Flashlight
Free LED torch with a white screen fallback and 100 million installs
Flashlight app for Android: four free options compared
Four Android flashlight apps are covered here, ordered by how many people have installed them from Google Play. Flashlight from Splend Apps leads with over 100 million installs. Simple Flashlight follows at over 1 million, then FlashDim at over 100,000 and Lumolight at over 50,000.
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Popularity and quality do not always match. Three of the four apps carry an A grade in our rating, while the most installed one carries a C. We do not explain how those grades are set, so treat them as a simple label.
The four apps have some things in common. All are free to download, and all switch on the phone's light. The three A-grade apps use an open source license, and two of the four, FlashDim and Lumolight, show no ads.
Apps in this category
Simple Flashlight
Free open-source Android torch with brightness, strobe and SOS modes
FlashDim
Free open-source flashlight with level-by-level dimming on Android 13+
Lumolight
Free open-source torch with LED blinking and a colored screen light
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Flashlight
Splend Apps released version 3.0.8, updated October 19, 2026. It drives the camera LED and falls back to a white screen on phones without a flash. Notification buttons and a home screen widget give quick access. It shows ads and offers in-app purchases, and it carries a C grade here.
Simple Flashlight
From Simple Mobile Tool, version 5.10.1, last updated October 27, 2023, the oldest update in this group. It adds brightness control, a customizable strobe, color options and a preset SOS mode. The app is 9.5 MB, licensed GPL-3.0-only, with ads and in-app purchases.
FlashDim
Cyb3rKo's app is at version 2.5.3, updated August 30, 2026. Google Play shows over 100,000 installs and a 4.6 rating. On Android 13 and later it dims the light level by level, and it adds brightness shortcuts, SOS, morse code and an interval mode. It weighs 2.3 MB, is licensed under Apache-2.0, and has no ads or in-app purchases.
Lumolight
BitMavrick's Lumolight is at version 5.1.0.35, updated September 15, 2026. Google Play shows over 50,000 installs and a 4.2 rating, the lowest in the group. It has an LED flashlight, a screen light, blinking with adjustable BPM and a duration setting. It is 5.7 MB, GPL-3.0-only, free of ads but with in-app purchases.
Questions and answers
How are the flashlight apps on this page ordered?
The list runs from the most installs on Google Play to the fewest. Ratings do not set the order. Simple Flashlight, rated 4.5, sits above FlashDim at 4.6, because it has over 1 million installs against over 100,000.
Which of these flashlight apps show no ads?
FlashDim and Lumolight show no ads. FlashDim also has no in-app purchases, while Lumolight does list them. Flashlight and Simple Flashlight both show ads and have in-app purchases.
Is there an option for phones without a camera flash?
Two apps offer a screen light. Flashlight has a white screen mode for devices without a flash, and Lumolight includes a screen flashlight beside its LED mode.
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Check the Android version first. FlashDim builds its dimming on a feature that starts with Android 13, so it suits newer phones best. If your phone has no flash, start with Flashlight or Lumolight, since both list a screen-based light.
Update dates also differ. Three apps were updated between August and October 2026, while Simple Flashlight last changed in October 2023. If you prefer to read the source code, Simple Flashlight and Lumolight use GPL-3.0-only and FlashDim uses Apache-2.0.