XKchrome LED Light vs M Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XKchrome LED Light
Enhance your vehicle's appearance with dynamic, customizable LED lighting. Choose from millions of colors, sync lights with music or your camera, and enjoy safety features like brake lights and parking spot reminders.
- 16 million color options
- Music and microphone sync
- Camera color capture
- Customizable animation themes
- Parking spot locator
- Brake light activation
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XKchrome is an innovative app-enabled light system that completely changes the look of your night rides. It casts dynamic light that highlights the beauty of your vehicle with any color you picked. You can sync its light with your camera and music, or choose from 15 hand-picked, fully-customizable animation themes. XKchrome can also remember your parking spot, and help you find the way back to your vehicle. In addition, the whole system can be turned into a bright red light when you brake, significantly increase the night driving safety. FUN: - 16 million vivid colors at your finger tip. - Sync light with the music in your phone or the microphone. - Sync light with your vehicle's speed or acceleration. - Capture a color with camera and paint your vehicle with it. - Choose from 15 holiday themes with full customization. - Control multiple zones simultaneously, and group/ungroup zones at your will. CONVENIENCE: - Remember where you parked your vehicle. SAFETY: - Turn the entire lighting kit into RED color when you brake. REQUIREMENTS: XKchrome controller or light system is required for using this app. DEVICE COMPATIBILITY: - iPhone: iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XR - iPad†: iPad (3rd gen), iPad (4th gen), iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad mini, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, iPad Pro - iPod touch†: iPod touch 5th gen DISCLAIMER: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. To provide best user experience, "find my vehicle" feature only activates the GPS in the background for about 10 seconds when the phone is disconnected from the controller. The power consumption is similar to opening the Maps App briefly to find your current location. You can also turn off this feature at any time.
M Light
Control and customize smart LED lighting for vehicles and other applications. Offers various lighting modes, color presets, and adjustable brightness, effects, and speed. Requires Bluetooth 4.0 or higher.
- Control smart LED lighting
- Multiple lighting modes (jump, fade, music, strobe)
- Create and save color presets
- Adjust brightness, effect, and speed
- Supports automotive and other uses
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Introduction The MIC LEDS App allows you to control and customize your MICTUNING’s Smart LED Lighting products for automotive and other uses. With multiple lighting modes including jump, fade, music, strobe and more. Create and save up to 6 preset of total 49 colors for special occasions like offroad racing, car party and so on. While the brightness, lighting effect and speed can also be adjusted according to your preference. MIC LEDS requires Bluetooth 4.0 and above. Here are the MIC LEDS smart lighting products available LED Rock Lights Car LED Light Strip RGB LED Bed Light LED Light Bar LED Work Light Learn more about MIC LEDS products and other accessories at mictuning.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: XKchrome LED Light at 3.6 against M Light's 1.9. XKchrome LED Light also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 7%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). M Light's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 10.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
XKchrome LED Light holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 85 and 135 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of XKchrome LED Light's written reviews are positive against 7% of M Light's.
XKchrome LED Light ships an update every 5 weeks, M Light every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | XKchrome LED Light | M Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (85 ratings) — better | 1.9 (135 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.4% of reviews — better | 6.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 85 | 135 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | XKGLOW LLC | 胜洪 曾 |
Customer experience
XKchrome LED Light
M Light
User reviews
XKchrome LED Light
From 85 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great product quality
- 👍 Professional looking app
- 👍 Impressive responsiveness
- 👍 Good organization of features
- 👍 Lots of color patterns
Room to improve
- 🐛 Music sync issues
- 🐛 Bluetooth connection problems
- 🐛 App crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Updates causing lights to turn on
- 🐛 Inconsistent white color
M Light
From 135 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Lights are great
- 👍 Colors are great
- 👍 Product itself is well-made
Room to improve
- 🐛 App keeps crashing
- 🐛 App doesn't connect
- 🐛 App requires frequent restarts
- 🐛 App settings don't save
- 🐛 App is unstable
Bugs and requests
XKchrome LED Light
Reported bugs
22 issues- Disconnects from Bluetooth when using Music feature on iOS
- App updates randomly turn on lights and lose paired controllers
- App prompts for update but none available in App Store
- White color randomly changes to light green and won't revert
- Cannot sync music due to 'restriction by Apple'
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- Music sync only works with downloaded songs, not streaming services
- App glitches when adding songs to gallery
- Color defaults back to white when using Apple CarPlay with GPS
- DRM protected content prevents music playback
- App requires uninstalling and reinstalling for iOS 14.4
- Bluetooth connection is unreliable, disconnects frequently
- Headlights won't pair with iPhone but pair with Android tablet
- Cannot use microphone for music sync when Spotify is playing in background
- Lights turn off when phone goes into sleep mode
- Lights turn on by themselves and require app to turn off
- Cannot sync songs from Spotify
- Music feature doesn't allow access to Apple Music content
- Cannot set brightness by default
- Speed mode shuts down when using other GPS apps
- App does not rotate
- Favorites menu lost after update, app freezes and crashes
- App no longer works after June 17th update, cannot delete/reinstall
Requested features
19 requests- Add timer feature
- Make usable for CarPlay
- Random color selection beyond presets
- Lower speed sensitivity setting
- Save theme as default
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- Lights move to streamed music (not just microphone)
- Configure different brake light modes
- Set color/theme for individual units
- CarPlay compatibility
- Integration with Spotify, Pandora, etc. for music sync
- Add favorite color/theme Dropbox
- Landscape mode
- Apple Watch integration
- Widget support
- Add microphone to controller for music sync
- Design app for XK SILVER
- Electronic eye to turn system on at dusk
- Set brightness by default
- Fix speed mode glitch with GPS apps
M Light
Reported bugs
26 issues- App crashes on opening
- App disconnects from Bluetooth
- App requires uninstall/reinstall to work
- App settings reset on brightness/speed
- App doesn't save settings
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- App music no longer syncs
- Lights won't turn on with app
- App doesn't connect to lights
- App buttons are cut off on iPhone XR
- App buttons are cut off on top
- App doesn't find Bluetooth device
- App gets stuck and won't shut off
- App won't connect
- App shows Chinese error message
- App music setting is useless
- App doesn't fit on iPhone XR screen
- App cuts off music and on/off switch on iPhone XR
- App won't connect after deleting and redownloading
- App won't connect to Bluetooth
- App music sync doesn't work
- App is laggy
- App doesn't work with iPhone X
- App loses signal easily
- App music function gets stuck
- App doesn't show green light on iPhone X
- App buttons are cut off on top
Requested features
8 requests- Update app for newer iPhones
- Improve music syncing functionality
- Make app settings persistent
- Provide better app instructions
- Universal app for lights
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- Fix app to fit iPhone XR screen
- Allow music playback from Apple Music
- Allow music to play when phone is locked
In-app purchases
XKchrome LED Light
No in-app purchases
M Light
No in-app purchases
Questions
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