Pin Stadium vs WLED
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pin Stadium
Control and customize your pinball machine's LED lighting with this app. Adjust colors, set patterns, and save profiles for each game. Bring your pinball playfield artwork to life with enhanced illumination and dramatic effects.
- Full lighting control
- Customizable color and illumination
- Pattern creation (fade, jump, strobe)
- Store and organize settings
- Player-specific profiles
- Camera-based color matching
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TWIPY #1 Pinball mod of the year award voted by collectors worldwide! Give yourself full lighting control of your Pin Stadium pinball LED lighting kit. You will be able to dial your kit into exactly what you like for each of your pinball machines. Store, organize, and save your settings for all of your kits in one spot. Independently control and customize your color and illumination on a granular level. Set up patterns (fade, jump, strobe), store player specific profile settings for each pinball, use the camera to dial in an exact match color, schedule, and more!!! Pin Stadium is the #1 Collector's Choice for premium pinball lighting. Welcome to the future pinball machine LED lighting with an easy plug and play 10 minute install on any machine. Pin Stadium light’s patent-pending design brightens the entire playfield and adds dramatic flasher effects to your pinball machine. They provide seamless integration for your brand new and classic pinball machines while maintaining that factory look. Your game no longer needs to be left in the dark because now you can bring that playfield artwork alive like never seen before. Whether you are a purist wanting a little more natural looking light on your playfield, a pinball modder wanting to blow away everyone that plays your game, an operator wanting to increase traffic and ROI, or a streamer/competitive player looking for more visibility, then these pinball LED lights are for you! You dial them in with the app to exactly what you want with your phone via our app using your smartphone. Our custom designed Pin Stadium LED PCB boards and chips are exactly what you need. Be sure to check out our newly introduced product Pin Stadium Fusion Ultra+. For more information please visit: www.pinstadium.com
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 rating: Pin Stadium at 5.0 against WLED's 3.5. Pin Stadium also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 51%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). WLED's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Pin Stadium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Pin Stadium's written reviews are positive against 51% of WLED's.
Pin Stadium ships an update every 9 months, WLED every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pin Stadium | WLED |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.5 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Promeddevs, LLC | Christophe Gagnier |
Customer experience
Pin Stadium
WLED
Bugs and requests
Pin Stadium
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
Pin Stadium
No in-app purchases
WLED
No in-app purchases
