Comparison

Color Light vs Lightbox

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

Head to head
About

Color Light

This app provides a versatile lighting tool for photography, allowing users to adjust hue, saturation, and brightness. It offers various fill light types including square, gradient, and customizable shapes to enhance photos.

Highlights
  • Adjustable hue, saturation, and brightness
  • Square fill light
  • Gradient fill light presets
  • Customizable shape lighting
  • Immediate lighting results
Features
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Light is critical to normal photography. However, the most uncontrollable factor is the control of light, and if you want to shoot good-looking works, Light Art is a must-have application for us. Light Art allows you to easily adjust Hue, Saturation, and Brightness to help you light up quickly with immediate results. Fill Light Types Selection: -Square With any brightness and saturation, a variety of light perceptions can be achieved. -Gradient Preset popular purple light, white light, warm light and other colors. -Shape Customize and combine multiple colors to create neon lighting patterns. Subscription Plans: Monthly Subscription: $9.99 / month with 3-day free trial. Subscription will automatically renew 24 hours prior to the end of each term (month or year correspondingly) and your card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time in your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for any unused period of the term. Terms Of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/lightart-terms-of-use/home Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/lightart-privacy-policy/home

About

Lightbox

Enhance your photos and videos with customizable screen lighting. Features include adjustable color temperatures for portraits, a dreamy palette for night use, and dynamic color transitions for mood lighting. It also offers a strobe mode for parties.

Highlights
  • Adjustable color temperature for portraits
  • Dreamy color palette for night use
  • Flowing color transitions for mood
  • Customizable strobe light effects
  • Integrated studio camera for selfies and vlogs
Features
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Transform your iPhone into an instant beauty enhancer with the dazzling Dreamy Screen Color Light!  → Softbox Mode – Light up your night portraits with tones from cozy 2500K warmth to crisp 9900K whites. Now, you can capture stunning photos and videos directly within the app, turning every glow into a perfect shot.  → Night Light Mode – Explore a dreamy palette of colors. Adjust brightness and hues freely to match your vibe — from calm nights to creative moods.  → Mood Light Mode – Enjoy soft, flowing color transitions with our breathing light feature, adding a romantic, cinematic touch to any moment.  → Strobe Mode – Light up the party! Customize flashing speed and color combinations to make yourself the ultimate party king or queen.  Never miss a moment of brilliance — your portable Fill Light Atmosphere Lamp now doubles as a studio camera, ready for selfies, vlogs, or creative shoots anytime, anywhere. We offer multiple subscription options for you: - $2.99/week - $7.99/year • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/privacypolicyforlightbox Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/termsofuseforlightbox

Screenshots

Color Light3 screens
Lightbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Lightbox at free with in-app purchases against Color Light's subscription. Color Light's advantage is review sentiment (25% vs 7%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Color Light sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Lightbox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Color Light against 4.1 for Lightbox. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 328 and 133 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Color Light's written reviews are positive against 7% of Lightbox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Light ships an update every 3 weeks, Lightbox monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Color Light versus Lightbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor LightLightbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (328 ratings)4.1 (133 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews — better6.9% of reviews
Number of ratings328 — better133
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer林月 张Sihoooo Network Technology Co Ltd

Customer experience

Color Light

All ratings328 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative21.6%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Lightbox

All ratings133 ratings
Positive75.9%
Neutral6.0%
Negative18.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive6.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative93.1%

Bugs and requests

Color Light

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App doesn't work after payment
  • Flashlight doesn't work, only screen

Requested features

2 requests
  • Allow trying paid features before purchase
  • More free effects

Lightbox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Color Light

Subscriptions3
  • Light Art Week$2.997 Days
  • Light Art Pro Month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Light Art Pro Month$9.991 Month
3 purchases

Lightbox

Subscriptions2
  • Pro$2.997 Days
  • Yearly Pro$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Color Light free?
Color Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lightbox free?
Lightbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Color Light or Lightbox?
Lightbox is rated higher. Color Light averages 4.0 out of 5 from 328 ratings, while Lightbox averages 4.1 from 133 ratings.
Do Color Light or Lightbox have ads?
Neither Color Light nor Lightbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Color Light or Lightbox?
Color Light ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lightbox monthly. Most recently, Color Light was updated on September 24, 2026 and Lightbox on September 17, 2026.

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