Skoon vs WLED
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skoon
Easily curate and share your favorite podcast episodes with a global audience. Discover new content through user-generated lists and subscribe to interesting collections directly within your preferred podcast app.
- Curate and share podcast episodes
- Discover user-created curations
- Subscribe to curations in your podcast app
- Create public and private curations
- Supports multiple podcast apps for sharing
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Skoon makes podcast episode curation easy as never before! Share your favourite podcast episodes with listeners around the world directly from your podcast app. Listeners can subscribe to your curations in their podcast client. Skoon allows you to discover interesting curations from other users! You can search for topics you like or just browse through the curations by category. If you find an interesting curation you can subscribe to this curation in your podcast app. Use the share option in your podcast app and select Skoon. If the episode can be found on Fyyd you can share it to one of your curations including a comment. Skoon uses the Fyyd curation service and therefore requires a Fyyd account to work. You can create public and private curations and share them with your friends. Skoon does support sharing episodes from Pocket Casts, Overcast, Podcat, Apple Podcasts, Castro, Instacast and Safari.
WLED
Control and manage all your WLED light devices from your iPhone or iPad. This companion app works with the open-source WLED software for microcontrollers, offering automatic device detection, customizable names, and software update assistance.
- Automatic device detection
- Centralized light list
- Software update assistant
- Customizable device names
- Hide or delete devices
- Light and dark mode
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With the WLED app, you can easily and efficiently manage and control all your WLED light devices from your iPhone or iPad. This is a companion app for the free and open source WLED software for ESP8266/32 microcontrollers. WLED automatically detects and updates the device list, and offers customizable names, a hide or delete feature, and a light and dark mode. It can also help you install new software updates to your devices. Plus, it supports both phones and tablets. Main Features: - Automatic device detection (mDNS) - All lights are accessible from one list - Software Update Assistant - Custom names - Hide or delete devices - Light and dark mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Skoon at 100% against WLED's 51%. WLED's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
WLED is free to download; Skoon costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Skoon ships an update every 3 months, WLED every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skoon | WLED |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 3.5 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Trauth | Christophe Gagnier |
Customer experience
Skoon
WLED
Bugs and requests
Skoon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
WLED
Reported bugs
42 issues- Unable to connect to LEDs
- Lights randomly turn on
- Connectivity issues, needs re-pairing
- App doesn't work, glitchy
- Brightness control issues
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- Lights flicker after update
- Cannot find discover lights option
- Not connected to iPhone, setup issues
- App won't load, vanishes
- None of my devices show up
- Shows up blank, manual add only
- No longer finds WLED devices
- App doesn't work, no devices showing
- Confusing app, turns off
- App is unusable after update, errors
- App stopped picking up signal
- Only connects when at home
- Doesn't pick up esp8266
- Sound react option missing
- Time and macros section not working
- Update won't update
- Goes offline from time to time
- Update breaks app, beta works
- Drops connection, cannot adjust lights
- Latest release freezes, unstable wifi
- Loading WLED UI stuck
- Inconsistent connection after new update
- Lost all config after update
- Lost all presets after update
- Devices missing and disappearing
- Update ruined everything, random disconnects
- App constantly crashes, won't load
- Stopped working after update
- New upgrade feature killed device
- Inconsistent, can't find boards
- Cannot connect lights, IP address doesn't work
- Missing schedule function
- App doesn't work at all
- Doesn't work properly with WLED 0.14
- App won't allow changing anything, freezes
- Hidden devices reappear
- App goes offline and never connects again
Requested features
6 requests- User-friendly interface
- Simple interface with advanced option
- Widget features for Home Screen
- Sound react option
- Remote control when away from WiFi
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- Timer or schedule function
In-app purchases
Skoon
No in-app purchases
WLED
No in-app purchases
