# White Screen

> Turn your screen into a pure white light.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.hungrydroid.whitescreen](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.hungrydroid.whitescreen)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.hungrydroid.whitescreen`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SimpleApp Android
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 507,603
- **Rating:** 4.72 / 5 (1,758 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-21
- **First published:** 2017-09-20
- **Publisher country:** BD
- **Size:** 2.43 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hungrydroid.whitescreen)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.termsfeed.com/live/c3d94551-67ff-406f-b8f9-dfc54fa207c8](https://www.termsfeed.com/live/c3d94551-67ff-406f-b8f9-dfc54fa207c8)

## Description

White Screen – Pure Light helps you turn your device into a bright, distraction-free source of white light. It delivers a pure white display, always-on mode, and a true full-screen experience with a lightweight design, making it perfect for reading, screen testing, photography fill light, and as a fast flashlight. Use it to test pixels, illuminate a page, or craft a minimal lighting setup anywhere.

Designed for speed and low power usage, White Screen launches quickly, stays on, and hides status bars for an immersive light. Its simple interface keeps distractions away while delivering maximum brightness with zero clutter. Common uses include soft reading, dead-pixel testing, portable lighting for photography, or tracing on a lightbox.

## Rankings

- #99,271 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `com.hungrydroid.whitescreen.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users praise White Screen for its extreme simplicity: a pure white screen with no menus or ads, making it a reliable lightweight lighting aid. It’s frequently used for tracing, drawing, and backlighting tasks, and many appreciate the swipe-to-brightness feature. However, updates that alter or remove the brightness swipe have caused frustration, as some users rely on that control. Overall the app is seen as dependable, fast, and unobtrusive, with brightness control and UI changes being the main points of discussion.

### Pros

- Ultra-minimal UI with no menus—just a white screen.
- Ad-free and clutter-free experience.
- Provides soft white light, a gentler alternative to the camera flash.
- Useful for tracing, drawing, and backlighting tasks (e.g., screen protector alignment).
- Swipe-to-brightness feature allows adjusting brightness by swiping (widely referenced).

### Cons

- Brightness control behavior can be inconsistent across updates (added, changed, or removed in different versions), causing frustration.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.hungrydroid.whitescreen)