At your seat in the cinema.

In your car’s footwell.

Our phones can double as a decent flashlight in an instant.

New Roku streaming sticks.

Newer iPhones (4 and 4S) have a built-in LED flash that’s usually activated by the camera.

Finding therightapplication is a different matter.

Frankly, most of the results are crap, and you wouldn’t know where to start.

A selection of the shows available on (HBO) Max

So I did the heavy lifting for you and decided that the best flashlight app for iOS is indeedFlashlight.

I picked Flashlight because it’s free.

It’s not ad-supported.

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So in a nutshell, just one tap is all it takes!

At the very top, three options are presented to you: OFF, Strobe and ON.

IfONis selected, the LED flashes constantly, and the only other option available is to darken the screen.

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If you choose to darken the screen, this is all you will see.

TheStrobemode causes the LED to flash intermittently according to the interval set by the slider.

The LED will remain lit as long as your finger is on the button.

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There are quite a lot of features in this tiny, free app; I must admit.

But there’s one more, that could just store your life –SOSmode.

Flashlightis smart, as I mentioned before, because it remembers your last setting.

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No more fumbling about in the darkness indeed.

Flashlight is the only flashlight system I’d recommend, and is a true lifesaver.

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