Lights App vs My smartLED
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lights App
Control your home lighting with this app. Personalize light sets, create groups for simultaneous control, and utilize timer functions for automated operation. Choose from eight distinct controller functions and adjust brightness.
- Personalize light sets with custom names and pictures
- Control multiple light sets simultaneously with groups
- Three timer functions for automated lighting schedules
- Eight controller functions (e.g., Stay on, Twinkling, Fade away)
- Adjustable dimming for light sets
- Supports 7 languages
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- - 7 languages can be selected (Dutch, German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Polish) - - Light sets can be personalized by creating your own name and picture - - Multiple light sets can be controlled simultaneously by creating groups - - The App has three timer functions, to let the lights operate at different times - - The App has 8 controller function (Stay on, Fast twinkling, Twinkling in phase, Fade away, Fade away in phase, Phasing, Wave and combination) - - Light set can be dimmed
My smartLED
Control your wireless LED lights via Bluetooth. Adjust colors, brightness, and dynamic lighting effects like jump, fade, and strobe. Explore unique modes such as voice, twinkle, and meteor for personalized ambiance.
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Color adjustment
- Brightness control
- Dynamic light modes (jump, fade, strobe)
- Special modes (voice, twinkle, meteor)
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This is an LED Bluetooth lighting control software. Connect to our wireless devices. You can adjust the color of the lights as needed, such as red, green, blue, yellow, purple, cyan, white, etc. It can also adjust the brightness. You can also adjust the light change mode, such as jump, fade, strobe, etc. You can set the light voice mode, twinkle mode, Meteor mode and so on. This software is relatively simple to use, first open our Bluetooth light fixtures, make sure that the mobile phone Bluetooth is turned on, open our software, our software automatically links to our Bluetooth light fixtures. If the connection is successful, you can control the lighting effects through your phone. Thank you
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: My smartLED at 2.4 against Lights App's 1.8. My smartLED also leads on ratings volume (443 vs 12). Lights App's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
My smartLED holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My smartLED has 443 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Lights App's written reviews are positive against 26% of My smartLED's.
Lights App ships an update every 6 weeks, My smartLED every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lights App | My smartLED |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (12 ratings) | 2.4 (443 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.1% of reviews | 25.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 443 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lights App | 光奇 李 |
Customer experience
Lights App
My smartLED
Bugs and requests
Lights App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
My smartLED
Reported bugs
5 issues- Twinkle mode not working
- Meteor control stopped working
- Light 1 and Light 2 buttons not functioning
- App not connecting to Bluetooth
- Lights revert to static settings when app is closed
Requested features
5 requests- Add custom color modes
- Integrate with Apple CarPlay
- Add ability to control individual lights
- Improve music sync functionality
- Slower twinkle mode options
In-app purchases
Lights App
No in-app purchases
My smartLED
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Lights App free?
Is My smartLED free?
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