SmartLights Personalized vs The Gloom Dragon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartLights Personalized
Create personalized holiday messages to project onto any flat surface. Easily type your message, select colors and icons, and customize display settings for indoor or outdoor decoration. Features include adjustable scroll speed and continuous looping.
- Project custom holiday messages
- App-controlled customization
- 12 preset colors
- Adjustable scroll speed
- Continuous looping display
- No character limit
- Projects up to 10 feet wide
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Customize a personal holiday message to project on any flat surface—inside or outside. The Personalized ProjectionTM app works exclusively with Personalized ProjectionTM holiday lighting to create unique messages for holidays and celebrations. It’s super easy to set up and manage. Just type in your custom message, choose from a selection of holiday icons, select your color preference and you’re ready to go. Perfect for adding a personal touch to indoor or outdoor Christmas decorating. Includes preset options. • App-controlled • Projects custom holiday messages • 12 preset colors • Cool and warm white selections • Loops continuously • Scroll speed adjustment • Includes preset options • No character limit • Projects up to 10 feet wide • Displays on any flat surface • Easy setup • Energy-efficient LED
The Gloom Dragon
Embark on an augmented reality adventure where you battle monsters and solve puzzles using a magical sword and shield. This interactive book experience brings a fantasy world to life, allowing you to earn gold and face the formidable Gloom Dragon.
- Augmented Reality experience
- Fantasy adventure gameplay
- Monster battles
- Puzzle solving
- Interactive book integration
- Gold earning system
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The Gloom Dragon - Smart Book is an Augmented Reality reading experience. You are a Fighter and equipped with the magical Sword Rilgist and a shield you will go on adventures in the Peasoup universe. Fight monsters, solve puzzles to earn gold, and battle the mean Gloom Dragon in this spectacular Augmented Reality adventure. Use the book and app together to get an enhanced reading experience
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Gloom Dragon at 100% against SmartLights Personalized's 50%. The Gloom Dragon also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.8). SmartLights Personalized's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). 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.
The Gloom Dragon holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of SmartLights Personalized's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Gloom Dragon's.
SmartLights Personalized ships an update weekly, The Gloom Dragon every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartLights Personalized | The Gloom Dragon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 618 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gemmy Industries Corporation | Peasoup ApS |
Customer experience
SmartLights Personalized
The Gloom Dragon
In-app purchases
SmartLights Personalized
No in-app purchases
The Gloom Dragon
No in-app purchases
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