Night Light Lite Nightlight vs Screen Light Color
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Night Light Lite Nightlight
This app provides a customizable night light with soothing sleep sounds to help users fall asleep and stay asleep. It projects a gentle glow onto walls and ceilings, offering various colors and ambient noises. Users can also adjust screen brightness and set sleep timers for a more restful experience.
- Customizable night light colors
- Multi-color mode
- Sleep sounds library
- Sound store for more sounds
- Adjustable LED flashlight brightness
- Sleep timer
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The #1 Night Light! Trying to fall asleep? Now you can, with Night Light + Sleep Sounds! “Me and my kids l-o-v-e this app, 5 stars!!!” Night Light is a 100% free nightlight to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Night Light projects a glowing light onto your ceiling and walls that will help you fall asleep while playing peaceful sounds to relax to. “Slept like a ROCK last night thanks to this Nightlight app” Night Light is a 100% free nightlight to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Night Light projects a glowing light onto your ceiling and walls that will help you fall asleep while playing peaceful sounds to relax to. “This helped with my insomnia and made me sleep better than ever, I use it every night!” All you need to do is download the app on your iOS device, select your nightlight colors, optional sleep sounds, screen brightness, sleep timer and flashlight settings - then place your device on a night stand or near a corner in a room for the best illumination. MOST POPULAR FEATURES: + Custom nightlight colors or a glowing range of colors with multi-color mode. + Sounds to sleep to including beach waves, running water, white noise and more! + Build your sleep sound library by visiting the sound store. Earn credits each night you use Night Light to unlock even more awesome free features and content to help make your sleep even more restful. + Customize your LED torch flash light settings to a custom brightness to help illuminate your bedroom or personal space to keep it as well lit as you would like! Night Light is the #1 night light app that not only illuminates your bedroom but also helps you sleep better and get a more restful nights sleep! Tips: Use every night for the best results and to maintain the enhanced sleep and anti-insomnia impact of the app. Leave your device in the corner of a room at a high brightness if you wish to illuminate the room better. Set a sleep timer to have the night light screen, LED and sounds disable once you are sleeping. Download now and see for yourself why people are in love with Night Light! Terms of service - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Screen Light Color
Transform your device's screen into a customizable light panel without distractions. Easily adjust to any color for various uses, from photography to tracing and mood lighting. Unlock advanced features like precise color temperature control and external display mirroring through in-app purchases.
- Adjustable color panel
- Distraction-free interface
- Photography lighting
- Tracing and animation lightbox
- Color matching reference
- Night light functionality
- External display control
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a clean, full-screen color light. Pick any color, adjust the brightness, then hide the controls so the display becomes the light — with nothing else in the way. Screen Light Color is useful as: → A studio light for accent or soft fill lighting → A lightbox / light table for tracing, drawing, animation, film negatives, radiographs, and more → A color reference and matching tool → A night light or screen flashlight → A red light for stargazing, night walks, or darkroom use → A beacon, visual signal, or mood light Made to stay out of your way: → Open colors from Home Screen widgets or Control Center → Use Siri and Shortcuts to open the app and set colors → Use Split View and multiple windows on iPad, each with its own color → Temporarily disable touch to prevent accidental taps or palm input → Use custom in-app screen brightness without changing your device brightness elsewhere → Navigate the app with VoiceOver Want more control? An optional in-app purchase unlocks: → Precision white-balance controls for warmer or cooler light, including magenta/green tint → Hue, saturation, brightness, RGB, and HEX controls → Saving as many custom color swatches as you want → Sync saved colors across your devices with iCloud → External-display support, so you can turn a TV or connected display into a larger light panel using AirPlay or a cable Simple when you want it. Precise when you need it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Screen Light Color at none against Night Light Lite Nightlight's shown. Screen Light Color also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 72%). Night Light Lite Nightlight's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (11K vs 496). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Night Light Lite Nightlight sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Screen Light Color sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Night Light Lite Nightlight against 4.5 for Screen Light Color. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Night Light Lite Nightlight has 11K ratings behind it against 496, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Night Light Lite Nightlight's written reviews are positive against 90% of Screen Light Color's.
Night Light Lite Nightlight ships an update weekly, Screen Light Color every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Night Light Lite Nightlight | Screen Light Color |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11K ratings) — better | 4.5 (496 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews | 89.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 496 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Infinite Wave Media, LLC | Brian Li Sui Fong |
Customer experience
Night Light Lite Nightlight
Screen Light Color
User reviews
Night Light Lite Nightlight
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helps with sleep
- 🌈 Variety of color options
- ⏱️ Timer feature
- 🔦 Flashlight functionality
- 💤 Calming sounds
Room to improve
- 💸 Paywall for some features
- 📢 Intrusive ads
- 🔆 Brightness issues
- 🔌 Battery drain
- 🤔 Confusing controls
Screen Light Color
From 496 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🎨 Wide range of color options
- 🌟 Intuitive and clean interface
- 💡 Useful for various purposes (reading, ambiance, etc.)
- 🔍 Helpful for specific use cases (astronomy, photography)
Room to improve
- 🔓 Lack of screen lock feature
- 🔧 Some advanced features require paid upgrade
- 🤔 Touch sensitivity issues when trying to set specific colors
Bugs and requests
Night Light Lite Nightlight
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent color/brightness changes
- Sounds not working as expected
- Crashes or freezes
Requested features
5 requests- Custom color options
- More sound choices
- Automatic turn-off when phone is locked
- Dimmer settings
- Compatibility with blue light filters
Screen Light Color
Reported bugs
2 issues- Paid features not functioning as advertised
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to show multiple colors at once
- Random color generator slideshow option
- Support for Split View on iPad
- Option to add the app to Control Center
In-app purchases
Night Light Lite Nightlight
- Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Birds$0.99
- Fan$0.99
- Rain$0.99
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- Thunderstorm$0.99
- White Noise 2$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Unlock All Sounds$4.99
- Lifetime$24.99
Screen Light Color
- Tip Jar$3.99
- Unlock Extra Features$3.99
Questions
Is Night Light Lite Nightlight free?
Is Screen Light Color free?
Which has better reviews, Night Light Lite Nightlight or Screen Light Color?
Do Night Light Lite Nightlight or Screen Light Color have ads?
Which is updated more often, Night Light Lite Nightlight or Screen Light Color?
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