Kindoo vs VLC Light Stream
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kindoo
Transform any electric door into a smart door using your smartphone. This system combines proprietary hardware with a mobile application to provide convenient remote access without altering existing locks.
- Remote door control
- Smartphone integration
- Smart door conversion
- No lock changes required
- Proprietary hardware system
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Use the KINDOO App to control your electric door right from your smartphone. The KINDOO system consists of the KIN (proprietary hardware) and the KINDOO app that work together to make any electric door smart, without the need to change your locks.
VLC Light Stream
Control your holiday lights with custom color themes and patterns. This system allows you to use your existing Christmas light wires by simply swapping out the bulbs and pairing the components.
- Customizable bulb colors
- Create color themes
- Use with existing wires
- Control holiday lighting
- Indoor and outdoor use
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Harness the power of infinite possibilities with Light Stream™. Using the Light Stream™ app and Light Stream™ components, you can unleash the magic of the holidays with the click of a button. Have up to six different bulb colors at any given time. You decide whether you want all the bulbs to be the same color or create your own custom color themes. Light Stream™ will give you the freedom you’ve been looking for in a Christmas light. Use it on your roof lines, tree, bushes, or even indoors! Innovative lighting for infinite possibilities of colors and patterns. Unlike competitors wireless lights, our design allows for you to use your existing E12 Christmas wire. Saving you time and money, simply swap your bulbs, pair the components and go! - V-20670 & V-20770: Remote LED Bulbs ( Required - Cannot mix bulbs on the same system ) - V-20671: Controller ( Required ) - V-20672: Switch ( Recommended for larger projects ) Thank you for reading all about the all-new, innovative wireless lighting solution that is Light Stream™. To purchase Light Stream components, please visit Villagelighting.com or VLCWholesale.com for more information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kindoo at 3.6 against VLC Light Stream's 3.1. Kindoo also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (38 vs 8). VLC Light Stream's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Kindoo holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Kindoo's written reviews are positive against 40% of VLC Light Stream's.
Kindoo ships an update monthly, VLC Light Stream every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kindoo | VLC Light Stream |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (38 ratings) — better | 3.1 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.4% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KINDOO LLP | Village Lighting |
Customer experience
Kindoo
VLC Light Stream
In-app purchases
Kindoo
No in-app purchases
VLC Light Stream
No in-app purchases
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