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Flashy vs Latarka: catalog facts
Flashy	Latarka
Best for: A plain torch app on an Android phone or tablet	Best for: Android users who want Motorola-style chop-chop flashlight control
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 licence.
Android	Android
Works with the camera flash or the screen Simple, privacy-focused design All 3 strengths for Flashy Works with the camera flash or the screen Simple, privacy-focused design Open source	Shake gesture toggles the flashlight without unlocking menus Runs as a background service All 3 strengths for Latarka Shake gesture toggles the flashlight without unlocking menus Runs as a background service Small, single-purpose app
Android only Single-purpose app with few extra features	Small project with few contributors Background service needs to stay running for the gesture to work
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Flashy poopjournal.rocks/Flashy github.com/Crazy-Marvin/Flashy f-droid.org/packages/rocks.poopjournal.flashy Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Latarka github.com/SebastianKuniec/Latarka f-droid.org/packages/com.kuniec.latarka Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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