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Touch Torch vs Flashy: catalog facts
Touch Torch	Flashy
Best for: Quick momentary flashlight use or flashing Morse code	Best for: A plain torch app on an Android phone or tablet
Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Android	Android
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	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
Very narrow feature set Requires a device with a camera flash	Android only Single-purpose app with few extra features
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
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	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

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