SpectraShow vs Surplife
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpectraShow
Control commercial-grade RGB-LED light strings with custom animations and colors. Arrange LEDs in 2D or 3D, draw your own effects, and save favorites. Ideal for various decorative and stage lighting applications.
- 2D Pixel Mapping LED configuration
- Wireless controller grouping
- Custom effect drawing and animation
- Real-time gradient color selector
- Save multiple favorite effects
- Speed and brightness controls
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Control the animations and colors of this new, pre-addressed, 24 Vdc line of commercial-grade, Minleon RGB-LED light strings, powered by LED Works. This is Easy R-G-B! Mini-Pixel Lights are ideal for more than your outdoor wire frames, wreathes & trees. Outline Building Perimeters with our G40 and C9 large lens options, build Pixel Panels out of a 5mm pegboard, swag a Smart Festoon on the patio or drop a Curtain Grid on stage. At Minleon, we’re more than Christmas: - 2-dimentional Pixel Mapping LED configuration – arrange LED’s in any fashion you desire, snap a photo with your smart device, and let the App calibrate your effects! - Group controllers wirelessly on multiple elements within range - Network Mode, for a Wi-Fi boost - Draw, Animate & Color your own unique custom effects! - Over 10 pre-set quick-color combinations - 18 pre-set effects/animations - Gradient color selector for that elusive hue—LED’s respond in Real Time! - Create your own Loop Effect animation - 3-D Tree Layout - Save multiple Favorites - Speed & Brightness controls - Individually, pre-addressed LED’s – no complex configurations!
Surplife
Control your smart lighting devices with ease. Add and manage multiple lights from a single application, allowing you to adjust settings remotely from any location.
- Add multiple devices
- Control multiple devices
- Remote device control
- Easy device management
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Surplife is a smart lighting control APP. Add and control multiple devices to the App so easy. Remotely control devices from anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Surplife at 53% against SpectraShow's 0%. Surplife also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). SpectraShow's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). 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.
Surplife holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Surplife has 1.2K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of SpectraShow's written reviews are positive against 53% of Surplife's.
SpectraShow ships an update every 4 months, Surplife fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpectraShow | Surplife |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (11 ratings) | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #73 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 479 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Twinkly srl | 明长 周 |
Customer experience
SpectraShow
Surplife
Bugs and requests
SpectraShow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Surplife
Reported bugs
5 issues- Lights turning on/off randomly
- Inability to save custom settings
- App crashing or not opening
- Lights not responding to app commands
- Scheduling feature not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- More holiday and theme options
- Ability to save custom scenes
- Improved app UI and navigation
- Multi-device syncing and control
- Integration with smart home platforms
In-app purchases
SpectraShow
No in-app purchases
Surplife
No in-app purchases
