Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable night light colors
  • Multi-color mode
  • Sleep sounds library
  • Sound store for more sounds
  • Adjustable LED flashlight brightness
  • Sleep timer
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • Adjustable color panel
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Photography lighting
  • Tracing and animation lightbox
  • Color matching reference
  • Night light functionality
  • External display control
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Night Light Lite Nightlight4 screens
Screen Light Color4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Night Light Lite Nightlight versus Screen Light Color: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNight Light Lite NightlightScreen Light Color
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11K ratings) — better4.5 (496 ratings)
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews89.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better496
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInfinite Wave Media, LLCBrian Li Sui Fong

Customer experience

Night Light Lite Nightlight

All ratings10,527 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews436 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative21.8%

Screen Light Color

All ratings485 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive89.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.5%

User reviews

Night Light Lite Nightlight

From 11K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

10 purchases

Night Light Lite Nightlight

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time8
  • Birds$0.99
  • Fan$0.99
  • Rain$0.99
Show 5 more
  • Thunderstorm$0.99
  • White Noise 2$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Unlock All Sounds$4.99
  • Lifetime$24.99
2 purchases

Screen Light Color

One-time2
  • Tip Jar$3.99
  • Unlock Extra Features$3.99

Questions

Is Night Light Lite Nightlight free?
Night Light Lite Nightlight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screen Light Color free?
Screen Light Color is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Night Light Lite Nightlight or Screen Light Color?
Night Light Lite Nightlight is rated higher. Night Light Lite Nightlight averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Screen Light Color averages 4.5 from 496 ratings.
Do Night Light Lite Nightlight or Screen Light Color have ads?
Night Light Lite Nightlight shows ads; Screen Light Color does not.
Which is updated more often, Night Light Lite Nightlight or Screen Light Color?
Night Light Lite Nightlight ships an update weekly, and Screen Light Color every 5 weeks. Most recently, Night Light Lite Nightlight was updated on November 4, 2026 and Screen Light Color on November 3, 2026.

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