Flashlight: Android app that lets you control torch brightness
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Android app that finally lets you control flashlight brightness, add strobing with multiple frequencies. It's beautiful, seamless and open source!
HN · launched Jan 15, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 75%) · 0 views
Niche: mobile system utility apps · 186 launches, 17 in the last 7 days ▲ +6% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Hardware & robotics
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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More like this: all 186 launches in mobile system utility apps →
Could you build this?
Yes It is a straightforward native Android utility app that exposes Android 13's CameraManager torch brightness control APIs and pulse timers.
Discussion
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 145 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #137 of 146 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 74 days after the earliest competitor.
- Flashlight Upgraded: More Than Light · ph · 2026-10-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- NIGHT MODE - Screen Dimmer · ph · 2026-10-01 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- BetterNightLight · github · 2026-09-18 · 55 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- Edge Lighting: Border Light · ph · 2026-10-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Spectra Flashlight & Light Tools · ph · 2026-09-13 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Brightness Control · ph · 2026-09-14 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Reading Flashlight · ph · 2026-11-01 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Screen Shield · ph · 2026-11-09 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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