Magic Home Pro vs MG Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Home Pro
Control your smart LED lighting with this Wi-Fi controller app. Easily set up lights to your router, group devices, and manage them locally or remotely. View light status and color at a glance with a refreshed user interface.
- Faster start without scanning
- Easier router setup
- Group different device types
- Add devices to multiple groups
- Local and remote control
- Light status and color display
- New UI design
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Magic Home Pro is a wifi controller APP for smart led lighting. New feature: 1. Faster Start without scanning 2. Easier to set light to router 3. Different type of device can be added to same group 4. One device can be added to multi-group 5. Local and remote control can be displayed automatically 6. List shows the light status and color 7. New UI design
MG Light
Wirelessly control smart lights and luminaires via Bluetooth. Adjust color, brightness, and create custom scenes. Supports individual lights, groups, and music synchronization.
- Wireless Bluetooth control
- Individual and group light management
- Variable color and brightness adjustment
- Scene creation and recall
- Music synchronization
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This Magic light is an app that wirelessly controls smart luminaires via Bluetooth, allowing for luminaires, single lights, groupings, scenes, and music controls. Simultaneous control of multiple wireless luminaires for variable color, brightness adjustment, on/off luminaires.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MG Light at none against Magic Home Pro's 2. MG Light also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 26%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Magic Home Pro's advantage is ratings volume (931 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Magic Home Pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. MG Light asks for nothing beyond the download.
MG Light holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Home Pro has 931 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Magic Home Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of MG Light's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Home Pro | MG Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (931 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 931 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 274 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 明长 周 | 成旭 刘 |
Customer experience
Magic Home Pro
MG Light
Bugs and requests
Magic Home Pro
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes or freezes frequently
- Lights won't connect to WiFi
- Timers and schedules not working as expected
- Incorrect color representation in the app
- Lights randomly changing colors or turning on/off
Requested features
5 requests- Add sunrise/sunset timer functionality
- Allow custom programming of lighting effects
- Improve Alexa and Google Home integration
- Add Spotify music sync support
- Provide better troubleshooting and support
MG Light
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic Home Pro
- Subscribe IFTTT for one month$1.99
- Subscribe IFTTT for one year$9.99
MG Light
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Magic Home Pro free?
Is MG Light free?
Which has better reviews, Magic Home Pro or MG Light?
Do Magic Home Pro or MG Light have ads?
Which is updated more often, Magic Home Pro or MG Light?
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