Comparison

SmartLights Personalized vs Illucid

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Illucid

Transform your device into a psychedelic visualizer. Explore countless styles and effects, save your favorites, and even output to external displays. Enjoy a unique visual experience that can extend beyond your screen.

Highlights
  • DREAM mode for curated or random style mixing
  • TRAIN mode to discover and save styles
  • PRO mode with unlimited style saves and modifiers
  • AirPlay support for external displays
  • Option to disable video and audio
  • Vast number of style combinations
Features
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Turn your device into a window to psychedelia DREAM mode allows Illucid to cycle through and mix a selection of styles and effects based on your curation. Using DREAM mode without curation leaves the style and effects selection random (though thoughtfully tuned). TRAIN mode allows you to Shuffle through countless* styles, tweak the effect with modifiers, and Remember the Styles you like, so that DREAM mode can be made as strong or light as you like, with the styles you've discovered. PRO mode: Allows unlimited styles saved, and allows access to the modifier sliders. Free users get to save 5 styles, and can reset to regain those 5 slots. AirPlay: Output to a projector or TV with multiple model resolutions (which affects Dream FPS) available. Options: Video and Audio can be turned off, and the effect still runs BONUS: Prolonged use will affect closed eyes *The amount of Style options in Illucid could be represented by a 1 followed by 2,466 zeros. For perspective, the observable universe is estimated at roughly 10^80 atoms; the amount of style combinations here is 10^2386 times larger

Screenshots

SmartLights Personalized4 screens
Illucid3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Illucid at 5.0 against SmartLights Personalized's 2.8. Illucid also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). SmartLights Personalized's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Illucid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SmartLights Personalized asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Illucid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartLights Personalized has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartLights Personalized ships an update weekly, Illucid every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SmartLights Personalized versus Illucid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartLights PersonalizedIllucid
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGemmy Industries CorporationMichael Howard

Customer experience

SmartLights Personalized

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Illucid

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SmartLights Personalized

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Illucid

One-time1
  • Illucid Pro$2.99

Questions

Is SmartLights Personalized free?
SmartLights Personalized is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Illucid free?
Illucid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SmartLights Personalized or Illucid?
Illucid is rated higher. SmartLights Personalized averages 2.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Illucid averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SmartLights Personalized or Illucid have ads?
Neither SmartLights Personalized nor Illucid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartLights Personalized or Illucid?
SmartLights Personalized ships an update weekly, and Illucid every 2 days. Most recently, SmartLights Personalized was updated on October 29, 2026 and Illucid on October 14, 2026.

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