Comparison

Red Light Therapy vs Rubi

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

Head to head
About

Red Light Therapy

Transform your screen into a calming red glow for relaxation and ambiance. Features a gentle sunrise alarm that simulates natural light to ease you awake. Track your progress and build consistent wellness habits.

Highlights
  • Customizable red light sessions
  • Sunrise simulation alarm
  • Adjustable brightness and color
  • Session history and streak tracking
  • Daily reminders
  • Minimalist interface
Features
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Red Light Relaxation & Ambiance Wind down. Breathe. Be still. Red Light turns your screen into a warm, immersive red glow — perfect for unwinding at the end of the day, setting a calming atmosphere, or simply giving yourself a quiet moment. A Routine That Fits Your Life Set your preferred color, brightness, and session length — then let the app do the rest. Track your daily streaks and session history to build a habit that actually sticks. Wake Up Gently with Dawn Simulation Let your screen gradually brighten from deep red to warm light while you sleep — simulating a natural sunrise to ease you out of sleep without harsh alarms. Set your wake time, choose your ramp duration and colors, and wake up the way nature intended. FEATURES Customizable red light sessions Multiple shades and brightness levels Flexible session durations Dawn simulation alarm with gradual light ramp Sunrise-style wake-up with custom colors and duration Daily reminders to stay consistent Session history and streak tracking Minimal, distraction-free interface Presets to save your favourite settings PRO Unlock unlimited presets, advanced programs, and full session history with a Pro subscription. Auto-renewing · Cancel anytime in App Store settings. This app is for relaxation and ambiance purposes only. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.pawsandpixels.com.tr/privacy.html

About

Rubi

Features
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Rubi turns your iPhone or iPad into a calm, deep-red light for the end of your day. One tap starts a 20-minute wind-down ritual: the screen fills with gentle red light, an optional breath pacer keeps you company, and when the timer ends the light fades slowly to black — it will never flash white in a dark room. WHY RED? Bright, blue-heavy screens in the evening tell your brain it is still daytime. Red sits at the low-energy end of the spectrum and has the smallest alerting effect of any screen color. Rubi swaps the late-night feed for twenty quiet minutes of soft red light. ONE TAP, THEN NOTHING • Start your ritual with a single tap — no buried accessibility settings, no triple-click hacks • Session timers from ten minutes to open-ended, always ending in a slow fade to black • Rubi raises your screen brightness for the session and always restores it afterwards • The screen stays awake for the whole session, no tapping to keep it alive MADE FOR REAL NIGHTS • Baby Light: a touch-locked red light for night feeds and checks — the screen ignores every touch until you hold for three seconds, so it can never flash white in the nursery • Five light colors from deep red to warm white, plus a custom color picker • Six gentle sounds — rain, brown noise, ocean, thunderstorm, crickets, soft fan — that mix politely with your music and podcasts instead of muting them • An optional breath pacer (four seconds in, six seconds out) for winding down BUILD THE HABIT • A quiet log of your evenings: streaks, sessions, and calm minutes • One gentle daily reminder if you want it — the only notification Rubi will ever send • Own a real red light panel? Rubi works just as well as the session timer and consistency tracker beside it THE HONEST SCIENCE A phone screen cannot replace a red light therapy panel, and Rubi will never pretend it can — no skin, collagen, or pain-relief claims, ever. What your screen can honestly give you: gentler light, a bounded ritual, and a reason to put the feed down. The full, sober explanation lives one tap away inside the app. A FAIR PRICE AND A QUIET APP • The core ritual is free forever: the 20-minute timer, deep red light, touch lock, and two sounds • Rubi Pro is one price, once — no subscription, no ads • No accounts, no tracking, nothing ever leaves your phone Wind down tonight. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trcoapps.com/privacy

Screenshots

Red Light Therapy4 screens
Rubi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Rubi at none against Red Light Therapy's shown. Red Light Therapy's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price and in-app purchases 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. Red Light Therapy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Rubi sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Red Light Therapy versus Rubi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRed Light TherapyRubi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaws And Pixels Ayaz Bilisim Ticaret Limited SirketiTimothy Richardson

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Red Light Therapy

Subscriptions1
  • Red Light Therapy Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
4 purchases

Rubi

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
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  • Rubi Pro Forever$9.99

Questions

Is Red Light Therapy free?
Red Light Therapy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rubi free?
Rubi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Red Light Therapy or Rubi have ads?
Red Light Therapy shows ads; Rubi does not.

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