LEDGlow Motorcycle Control vs DirectLoader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LEDGlow Motorcycle Control
Control your motorcycle's LED lighting system with this app. Customize colors, effects, and brightness. Features include automatic brake lights, dual zone control, and low voltage shutoff for enhanced safety and personalization.
- Color Spectrum Control
- Customizable Lighting Effects
- Automatic Brake Lights
- Dual Zone Illumination
- Low Voltage Battery Protection
- Programmable Presets
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LEDGlow’s Motorcycle Control App is compatible with our Advanced Million Color Motorcycle Lighting Kit with Smartphone Control. Seamlessly integrate with the Bluetooth control box to access a Color Spectrum, Lighting Effects, Automatic Brake Lights, Dual Zone Control, Low Voltage Shutoff, and other features that are right at your fingertips. This app was designed for iOS 13.0 & higher: • Color Wheel: Choose your preferred color from the vast color spectrum. • Lighting Modes: Fade Modes, Flashing Modes, and a Color Fade & Gradient Mode. • Speed Control: Set the speed of the selected lighting pattern. • Million Color Cycle: Scroll through a nearly unlimited range of color variations. • Dual Zone Control: Independently illuminate 2 sections of your bike simultaneously. • Automatic Brake Lights: Shifts all LEDs to red when you pull the brake handle. • Brake Pulse: Toggle on and off to make the brake lights flash. • Low Voltage Shutoff: Preserve battery life when the voltage reads less than 10 volts for more than 60 seconds. • Hazard Lights: Automatically overrides any color or pattern and flashes amber LEDs. • 5 Programmable Presets: Save your favorite customized colors and modes. • Brightness: Adjust the brightness of each selected color.
DirectLoader
This app allows authorized installers to wirelessly flash and program select remote start and security systems. It provides access to vehicle wiring databases, installation guides, and technical updates for DIRECTED by VOXX products.
- Wireless flashing for DS4/DS4+ modules
- Wired/Wireless flashing for DBALL2, DB3, DS3/DS3+ modules
- Wired/Wireless 'Bitwriter' programming
- DirectWire vehicle wiring database access
- Installation guides and technical news
- SmartStart activation
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DirectLoader App – Wirelessly flash and program select DIRECTED by VOXX Remote Start & Security systems. “For Installers, By Installers” At DIRECTECHS, our motto is “For Installers, By Installers.” We are committed to supporting installation technicians with our decades of technical experience, unrivaled passion, and dedication to the industry. Note: This app is intended for use only by authorized DIRECTED by VOXX Dealers and Distributors. Login credentials are required to access DIRECTECHS resources, which include the DirectWire vehicle wiring and information database, installation guides, online training, tech tips, and much more. With the DirectLoader APP, along with the DLOADER4, you can flash and program our analog and digital products, including many legacy products, along with mobile access to the following features and functions: • Wirelessly flash DS4/DS4+ modules (DLOADER4 not required) • Wired/Wireless flashing for DBALL2, DB3, DS3/DS3+ modules (DLOADER4 required) • Wired/Wireless ‘Bitwriter’ programming for supported analog systems (DLOADER4 required) • DirectWire Access • Installation Guides • Technical News Alerts and ‘Vehicles Added’ updates • DIRECTED by VOXX SmartStart Activation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LEDGlow Motorcycle Control at 4.4 against DirectLoader's 3.7. LEDGlow Motorcycle Control also leads on ratings volume (476 vs 6) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). DirectLoader's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 25%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
LEDGlow Motorcycle Control holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LEDGlow Motorcycle Control has 476 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of LEDGlow Motorcycle Control's written reviews are positive against 50% of DirectLoader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LEDGlow Motorcycle Control ships an update every 5 weeks, DirectLoader every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | LEDGlow Motorcycle Control | DirectLoader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (476 ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 476 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | LEDGlow Lighting, LLC | VOXX Electronics Corp |
Customer experience
LEDGlow Motorcycle Control
DirectLoader
Bugs and requests
LEDGlow Motorcycle Control
Reported bugs
17 issues- App stopped working after iOS 26 update
- Always have to reset by pulling fuse
- Have to pull fuse to pair every time bikes are switched
- Never connects when needed
- Incredibly glitchy connections
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- Very unstable from phone
- Turns on about 40% of the time
- Lights work sometimes
- Cannot get phone to pair in app
- App doesn't recognize lights
- Constantly losing connectivity
- Only way to reconnect is to access the fuse
- Has only paired once with iPhone
- App isn't pairing with kit
- Have to keep taking bike apart to reset controller to pair again
- Low voltage option at 10v is useless as bike dies
- Lights should shut off below 11.5v
Requested features
5 requests- Option to select which bike to control
- CarPlay integration
- Option to choose brake light zone
- Million color fade without strobe
- Update for new light patterns
DirectLoader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LEDGlow Motorcycle Control
No in-app purchases
DirectLoader
No in-app purchases
Questions
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