Hao Deng vs REMOTE LIGHT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
REMOTE LIGHT
Control your smart lights via Bluetooth. This app enables you to activate smart living modes, enhancing your quality of life.
- Bluetooth device connection
- Smart light control
- Activate smart living modes
- Enhance quality of life
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Smart Light是通过蓝牙连接蓝牙设备的控制器app,您可以通过此app开启智能生活模式,提升自己的生活质量
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hao Deng at 2.7 against REMOTE LIGHT's 2.1. Hao Deng also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 10%). REMOTE LIGHT's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Hao Deng holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 83 and 93 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Hao Deng's written reviews are positive against 10% of REMOTE LIGHT's.
Hao Deng ships an update every 6 weeks, REMOTE LIGHT fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hao Deng | REMOTE LIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (83 ratings) — better | 2.1 (93 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 36.5% of reviews — better | 9.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 83 | 93 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JM Zengge Co., Ltd | ShenZhen Lenze Technology Co,.Ltd. |
Customer experience
Hao Deng
REMOTE LIGHT
Bugs and requests
Hao Deng
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
REMOTE LIGHT
Reported bugs
10 issues- LEDs won't turn back on after turning off in app
- Controller works fine until lights are turned off, then doesn't work
- App doesn't work on iPhone XR
- Remote stopped working
- App couldn't connect the light
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- Music feature says no songs
- Bluetooth songs don't work
- App doesn't work for some reason
- LED lights won't show up when trying to connect
- Only plays one song from playlist
Requested features
7 requests- Fix music feature
- Allow connection to music apps
- Improve music playback
- Fix microphone feature
- Allow connection of more than one device
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- Fix app compatibility with iPhone XR
- Dim the light, don't turn off
In-app purchases
Hao Deng
No in-app purchases
REMOTE LIGHT
No in-app purchases









