Comparison

screen vs Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen

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

Head to head

screen

Free

🔧 Utilities

★ 2.4195 ratingsView app →

Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen

Dimmer screen & keep screen on

Free

🔧 Utilities

★ 1.85 ratingsView app →

About

screen

This utility app provides a simple white or black screen with adjustable brightness. It offers soft and small illumination, controlled by dedicated sliders for screen color and brightness.

Highlights

White screen option
Black screen option
Adjustable brightness
Soft illumination
Small illumination

Features

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This is the simple white & black screen. You can get soft and small illumination. With white/black slider With brightness slider

About

Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen

Prevent your device's screen from turning off automatically and adjust its brightness to a very low level. This utility is ideal for tasks like long uploads or downloads, or for developers needing continuous screen visibility.

Highlights

Keep screen on indefinitely
Reduce screen brightness to zero
Prevent screen timeout
Useful for long uploads/downloads
Aids developers needing constant screen visibility

Features

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Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen brightness will help you do two those things in zero tap! Just open the app, your phone screen will be on forever and your phone screen brightness will down to zero too! Lower your phone screen brightness is an impressive feature of this app because most of us want to keep screen on and lower phone screen brightness together. Timeout to turn off is also a good feature! This app is useful when you want to keep screen on while uploading video to YouTube, downloading big file or for developer who want to keep screen on! Thank you!

Screenshots

screen3 screens

Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: screen at 2.4 against Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen's 1.8. screen also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (48% vs 25%). Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 18 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. screen asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

screen holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: screen has 195 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of screen's written reviews are positive against 25% of Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

screen ships an update every 18 months, Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level

screen versus Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	screen	Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen
Price	Free	Free
Rating	2.4 (195 ratings) — better	1.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews	48.1% of reviews — better	25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings	195 — better	5
Update frequency	Every 18 months	Every 3 months — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No — better	Yes
Monetization	Free — better	Free with in-app purchases
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	9.0 — better	13.0
Further details — not scored
Size	4 MB	33 MB
Age rating	4+	17+
Developer	Sakura apps	Nghi Doan

Customer experience

screen

All ratings195 ratings

Positive32.8%

Neutral5.1%

Negative62.1%

Written reviews104 reviews

Positive48.1%

Neutral6.7%

Negative45.2%

Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen

All ratings5 ratings

Positive20.0%

Neutral0.0%

Negative80.0%

Written reviews8 reviews

Positive25.0%

Neutral0.0%

Negative75.0%

Bugs and requests

screen

Reported bugs

4 issues

App incompatible with older devices (iPad mini 2)
Screen turns off without user interaction
Ads pop up at wrong times during tracing
Misleading preview images (don't show ads)

Requested features

7 requests

Ad-free paid version ($4.99-$9.99 suggested)
Blue light filter option
Color options beyond black and white
Auto-hide sliders after adjustment
Hide controls button for clean full screen

Show 2 more

System-wide brightness control
Ability to keep screen on indefinitely

Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

screen

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen

One-time1

Remove ads forever$3.99

Questions

Is screen free?

screen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen free?

Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Which has better reviews, screen or Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen?

screen is rated higher. screen averages 2.4 out of 5 from 195 ratings, while Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen averages 1.8 from 5 ratings.

Do screen or Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen have ads?

Neither screen nor Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen shows ads.

Which is updated more often, screen or Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen?

screen ships an update every 18 months, and Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen every 3 months. Most recently, screen was updated on October 5, 2026 and Keep Screen On & Dimmer Screen on October 2, 2026.