Screen Light App vs Color Screen Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Screen Light App
This utility app transforms your device's screen into a customizable light source. Adjust brightness and color to create the perfect ambiance for any situation. It offers a simple, ad-free experience.
- Customizable screen light
- Adjustable brightness
- Single color display
- Ad-free experience
- Intuitive controls
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ScreenLight is a simple app that lets you use your iPhone screen as a light. It displays a single color across the entire screen, with intuitive controls for brightness and color. There are no ads, and the app is completely free to use.
Color Screen Light
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Turn your screen into a pure color light. The simplest single-color screen app for use as a penlight, nightlight, photo backlight, display test, and more. [Key Features] ■ Full-Screen Solid Color Fill the entire screen with any color you choose. ■ Precise Color Picking Pick colors using a color wheel, HSV/RGB sliders, or HEX input. ■ Favorites Save colors you love and recall them with a single tap. ■ Scene Animations Built-in presets: Rainbow, Candle, Thunder, Aurora. Or compose your own gradients and blinks. ■ Lock Mode (Unique) Lock the screen so taps won't change anything. Long-press for 3 seconds to unlock. Perfect for nightlight or photo shoots where you don't want accidental changes. ■ Display Test Cycle through 8 colors to check screen color reproduction. Useful for repair, calibration, and quality checks. ■ Auto-Max Brightness Automatically pushes the screen to maximum brightness on launch. Sleep prevention is built-in. ■ Landscape Support Works seamlessly in portrait and landscape. [Perfect for] - Penlight at concerts and live events - Gentle nightlight for kids and babies - Backlight or color source for photography - Color reproduction checks for displays - Using your phone as a portable light
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Screen Light App at none against Color Screen Light's shown. Color Screen Light's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Screen Light App sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Color Screen Light sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Screen Light App ships an update every 4 months, Color Screen Light every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Screen Light App | Color Screen Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (32 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rikuto Kumada | kota tada |
In-app purchases
Screen Light App
- Buy me a coffee$0.99
- Cake set$2.99
- Dinner$5.99
Color Screen Light
- Premium (1 month)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium (1 year)14 Days trial$49.991 Year
Questions
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