Comparison

ziLight vs Hao Deng

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ziLight

Control smart Bluetooth music lights with your phone. Adjust colors, brightness, and effects, or sync lights with music. Offers features like timers and DIY color modes for a personalized lighting experience.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth music lighting control
  • 16 million color options
  • Brightness dimming
  • Jump and blink effects
  • Music player synchronization
  • DIY color modes
  • Timer ON/OFF
Features
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ziLight is a smart bluetooth music-lighting control total solution. It has a unique and exclusive two-in-one design ,use smart phone with BLE4.0 and Bluetooth2.0 can control multiple ziLight devices at the same time, such as 16million colors,brightness dimming,jump and blink function, music player,Micro detecting ,DIY color mode, timer ON/OFF etc.

About

Hao Deng

Effortlessly manage your smart LED lights with a vast array of color and brightness options. Create custom scenes, group bulbs by room, and utilize security or wake-up lighting features. Sync lights to music or ambient room colors for a dynamic experience.

Highlights
  • 16 million color choices
  • Brightness control
  • Customizable scenes
  • Multi-room grouping
  • Security lighting timers
  • Wake-up/turn-down lighting
  • Music sync (MIC mode)
  • Camera color detection
Features
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Controlling your smart LED has never been easier. 16 million amazing color choices, coolwhite or warmwhite, or many other tones in between. Select any color you want, vary the brightness, store favorite scenes, or choose one of the preset color sequences. MULTI-ROOM / MULTI-SCENE Control the bulbs individually, or group them together. Create individual moods for different rooms. Full control, at your finger tip. SECURITY LIGHTING Going out of town? Set the smart LED to come on and off at certain times, and no one will know you are away. Set individual timers for daily, weekdays, weekends, or specific days. PERFECT WAKE-UP or TURN-DOWN LIGHTING Setup the smart LED to gently turn on the room lighting in the morning, or reduce brightness in the evenings. Perfect way to start the day or settle into the evening. PARTY TOOL Having a party? Set the device to MIC mode, where it’ll listen to the surrounding music and change colors to match the beat. Want lighting to match the color of the room? Easy, use the camera from the APP to detect the surrounding color, which then auto-updates the LED device to matching colors. SHARE Have you created the perfect scene using your lights? Have multiple users at home? No problem, use the email to share devices with other members of your household. SECURE Setup passwords to ensure only authorized persons have access to your smart lighting network.

Screenshots

ziLight3 screens
Hao Deng3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ziLight at 3.3 against Hao Deng's 2.7. ziLight also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 36%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Hao Deng's advantage is ratings volume (82 vs 9). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ziLight holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hao Deng has 82 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of ziLight's written reviews are positive against 36% of Hao Deng's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ziLight versus Hao Deng: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterziLightHao Deng
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (9 ratings) — better2.7 (82 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better36.5% of reviews
Number of ratings982 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer祚文 陶JM Zengge Co., Ltd

Customer experience

ziLight

All ratings9 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral33.3%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Hao Deng

All ratings83 ratings
Positive38.6%
Neutral6.0%
Negative55.4%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive36.5%
Neutral7.1%
Negative56.5%

In-app purchases

None

ziLight

No in-app purchases

None

Hao Deng

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ziLight free?
ziLight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hao Deng free?
Hao Deng is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ziLight or Hao Deng?
ziLight is rated higher. ziLight averages 3.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Hao Deng averages 2.7 from 82 ratings.
Do ziLight or Hao Deng have ads?
Neither ziLight nor Hao Deng shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ziLight or Hao Deng?
ziLight ships an update every 2 months, and Hao Deng every 2 months. Most recently, ziLight was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hao Deng on October 25, 2026.

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