AmbientLight+ vs CarRim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AmbientLight+
Control your vehicle's interior lighting with this application. Adjust the atmosphere lamp's color, brightness, and various modes to customize your driving environment.
- Control vehicle atmosphere lamp
- Adjust lamp color
- Adjust lamp brightness
- Select lamp modes
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An app used to control the vehicle atmosphere lamp, through the APP can adjust the atmosphere lamp, mode, etc.
CarRim
Visualize different wheel styles and colors on your car before making a purchase. This app allows you to easily change your vehicle's hubcaps and body color to see how it looks with various cool shades.
- Modify wheel hub styles
- Select from many beautiful wheel hubs
- Change car body color
- Visualize immediate effects
- Preview custom colors
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Dress up your car -- change the hub; To change the color. This application provides: The function of the modified wheel hub -- the selection of many beautiful wheel hubs; You can see the effect immediately if you just need to do something simple. The problem of upper body effect is not fixed before replacing the hub. Change the color of the car - you can change the color of your car's body and replace it with cooler colors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CarRim at 4.1 against AmbientLight+'s 3.0. CarRim also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 45%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). AmbientLight+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. CarRim sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AmbientLight+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
CarRim holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of AmbientLight+'s written reviews are positive against 67% of CarRim's.
AmbientLight+ ships an update monthly, CarRim fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AmbientLight+ | CarRim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (18 ratings) | 4.1 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.8% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 海均 敖 | 少彬 萧 |
Customer experience
AmbientLight+
CarRim
In-app purchases
AmbientLight+
No in-app purchases
CarRim
- Support-Remove Ads$4.99
