M Light vs XKalpha
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
M Light
Control and customize smart LED lighting for vehicles and other applications. Offers various lighting modes, color presets, and adjustable brightness, effects, and speed. Requires Bluetooth 4.0 or higher.
- Control smart LED lighting
- Multiple lighting modes (jump, fade, music, strobe)
- Create and save color presets
- Adjust brightness, effect, and speed
- Supports automotive and other uses
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Introduction The MIC LEDS App allows you to control and customize your MICTUNING’s Smart LED Lighting products for automotive and other uses. With multiple lighting modes including jump, fade, music, strobe and more. Create and save up to 6 preset of total 49 colors for special occasions like offroad racing, car party and so on. While the brightness, lighting effect and speed can also be adjusted according to your preference. MIC LEDS requires Bluetooth 4.0 and above. Here are the MIC LEDS smart lighting products available LED Rock Lights Car LED Light Strip RGB LED Bed Light LED Light Bar LED Work Light Learn more about MIC LEDS products and other accessories at mictuning.com
XKalpha
This app controls advanced automotive RGBW LED lighting systems, allowing for custom chasing effects and animations. It offers extensive color customization, music synchronization, and safety features like brake light integration.
- Custom chasing lighting effects
- 16 million colors + pure white
- Music and speed synchronization
- Color capture via camera
- Brake light and turn signal sync
- 10 independent zones per controller
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The XKalpha automotive RGBW lighting system is the most advanced addressable LED lighting system on the market. With its unique system, XKalpha allows you to create custom chasing lighting effects and animations that are impossible with other systems. Control Features: - Up to 10 independent zones per controller. - 16 million colors + dedicated pure white color at your finger tip. - Customize light animation with more than 25 chasing patterns, adjustable speed, brightness and more. - Sync light to music or speed with equalizer style patterns. - Capture a color with camera and paint your vehicle with it. - Customizable startup theme. - 3 configurable sensor wires. Safety Feature: - Turn the entire lighting kit into RED color when you brake. - Sync underglow with turn signal. System Features - Compatible with both native XKalpha RGBW lights and XKchrome RGB lights. - Add power injector to expand the controller limit - XKalpha controller or light system is required for using this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: XKalpha at 100% against M Light's 7%. XKalpha also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.9) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). M Light's advantage is ratings volume (134 vs 4) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
XKalpha holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: M Light has 134 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of M Light's written reviews are positive against 100% of XKalpha's.
M Light ships an update every 7 months, XKalpha every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | M Light | XKalpha |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (134 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 134 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 胜洪 曾 | XKGLOW LLC |
Customer experience
M Light
XKalpha
Bugs and requests
M Light
Reported bugs
26 issues- App crashes on opening
- App disconnects from Bluetooth
- App requires uninstall/reinstall to work
- App settings reset on brightness/speed
- App doesn't save settings
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- App music no longer syncs
- Lights won't turn on with app
- App doesn't connect to lights
- App buttons are cut off on iPhone XR
- App buttons are cut off on top
- App doesn't find Bluetooth device
- App gets stuck and won't shut off
- App won't connect
- App shows Chinese error message
- App music setting is useless
- App doesn't fit on iPhone XR screen
- App cuts off music and on/off switch on iPhone XR
- App won't connect after deleting and redownloading
- App won't connect to Bluetooth
- App music sync doesn't work
- App is laggy
- App doesn't work with iPhone X
- App loses signal easily
- App music function gets stuck
- App doesn't show green light on iPhone X
- App buttons are cut off on top
Requested features
8 requests- Update app for newer iPhones
- Improve music syncing functionality
- Make app settings persistent
- Provide better app instructions
- Universal app for lights
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- Fix app to fit iPhone XR screen
- Allow music playback from Apple Music
- Allow music to play when phone is locked
XKalpha
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
M Light
No in-app purchases
XKalpha
No in-app purchases
