Shortcuts
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The simplest way to light up your environment! With MyLight you get everything you need for lighting. Why should you use MyLight? • Clean and simple modern interface • Supports iPhone, iPod touch & iPad • Uses the bright screen or built in LED for lightning • Different light modes for multiple use cases like stroboscope, light graffiti and SOS • Control the LED brightness • Fullscreen mode with no interface elements • Home screen quick actions • Siri Shortcuts • Customizable app icon (via App Settings in System Preferences) • Customizable home & lock screen widgets ––––––––––––––– Light Modes using the screen: – Simple Flashlight – Color Flashlight – Light Changing Lamp – Stroboscope – Light Graffiti – S.O.S. Light Modes using the LED: – Simple Flashlight – Stroboscope – S.O.S. ––––––––––––––– HINT: Using the screen at full brightness or the LED reduces the battery charge very fast. WARNING: Using the stroboscope at a frequency of ~20Hz (or maybe other frequencies) can cause display flickering! Use the stroboscope with care. ––––––––––––––– Follow us on Twitter and Facebook: @pxlwaves

About

let's led

Transform your device into a dynamic ticker display for messages and time. Utilize a vast library of over 100 symbols to create custom alerts and notifications.

Highlights
  • Device as ticker display
  • Customizable messages
  • Over 100 symbols
  • Time clock functionality
Features
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Let’s Led turns your iphone/ipad into an ticker display. a time clock, and with over 100 symbol, you can send any message you want.

Screenshots

MyLight4 screens
let's led4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MyLight at Free against let's led's $0.99. MyLight also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 32 months). let's led's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MyLight is free to download; let's led costs $0.99 up front. MyLight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. let's led asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MyLight holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyLight has 29K ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of MyLight's written reviews are positive against 60% of let's led's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyLight ships an update every 5 months, let's led every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
MyLight versus let's led: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyLightlet's led
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (29K ratings) — better3.4 (43 ratings)
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews — better60.4% of reviews
Number of ratings29K — better43
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 32 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander Kaessner子浩 张

Customer experience

MyLight

All ratings28,869 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews370 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral6.5%
Negative17.6%

let's led

All ratings43 ratings
Positive51.2%
Neutral20.9%
Negative27.9%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive60.4%
Neutral16.7%
Negative22.9%

User reviews

MyLight

From 29K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🔦 Bright and effective screen light
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🔋 Doesn't drain device battery
  • 🔍 Useful for reading, sewing, and other low-light tasks
  • 💡 Helpful during power outages

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Screen light turns off automatically after inactivity
  • 🔍 Lacks additional lighting options (e.g., color, intensity)
  • 🔌 Would be better if it used the device's built-in flashlight

let's led

From 43 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Fun app
  • 👍 Useful for various scenarios
  • 👍 Good for social media/videos
  • 👍 Works well

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Text chopped off at top
  • 🐛 Text illegible
  • 🐛 Message doesn't fit screen
  • 🐛 Archaic/bad font choices
  • 🐛 Slow scrolling speed

Bugs and requests

MyLight

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Screen brightness settings get changed after using the app
  • App causes issues when viewing 35mm slides on iPad Pro

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add a lock screen option to keep the light on
  • Provide more customization for the screen light (color, brightness, etc.)
  • Integrate with the device's built-in flashlight functionality

let's led

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Chinese text chopped off at the top
  • Text illegible, showing only tops of letters
  • Message does not fit on iPhone screen, only bottom edges of characters showing
  • Privacy policy page blank
  • Chinese characters' top part is cut off
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  • Input only vertical orientation, scrolling horizontal

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add 'real' fonts
  • Fix Chinese text cut-off
  • Add option to share banners
  • Add countdown timer
  • Bigger speed range for animation
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  • One tab message choice with hashtags
  • Add static display option
  • Change time format to 12-hour
  • Add solid English fonts
  • Option to choose font size for clock
  • Faster animation speed
  • Preview message before displaying
  • Add Cyrillic support
  • Adapt to iPhone X screen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MyLight

One-time1
  • Disable Ads$1.99
None

let's led

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyLight free?
MyLight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is let's led free?
let's led costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MyLight or let's led?
MyLight is rated higher. MyLight averages 4.6 out of 5 from 29K ratings, while let's led averages 3.4 from 43 ratings.
Do MyLight or let's led have ads?
MyLight shows ads; let's led does not.
Which is updated more often, MyLight or let's led?
MyLight ships an update every 5 months, and let's led every 32 months. Most recently, MyLight was updated on November 5, 2026 and let's led on November 2, 2026.

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