Flashlight Lightbeam vs FlashAlert Flashlight & Strobe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashlight Lightbeam
This utility app provides a powerful and user-friendly flashlight with customizable light patterns and adjustable color temperature. It prioritizes user privacy by not collecting any data. Access all functions quickly and easily whenever you need light.
- Customizable light patterns
- Adjustable color temperature
- Intuitive user interface
- Fast access to functions
- No data collection
- Powerful LED light
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- Customized light patterns: Create, save and play - perfect for any occasion. - Change color temperature: depending on the model, you can switch the LED to warm or cool white - User-friendly: Intuitive operation, lightning-fast access to all functions. - Maximum privacy: No data collection - your safety comes first. - Powerful flashlight: Always at hand when you need light.
FlashAlert Flashlight & Strobe
This utility app provides a quick and dependable flashlight function with additional emergency strobe and SOS modes. It offers a convenient shake-to-toggle feature for easy activation, making it ideal for nighttime use and safety situations.
- Fast flashlight
- Emergency strobe mode
- SOS mode
- Shake to toggle
- Night use
- Safety feature
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A fast, reliable flashlight with emergency strobe and SOS mode. Shake your phone to toggle! Perfect for night use and safety.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FlashAlert Flashlight & Strobe at 5.0 against Flashlight Lightbeam's 4.2. FlashAlert Flashlight & Strobe also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.1). Flashlight Lightbeam's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads and 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
Both are free to download. Flashlight Lightbeam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FlashAlert Flashlight & Strobe asks for nothing beyond the download.
FlashAlert Flashlight & Strobe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flashlight Lightbeam has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Flashlight Lightbeam ships an update every 2 weeks, FlashAlert Flashlight & Strobe every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashlight Lightbeam | FlashAlert Flashlight & Strobe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leonhard Hundschell | Andreas Conradi Nitschke |
Customer experience
Flashlight Lightbeam
FlashAlert Flashlight & Strobe
In-app purchases
Flashlight Lightbeam
- Flashlight Lightbeam$1.99
FlashAlert Flashlight & Strobe
No in-app purchases
Questions
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