Zing vs MirrorBeam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zing
Control a smart night light with your phone for customizable lighting effects. It can learn your routines to illuminate paths automatically and notify you of movement or smartphone events.
- Full-color plug-in night light
- Smartphone control
- Customizable light effects
- Routine learning for automatic illumination
- Movement and smartphone event notifications
- Visual indicator for calls
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Use this app with the Zing Smart Night Light or supported remote buttons. Zing Smart Night Light Individually, each Zing is an awesome, full-color, plug-in night light with smartphone control and light effects. Packed with thoughtful features designed to help you see clearer, sleep better, and wake-up more refreshed. Zing is almost certainly the best night light ever made. When used together as a system, Zing work together to learn routine and automatically illuminate your entire path. Conversely, Zing can notify you of unusual and suspicious movements via notifications on your phone. Zing can also act as a visual indicator for incoming calls and other smartphone events.
MirrorBeam
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Put your iPhone or Mac screen on the big screen with Fire TV. Photos, videos, websites, presentations, gameplay — whatever is on your device, right on your TV. ■ Easy setup 1. Open MirrorBeam on your Fire TV 2. Open MirrorBeam on your iPhone or Mac, pick your TV, and enter the 4-digit PIN shown on screen 3. Tap "Start Mirroring" — that's it ■ Highlights - Low latency: a purpose-built streaming pipeline keeps interactions snappy - Audio included: video and music sound plays through your TV (with fine audio-timing adjustment) - 100% local: your screen never leaves your home network; no account required - iPhone and Mac: both sender apps are free - Available in 7 languages ■ Pricing The app is free to use. The free version adds a small watermark on the TV, and mirroring from an iPhone shows an ad before starting. No subscription, no account. ■ Compatibility For Amazon Fire TV devices (Fire TV Stick 2nd generation or later, Fire TV Cube and the latest Fire TV Stick models) running the free MirrorBeam receiver app on the TV (setup guide at jx83.jp) / iPhone (iOS 16+) / Mac (macOS 13+, free download at jx83.jp) This app was not created or endorsed by Amazon. Amazon, Fire TV and all related marks are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Zing at none against MirrorBeam's shown. Zing also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). MirrorBeam's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Zing ships an update every 4 weeks, MirrorBeam every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zing | MirrorBeam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 37.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Factory Method | Takeshi Nagata |
In-app purchases
Zing
No in-app purchases
MirrorBeam
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Zing or MirrorBeam have ads?
Which is updated more often, Zing or MirrorBeam?
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