HME AquaMaster vs Magic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HME AquaMaster
Control aquarium hydration, water changes, and lighting cycles. Customize spectrum, brightness, and daily light patterns. Manage multiple lamps and traditional devices like pumps via smart sockets.
- Automatic hydration and water changes
- Customizable light spectrum and brightness
- Daily light and dark cycle settings
- BLE control for multiple lamps
- Smart socket integration for pumps
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HME AquaMaster provides aquarists wisdom control solutions. 'HmTO' can realize automatic hydration and water change of aquarium. Users can freely set the spectrum and brightness, and can customize the daily light and dark cycle, or use the built-in cycle settings. Supports simultaneous operation of one or several lamps through BLE. Users can also control their traditional lamps and pumps through smart sockets. Support the following series of product: GrassyCore GrassySolar Cetus 2 Wing Venus CoreX Edge HME Socket HmTO
Magic
Control your RGBIC LED strips with this app. Adjust brightness, colors, dynamic modes, and scenes. Sync lights to music, set timers, and customize pixel configurations for a personalized lighting experience.
- Color control
- Dimming and grading
- Dynamic modes and scenes
- Music rhythm sync
- Timer settings
- Pixel and line sequence customization
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MagicLantern is an App that can be used to control color RGBIC LED strip(s). You can use it to do some controls and settings , such as dimming and grading, setting various dynamic modes and scenes, music rhythms of several sound sources and optional rhythm styles, timer setting for lights on/off, pixel setting, line sequence setting, etc. MagicLantern App is designed to be fun and easy to use, with a certain degree of professionalism and ease of use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Magic at 2.3 against HME AquaMaster's 1.8. Magic also leads on ratings volume (845 vs 8) and review sentiment (30% vs 8%). On price, update cadence, 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.
Magic holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic has 845 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of HME AquaMaster's written reviews are positive against 30% of Magic's.
HME AquaMaster ships an update every 2 months, Magic every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HME AquaMaster | Magic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (8 ratings) | 2.3 (845 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 29.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 845 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #170 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BO WEI TSAI | shenzhen ELK Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
HME AquaMaster
Magic
Bugs and requests
HME AquaMaster
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Magic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Colors not displaying correctly
- Lights not responding to app commands
- App crashing or not connecting
- Scheduled timers not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add holiday-themed color presets
- Allow custom color/pattern creation
- Improve music integration
- Add Siri/HomeKit support
- Provide better instructions and troubleshooting
In-app purchases
HME AquaMaster
No in-app purchases
Magic
No in-app purchases
