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SOS Flashlight vs Touch Torch: catalog facts
SOS Flashlight	Touch Torch
Best for: Outdoor users who want an emergency Morse signal on their phone	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
Sends SOS or custom text as Morse code Uses several signalling channels at once, including the flashlight All 3 strengths for SOS Flashlight Sends SOS or custom text as Morse code Uses several signalling channels at once, including the flashlight Open source and available on F-Droid	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
Android only Developer homepage has little information about the app	Very narrow feature set Requires a device with a camera flash
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-only	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 SOS Flashlight weils.net f-droid.org/packages/org.wbftw.weil.sos_flashlight 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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