Comparison

Hao Deng vs ATCD

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

ATCD

Features
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ATCD app can be used to control RGBW LED Wallwasher Lights from ATCD. With ATCD app, users can create lighting groups, can change lighting colors through smart devices.

Screenshots

Hao Deng3 screens
ATCD3 screens

Verdict

The call

Hao Deng and ATCD are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hao Deng ships an update every 6 weeks, ATCD every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hao Deng versus ATCD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHao DengATCD
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (83 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews36.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings83 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJM Zengge Co., LtdZHUHAI REDBAY CO., LTD

In-app purchases

None

Hao Deng

No in-app purchases

None

ATCD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hao Deng free?
Hao Deng is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ATCD free?
ATCD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hao Deng or ATCD have ads?
Neither Hao Deng nor ATCD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hao Deng or ATCD?
Hao Deng ships an update every 6 weeks, and ATCD every 2 months. Most recently, Hao Deng was updated on September 30, 2026 and ATCD on September 29, 2026.

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