Light Mesh vs Magic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light Mesh
Control LED lights with dynamic color and white settings. Create custom scenes and manage multiple devices through a Bluetooth mesh network. Secure your devices with names and passwords.
- Static color and dynamic mode settings
- Tunable white, RGB, and RGBW LED support
- Bluetooth communication
- BLE mesh network for multiple devices
- Group control feature
- Device management with names and passwords
- Customized scene library
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Light Mesh is a LED control App designed for specific LED controller or fixture. User could set up static color or dynamic mode for single color, tunable white, RGB and RGBW LEDs. The App communicate with LED controller via Bluetooth, and LED controllers link to each other with a BLE mesh network, user could control multiple devices with group feature. User could also manage different devices with name and password, and setup customized library or scene program in the App.
Magic
Control your RGBIC LED strips with this app. Adjust brightness, colors, dynamic modes, and scenes. Sync lights to music, set timers, and customize pixel configurations for a personalized lighting experience.
- Color control
- Dimming and grading
- Dynamic modes and scenes
- Music rhythm sync
- Timer settings
- Pixel and line sequence customization
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MagicLantern is an App that can be used to control color RGBIC LED strip(s). You can use it to do some controls and settings , such as dimming and grading, setting various dynamic modes and scenes, music rhythms of several sound sources and optional rhythm styles, timer setting for lights on/off, pixel setting, line sequence setting, etc. MagicLantern App is designed to be fun and easy to use, with a certain degree of professionalism and ease of use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Magic at 2.3 against Light Mesh's 1.9. Magic also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 7%) and ratings volume (819 vs 23). Light Mesh's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Magic holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic has 819 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Light Mesh's written reviews are positive against 30% of Magic's.
Light Mesh ships an update every 2 months, Magic every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Mesh | Magic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (23 ratings) | 2.3 (819 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.1% of reviews | 29.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 819 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #204 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 慧 陈 | shenzhen ELK Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Light Mesh
Magic
Bugs and requests
Light Mesh
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Magic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Colors not displaying correctly
- Lights not responding to app commands
- App crashing or not connecting
- Scheduled timers not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add holiday-themed color presets
- Allow custom color/pattern creation
- Improve music integration
- Add Siri/HomeKit support
- Provide better instructions and troubleshooting
In-app purchases
Light Mesh
No in-app purchases
Magic
No in-app purchases
