Comparison

Hao Deng vs MESHLE

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

MESHLE

Control and customize your LED strips with a wide range of colors, brightness levels, and dynamic animations. Schedule lighting changes, create custom scenes, and sync lights with music. Manage multiple strips and groups easily.

Highlights
  • Full control of 16 million colors
  • Customizable scenes and animations
  • Timers for scheduled lighting changes
  • Sound visualization for music sync
  • Group management for multiple strips
  • Over-the-air firmware updates
Features
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Enjoy the simplicity of controlling your RGB-, RGBW-, CCT- or Single Color-LED strips. MESHLE app allows you to precisely set the hue and the brightness of one or multiple LED strips that are connected to MESHLE flex, MESHLE flex PLUS or MESHLE flex PRO Bluetooth LED Controller. Manage all your LED strips With MESHLE app you can easily organize all your LED strips into groups and name it the way you want. Full control of 16 million colors Set the hue and the brightness of any color you like. Choose your favorite from 16 million colors. Timers (At specified times or automatically at sunrise/sunset.) Configure the controller to enter any desired state (like on, off, specific color, animation etc.) at specified times or automatically at sunrise/ sunset based on your location. Set fade-in and fade-out time. Scenes Create your own scenes like sunset or sunrise by picking and saving specific colors and brightness of your LED strips. Change the ambience with a single tap to match your mood. Animations Enjoy lighting animation like ocean waves, candlelight, fire, polar lights and many more. Use TV-simulation to simulate presence at home when you are on a vacation. Sound Visualisation Listen to your favorite music with colorful sound visualization of your LED strips. Control all your lights with a single tap Apply light adjustments or scenes to the whole group that you have created. Control your lights simultaneously or individually. Firmware Updates Over The Air (OTA) MESHLE flex’s firmware can be easily updated via smartphone. In this way, new features and functions of the device can be made available at any time. MESHLE flex Bluetooth LED Controllers are available at https://meshle.com/product-category/controller/

Screenshots

Hao Deng3 screens
MESHLE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MESHLE at 100% against Hao Deng's 36%. MESHLE also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Hao Deng's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MESHLE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hao Deng has 83 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Hao Deng's written reviews are positive against 100% of MESHLE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hao Deng ships an update every 6 weeks, MESHLE every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hao Deng versus MESHLE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHao DengMESHLE
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (83 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings83 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJM Zengge Co., LtdMESHLE GmbH

Customer experience

Hao Deng

All ratings83 ratings
Positive38.6%
Neutral6.0%
Negative55.4%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive36.5%
Neutral7.1%
Negative56.5%

MESHLE

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hao Deng

No in-app purchases

None

MESHLE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hao Deng free?
Hao Deng is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MESHLE free?
MESHLE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hao Deng or MESHLE?
MESHLE is rated higher. Hao Deng averages 2.7 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while MESHLE averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Hao Deng or MESHLE have ads?
Neither Hao Deng nor MESHLE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hao Deng or MESHLE?
Hao Deng ships an update every 6 weeks, and MESHLE every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hao Deng was updated on October 13, 2026 and MESHLE on October 17, 2026.

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