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Camera light
The iPhone rear flashlight, one tap to turn on and off. Adjustable intensity where the device supports it.
Apps · Lanterna
A flashlight that wakes no one.
Turns on fast, screen or flash. Six curated presets, SOS in Morse code, timer, camera light, screen light and widgets. To turn on the light at 3 a.m. without disturbing the house, the room, the plane, the tent.
tap to turn on
Just as the app opens. Center button, one gesture. The screen dims on its own when the light comes on.
what it does
You tap, it turns on. You tap, it turns off.
Open the app, the flashlight is ready. No heavy splash screen, no ads, no onboarding, no login. The big button in the middle turns the light on. Tap again, off. It is that simple.
The difference is in the details. The interface goes dark the moment the light comes on, so it does not blow out your night vision. The brightness starts low, rises if you need it. Six common situations come ready, just pick one. Includes an SOS that blinks in Morse code so you can be seen from afar when you need to.
five modes
Camera, screen, timer, presets and widgets.
The iPhone flashlight has more to it than an on-off button. Here each mode is laid out directly, no submenu, no gymnastics.
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Screen light
The screen becomes a flashlight, in warm tones that do not hurt the eyes. For when the camera is not enough or you need diffuse light.
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Timer
Turn it on, set the time, sleep. The light goes off on its own. No need to come back.
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Presets
Six curated situations. You tap, it comes already set. Brightness, color and duration thought out for each use. Includes SOS in Morse code.
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Widgets
Turn it on straight from the lock screen or the home, without opening the app. Tap the widget, the light comes on in the preset you chose.
six presets
Real situations, curated settings.
Most flashlight apps let you adjust everything. This one comes with six situations already thought out. You pick the one that fits and turn it on. The SOS blinks in Morse code so you can be seen from afar.
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Bathroom at night
Minimum brightness, warm amber light. You go and come back without waking the house.
02
Wake no one
Low light in a discreet red tone. For anyone with someone asleep beside them, a baby in the crib, a partner on a different schedule.
03
Find something
Steady, soft white light. For digging through a drawer in the dark, finding the key that dropped, searching a bag in an unfamiliar room.
04
Dark room
Warm, calm light. For low reading before sleep, or to cross the house without turning on the chandelier.
05
Emergency
Everything at max. Camera and screen on. When you need light, not elegance.
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SOS
Blinks in Morse code, three short, three long, three short, in a loop. To be seen from afar when things get rough.
how it looks
Seven scenes, seven presets in use.
Each screenshot shows the app in one of the situations it was made for. Bathroom at night, Wake no one, Find something, Dark room, Emergency, SOS.
four languages
Works in Portuguese, English, German and Japanese.
Single-purpose, but it crosses borders. Each translation was cared for with the same attention as the Portuguese version.
always nocturnal
Dark screen always. No selector.
Most flashlight apps keep the app white while the light is on. You turn on the flashlight to look at the floor and get a headlight in the face. Here there is no decision to make: the interface is always charcoal, with type in warm tones to preserve night vision. You do not have to set a theme, pick a mode, remember to switch. You open it, it is ready.
the look
Charcoal always. Calibrated accents.
A deep charcoal background, the app's only theme. Action capsules in green, warnings in coral. Type in warm tones, calibrated for night reading without glare. Lanterna BLA breaks from the three-theme pattern of the other BLA apps, because a light theme in a flashlight app would be a contradiction.
why it exists
Because the native app is for emergencies, not routine.
The flashlight that comes with iOS is good for turning on in a panic, not for turning on with care. No timer. No preset. It does not dim the screen when you use it. You leave the app, it goes off.
This one is the opposite: it was made to turn on on purpose, at the right time, the right way. Bathroom at night, Wake no one, Find something, Dark room, Emergency. Five situations that asked for a good flashlight, plus an SOS in Morse code for an emergency response.
who makes it
Lanterna BLA is an app Developed in Goiânia 🇧🇷 by BLA Publicações e Conteúdo Digital, an independent editorial studio directed by Ivan Grycuk.
BLA is a content powerhouse built over twenty years of experience in marketing, branding and narrative.
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now on the app store
Lanterna BLA.
On, light, off.
For iPhone with iOS 26 or later.