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Flashy vs Privacy Friendly Torchlight: catalog facts
Flashy	Privacy Friendly Torchlight
Best for: A plain torch app on an Android phone or tablet	Best for: Android users seeking a simple flashlight with minimal permissions
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-only license.
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	Requires only the camera permission to control the flash Contains no advertising
Android only Single-purpose app with few extra features	Android only Provides basic flashlight controls
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0-only
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Offline features available	Not stated if it works offline
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 Privacy Friendly Torchlight github.com/SecUSo/privacy-friendly-torchlight Catalog checked October 8, 2026

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