SleepyLight vs Simple Night Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SleepyLight
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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
Simple Night Light
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SleepyLight | Simple Night Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SleepyGroup LLC | Substruct, LLC |
In-app purchases
SleepyLight
- SleepyLight Plus$4.99
Simple Night Light
- Leave a Tip$2.99
Questions
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