Comparison

MyLight vs bClk

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

bClk

This customizable night clock offers a vibrant color palette and adjustable brightness, perfect for use in low-light conditions. It includes features like displaying a second time zone and a unique swipe gesture for flashlight functionality. The app is designed to stay on while plugged in, with intelligent power management when unplugged.

Highlights
  • Customizable colors and brightness
  • 12/24 hour format with PM indicator
  • Display of a second time zone
  • Swipe gesture for flashlight mode
  • Orientation-dependent controls
  • Auto-lock management for continuous display
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Night clock. Choice of 12 or 24 hr format. 12hr format has an extra "." to denote pm hours. Whole rainbow of color choices and variable brightnesses. Guide button leads you to separate page (and disappears after 3 seconds if not tapped). Set color/brightness by tapping on digits so you are less likely to change something while just handling the clock in the dark. Be sure to plug in because it does draw power. Single tap: change brightness. Double tap: change digit color. Swipe the digits to change background color to bright red to use as a night flashlight. Swipe digits again to get back to black blackground (and old brightness). Both brightness change and color change are orientation-dependent. Single tap in Portrait mode increases brightness, in Landscape decreases brightness. Similarly, double-tap in Portrait cycles one way and reverses if in Landscape. Display another time zone: If you are living in Maui but your officemates are all in Chicago and you want to keep track of what time it is there. Digits are italic if the time zone is enabled. AutoLock is turned off in the app so the clock continues to display during the night but with v1.80 and up if the phone is unplugged or power is lost then the display will turn off after the number of minutes set in the AutoLock feature. If AutoLock is set to never then the display will stay on but at the lowest power consumption setting. A 1/2 full battery icon is displayed if battery is being drained (see screenshot for largest iPhone).

Screenshots

MyLight4 screens
bClk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MyLight at Free against bClk's $0.99. MyLight also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (29K vs 4). bClk's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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; bClk costs $0.99 up front. MyLight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. bClk asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MyLight holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyLight has 29K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of MyLight's written reviews are positive against 100% of bClk's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyLight ships an update every 5 months, bClk monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
MyLight versus bClk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyLightbClk
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (29K ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better13.2
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander KaessnerSean Brennan

Customer experience

MyLight

All ratings28,704 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews369 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral6.2%
Negative17.6%

bClk

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

bClk

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MyLight

One-time1
  • Disable Ads$1.99
None

bClk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyLight free?
MyLight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is bClk free?
bClk costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MyLight or bClk?
MyLight is rated higher. MyLight averages 4.6 out of 5 from 29K ratings, while bClk averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do MyLight or bClk have ads?
MyLight shows ads; bClk does not.
Which is updated more often, MyLight or bClk?
MyLight ships an update every 5 months, and bClk monthly. Most recently, MyLight was updated on September 26, 2026 and bClk on June 7, 2026.

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