MyLight vs No Frills Flashlight
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
No Frills Flashlight
This utility app provides a straightforward flashlight experience with no advertisements or in-app purchases. Users can adjust brightness with a swipe and customize the light color, including a red option to preserve night vision. It also features a white noise generator for soothing purposes.
- Adjustable brightness via swipe
- Customizable light color
- Red light mode for night vision
- White noise generator
- No ads or tracking
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A super simple flashlight app with no ads, no premium payments, and no tracking - Swipe to change light brightness - Change color to anything you'd like--use red to preserve night vision! - Play white noise (great for soothing babies!)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: No Frills Flashlight at none against MyLight's 1. No Frills Flashlight also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). MyLight's advantage is ratings volume (29K vs 6) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. No Frills Flashlight asks for nothing beyond the download.
No Frills Flashlight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyLight has 29K ratings behind it against 6, 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 100% of No Frills Flashlight's.
MyLight ships an update every 5 months, No Frills Flashlight every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyLight | No Frills Flashlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (29K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — 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 |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Kaessner | Mark Schmidt |
Customer experience
MyLight
No Frills Flashlight
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
No Frills Flashlight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MyLight
- Disable Ads$1.99
No Frills Flashlight
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MyLight free?
Is No Frills Flashlight free?
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Do MyLight or No Frills Flashlight have ads?
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