MyLight vs Platinum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Platinum
Control your lights using your phone's Bluetooth. Adjust on/off status, output strength, and set timers for up to nine groups of lights simultaneously.
- Bluetooth light control
- Group up to 9 lights
- On/off control
- Output strength adjustment
- Timing adjustment
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Platinum-LED uses mobile phone Bluetooth to control lights, group up to 9 groups of lights at the same time with on/off, output strength and timing adjustment functions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MyLight at 76% against Platinum's 31%. MyLight also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (29K vs 28). Platinum's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. MyLight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Platinum asks for nothing beyond the download.
MyLight holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyLight has 29K ratings behind it against 28, 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 31% of Platinum's.
MyLight ships an update every 5 months, Platinum every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyLight | Platinum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (29K ratings) — better | 2.5 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews — better | 31.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29K — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 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, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Kaessner | Platinum LED Holdings LLC |
Customer experience
MyLight
Platinum
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
Platinum
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MyLight
- Disable Ads$1.99
Platinum
No in-app purchases









