Comparison

SleepyLight vs Simple Night Light

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

Head to head
About

SleepyLight

Features
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SleepyLight turns your iPhone into a simple, flexible light for everyday situations. Use a bright white screen, choose a calming color, control your device flashlight, or save a favorite combination as a scene. SleepyLight gives you fast access to the light you need with a clean, distraction-free interface. Features • Screen Light – Use bright white or six calming colors in a full-screen light • Scenes – Save favorite Screen Light and flashlight setups and activate them with one tap • Flashlight – Control your device flashlight with adjustable brightness • Brightness Presets – Quickly switch between common brightness levels • Color Memory – Each Screen Light color remembers its own brightness setting • Lock Controls – Prevent accidental taps while using the light • Usage Tracking – View daily and lifetime usage statistics • Private and Lightweight – No accounts, ads, or tracking SleepyLight Plus The free version includes one editable scene. A one-time SleepyLight Plus purchase unlocks unlimited scenes, lets you organize and place up to three scenes on Home, and adds the Disco Screen Light effect. Great For • Bedtime and nighttime use • Reading in low light • Navigating dark rooms • Nursery and night feedings • Camping and travel • Gentle ambient lighting

About

Simple Night Light

Features
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A softer light for the middle of the night. When your iPhone flashlight is more than you need, Night Light turns your screen into a calm, gentle light. Open the app and your saved color and brightness are ready. No account, setup, or clutter. MAKE IT YOURS Choose warm amber, warm white, deep red, candle, green, or moonlight. Pick any custom color and adjust the screen brightness from 1% to 50%. Night Light remembers your favorite settings for next time. Deep red and warm amber are gentle choices for checking on a sleeping child or finding your way without waking anyone. OPEN IT YOUR WAY Add the circular widget to your Lock Screen or Home Screen to open your saved light with one tap. On iOS 18 and later, you can also add Night Light to Control Center, a Lock Screen control, or the Action button on supported iPhones. Normal iPhone authentication may still be required. OPTIONAL REAR LIGHT Need a little more? One tap turns on the rear flashlight at a deliberately low level. It never turns on automatically, and it switches off when Night Light leaves the foreground. SIMPLE BY DESIGN Night Light opens directly into your favorite preset, uses a dark launch screen, and keeps controls minimal and easy to find. FREE AND PRIVATE Night Light is completely free, with no ads, accounts, subscriptions, analytics, or tracking. Your settings remain on your device. Optional tips unlock nothing—the full app is available to everyone.

Screenshots

SleepyLight4 screens
Simple Night Light3 screens

Verdict

The call

SleepyLight and Simple Night Light are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. SleepyLight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple Night Light sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SleepyLight versus Simple Night Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSleepyLightSimple Night Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSleepyGroup LLCSubstruct, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SleepyLight

One-time1
  • SleepyLight Plus$4.99
1 purchases

Simple Night Light

One-time1
  • Leave a Tip$2.99

Questions

Is SleepyLight free?
SleepyLight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Night Light free?
Simple Night Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SleepyLight or Simple Night Light have ads?
Neither SleepyLight nor Simple Night Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SleepyLight or Simple Night Light?
SleepyLight ships an update every 2 months, and Simple Night Light every 2 months. Most recently, SleepyLight was updated on October 28, 2026 and Simple Night Light on October 29, 2026.

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