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Touch Torch vs SOS Flashlight: catalog facts
Touch Torch	SOS Flashlight
Best for: Quick momentary flashlight use or flashing Morse code	Best for: Outdoor users who want an emergency Morse signal on their phone
Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 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	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
Very narrow feature set Requires a device with a camera flash	Android only Developer homepage has little information about the app
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: GPL-3.0-only
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 SOS Flashlight weils.net f-droid.org/packages/org.wbftw.weil.sos_flashlight Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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