Small Key

Version History & Release Notes

Create light presets by adjusting brightness and color temperature with a tap or a drag. Give your lights custom names, and sort by brightness, color, and more. Presets sync across all of your iCloud-enabled devices.

NOTE: This app is most useful on iOS and iPadOS, where the light coming from a physical iPhone or iPad can illuminate your face, subject, or room. This app also exists on macOS and visionOS to allow for preset management.

September, 2026

Version 1.1.0

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Version 1.1.0 improves the drag indicator which has been rebuilt with a glowing comet trail and motion that stretches and settles with your finger. Plus a brand new app icon, sidebar improvements, and a batch of Mac fixes.

What’s new

Redesigned drag indicator — the puck now trails a tapered, glowing comet tail as you move, which gently retracts when you pause or lift off.
Smoother dot grid — the proximity grid now springs back into place when you lift your finger instead of snapping off.
New app icon — a fully redesigned icon with light, dark, and tinted variants, plus a refreshed visionOS icon.
Quick delete from the sidebar — long-press or right-click any saved light to delete it.
Better Mac layout — create and sort controls moved to the bottom of the sidebar, with a cleaner sort menu.
Smoother sliders — brightness and color temperature now adjust continuously, without the stray increment marks.
Fixes — corrected Welcome screen layout, and “Edit Light” no longer gets stuck in the title bar on Mac.
Performance — general speed and responsiveness improvements throughout the app.

February 28th, 2025

Version 1.0.0

Build 8072010

Last selected light will still be selected on relaunch
Light selection syncs across devices
Added a light preset indicator to the Edit Light view
Default light now has a custom name, “Example light”
Further improvements to settings debug view

Known issues

If you’ve installed a previous version of Small Key you will need to uninstall then reinstall the app
On macOS and visionOS the screen won’t actually dim. Just the view in the app itself. This is expected.
Creating a new light on macOS may set its initial value to -100