fi light vs Hao Deng
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
fi light
Control your smart Bluetooth LED lights with this app. Adjust colors, color temperature, and brightness. It also offers music and sound-reactive modes, built-in dynamic effects, and scheduling.
- RGB/WWCW lighting control
- Color temperature and brightness adjustment
- Music-synchronized color changes
- Built-in dynamic modes with adjustable speed
- Sound-reactive color changes
- Timing switch functionality
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fi light is an smart Bluetooth LED control software. 1) Support RGB /WWCW lighting control 2) Adjust RGB color, WWCW color temperature and brightness 3) Change colors to the rhythm of the music 4) Built in a variety of modes, the speed of the mode can be adjusted 5) Change colors according to the rhythm of the sound 6) Support timing switch
Hao Deng
Effortlessly manage your smart LED lights with a vast array of color and brightness options. Create custom scenes, group bulbs by room, and utilize security or wake-up lighting features. Sync lights to music or ambient room colors for a dynamic experience.
- 16 million color choices
- Brightness control
- Customizable scenes
- Multi-room grouping
- Security lighting timers
- Wake-up/turn-down lighting
- Music sync (MIC mode)
- Camera color detection
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Controlling your smart LED has never been easier. 16 million amazing color choices, coolwhite or warmwhite, or many other tones in between. Select any color you want, vary the brightness, store favorite scenes, or choose one of the preset color sequences. MULTI-ROOM / MULTI-SCENE Control the bulbs individually, or group them together. Create individual moods for different rooms. Full control, at your finger tip. SECURITY LIGHTING Going out of town? Set the smart LED to come on and off at certain times, and no one will know you are away. Set individual timers for daily, weekdays, weekends, or specific days. PERFECT WAKE-UP or TURN-DOWN LIGHTING Setup the smart LED to gently turn on the room lighting in the morning, or reduce brightness in the evenings. Perfect way to start the day or settle into the evening. PARTY TOOL Having a party? Set the device to MIC mode, where it’ll listen to the surrounding music and change colors to match the beat. Want lighting to match the color of the room? Easy, use the camera from the APP to detect the surrounding color, which then auto-updates the LED device to matching colors. SHARE Have you created the perfect scene using your lights? Have multiple users at home? No problem, use the email to share devices with other members of your household. SECURE Setup passwords to ensure only authorized persons have access to your smart lighting network.
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Verdict
fi light and Hao Deng both sit at 2.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 36% of Hao Deng's written reviews are positive against 23% of fi light's. fi light's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.8 for fi light against 2.7 for Hao Deng. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 101 and 78 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 23% of fi light's written reviews are positive against 36% of Hao Deng's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | fi light | Hao Deng |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (101 ratings) — better | 2.7 (78 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.0% of reviews | 36.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 101 — better | 78 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 兴魁 胡 | 明长 周 |
Customer experience
fi light
Hao Deng
Bugs and requests
fi light
Reported bugs
40 issues- App not connecting to device
- Settings reverting to half intensity
- Inconsistent timing option
- App buttons hidden under top menu bar
- Additional settings not accessible
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- App screen sized wrong for iPhone 15/16
- Bluetooth no longer works
- App issues causing lights to stop responding
- Unable to add more than one light
- Sensors disconnect when leaving range
- App freezes on music library selection
- Bluetooth connection is intermittent
- Lights blink off and on, cycle colors randomly
- App buttons unclickable on iPhone 15 Pro
- Device management dropdown inaccessible on iPhone 15 Pro Max
- Lights don't turn off when app says so
- Timer settings deleted after light turns off
- Cannot touch icons on top of screen due to Dynamic Island
- Lights don't change color even when connected
- Last update makes it impossible to adjust brightness
- App is garbage, lights won't adjust brightness
- Lights won't connect to app
- Lights stop working
- Color not changing
- Lights don't respond to app
- Device not working properly
- Bluetooth doesn't connect
- Lights stuck in same two-color pattern
- Lights don't show in app
- Only one light connects
- Timer works but is inconsistent
- Keeps disconnecting from WiFi
- Cannot set auto timers
- Brightness adjusted to mid-level without user input
- App isn't great for syncing lights
- Second light will not connect
- Programming link breaks for turning lights on/off
- Lights have stopped working
- App controls on paper manual show external music mode, but on the app there isn’t
- App doesn't let you type specific times for timers
Requested features
14 requests- Move power button to bottom of screen
- Improve app translation/instructions
- Make app compatible with all iPhone sizes
- Add consistent timing option
- Allow contrast between colors for holidays
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- Provide more creative options for lights
- Add slider bar to dim intensity
- Fix Bluetooth pairing security
- Improve Google Home integration
- Improve Alexa integration
- Manually set on/off times for timers
- Ability to save adjusted settings
- External music mode in app
- Adjust pulsating light for brightness
Hao Deng
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
fi light
No in-app purchases
Hao Deng
No in-app purchases
Questions
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