Electric Screen is a prank utility app for iOS and Android that simulates electrical lightning bolts on the user's screen.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Entertainment
Sentiment
3.6
126 reviews
Nemesis
Broken Screen Prank - Break it
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire this app for low-stakes social entertainment, using the prank to surprise friends through simulated hardware failure.
For Casual users looking for prank tools to entertain friends and family.
What does it look like?
Key features
Visual lightning bolts generated under the user's finger on the screen
Allows multiple lightning bolts to appear simultaneously when multiple fingers touch the screen
Phone vibration triggered during the lightning effect
How much does it cost?
Ad-supported model where revenue from third-party vendors funds ongoing development of new visual effects.
Velocity
Dormant developmentnew contentShow more...
The development momentum is classified as zombie due to the lack of consistent release activity. The most recent release occurred on 2025-09-17, following a massive gap since the previous update in 2016. There is no evidence of a recurring release cadence or active maintenance, indicating the project is likely abandoned or in a state of total inactivity.
Who built it?
Kiril Petrov
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What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate prank functionality provides effective entertainment value for users targeting friends and family members.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Prank functionality provides effective entertainment value for users targeting friends and family members
- System instability and screen freezing behavior force users to perform hard device reboots
31 of 31 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for Electric Screen
How's the Entertainment market?
The app occupies the niche hardware-simulation prank space, but its 3.7 rating on Android lags behind the high-fidelity visual standards set by category leaders. The lack of recent feature updates relative to the competition signals a risk of long-term user attrition.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By 振山 董
This app dominates the prank category by offering a more sophisticated visual simulation of screen damage, directly competing for the same 'shock-value' user base as Electric Screen.
- Offers a massive library of visual effects compared to Electric Screen's singular lightning bolt animation
- Maintains a significantly higher update frequency, ensuring compatibility with modern high-resolution display aspect ratios
- Leverages massive social proof with over 750k ratings, creating a strong barrier to entry for smaller apps
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Key takeaways for Electric Screen
Where is it heading?
The casual prank market is consolidating around apps that offer higher visual fidelity and reliable hardware interaction. Electric Screen remains exposed: without addressing the screen-lock mechanism, the app will continue to lose market share to competitors that offer a smoother, more reliable user experience.
- Persistent reports of screen freezing and forced reboots during the latest version usage drive negative sentiment, which compounds the risk of permanent user churn.
- Recent updates focused on color customization and sound settings, yet these additions fail to address the underlying stability complaints surfacing in user reviews.
The SWOT
- Multi-touch interaction enables localized prank scenarios
- Niche electric aesthetic provides distinct sensory feedback
- Proximity sensor integration for automated prank triggers
- Expansion into multi-soundboard prank variety
Next best moves
Audit screen-lock mechanism because user reviews report forced reboots → reduce churn
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's stability issues are a greater threat than competitor feature parity…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
High-fidelity screen crack simulation (available in Broken Screen Prank) +1
Since the last report: The app's competitive outlook has declined due to the emergence of critical stability issues, specifically screen-locking and forced reboots, which now overshadow the lack of feature updates.
Bottom line
The app succeeds as a niche prank tool, but severe stability issues and screen-lock bugs threaten its viability, so the PM must prioritize technical hygiene over new visual content to prevent further churn.
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