Magic Home Pro vs Apollo Lighting
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
Apollo Lighting
Control your smart lights with intuitive features. Set schedules, sync colors to music, and change hues with sound or phone shakes. Personalize your lighting experience from photos on your device.
- Recognizes usual color choices
- Changes color with music rhythm
- Timer for scheduled on/off
- Scenario modes with multiple colors
- Shake phone to change color
- Sound-controlled color changes
- Remote control up to 15 meters
- Change light color from photos
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1) Lights can recognize your usual color choices as you operate; 2) Lights can change color with beautiful music rhythm; 3) With timers switch, can be setting lights turn on off on time; 4) Selection of scenario modes with multiple colors; 5) A shake of the mobile phone can change the color of the light; 6) The color change of light can be controlled by sound; 7) The distance of remote control without direction limitation can reach more than 15 meters; 8) Lights can be changed from the photo on the mobile.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Apollo Lighting at none against Magic Home Pro's 2. Apollo Lighting also leads on rating (3.2 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (40% vs 26%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Magic Home Pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Apollo Lighting asks for nothing beyond the download.
Apollo Lighting holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Apollo Lighting has 6.4K ratings behind it against 852, 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 40% of Apollo Lighting's.
Magic Home Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, Apollo Lighting every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Home Pro | Apollo Lighting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (852 ratings) | 3.2 (6.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews | 40.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 852 | 6.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 明长 周 | Shenzhen Wanshun Zhilian Technology Co. LTD |
Customer experience
Magic Home Pro
Apollo Lighting
User reviews
Magic Home Pro
From 852 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Works great
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🎨 Lots of customization options
- ⏱️ Timers and schedules work well
- 🤖 Compatible with Alexa and other smart home platforms
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent disconnections and reconnection issues
- 🤔 Confusing setup process
- 🔌 Unreliable WiFi connectivity
- 🤯 Lights behaving erratically or turning on/off randomly
- 🤖 Poor integration with smart home platforms
Apollo Lighting
From 6.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Variety of color options
- 🌈 Cool lighting effects
- ⏰ Useful timer feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🔌 Music sync not working
- 🎨 Limited color customization
- 🔀 Accidental connection to other users' lights
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
Apollo Lighting
Reported bugs
3 issues- Lights randomly turning off
- Colors not displaying correctly
- App freezing and crashing
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save custom colors
- Music sync support for Spotify
- More advanced lighting modes and patterns
- Separate user profiles to avoid interfering with others
In-app purchases
Magic Home Pro
- Subscribe IFTTT for one month$1.99
- Subscribe IFTTT for one year$9.99
Apollo Lighting
No in-app purchases
Questions
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