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Latarka vs Touch Torch: catalog facts
Latarka	Touch Torch
Best for: Android users who want Motorola-style chop-chop flashlight control	Best for: Quick momentary flashlight use or flashing Morse code
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.
Android	Android
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	Momentary light controlled by touch Usable for flashing patterns and Morse code All 3 strengths for Touch Torch Momentary light controlled by touch Usable for flashing patterns and Morse code Simple single-purpose app
Small project with few contributors Background service needs to stay running for the gesture to work	Very narrow feature set Requires a device with a camera flash
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: BSD-3-Clause
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 Latarka github.com/SebastianKuniec/Latarka f-droid.org/packages/com.kuniec.latarka Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Touch Torch github.com/SoftcodingForYou/touchtorch f-droid.org/packages/com.softcodingforyou.touchtorch Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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