Polygroup Smart Products vs Trimlight Edge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Polygroup Smart Products
This app facilitates the initial setup of voice-activated holiday products. It connects your smart trees and light sets to Amazon Alexa, enabling hands-free control. Once configured, you can operate your products solely through voice commands.
- Hands-free holiday experience
- Connect to Amazon Alexa
- Voice-activated control
- Initial product setup
- Account registration
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Polygroup® Smart Products utilize the advanced technology of Amazon Alexa voice recognition to create an intuitive completely hands-free and enjoyable holiday experience. This is the companion APP for setting up the voice-activated system of Polygroup® Smart Trees and other Polygroup® Smart Products. This APP is only required during the initial setup of Polygroup® Smart Products to allow you to connect them to Amazon Alexa. Once the setup is complete, you will be able to operate the products completely with voice commands, and there is no need to re-open this APP unless you are adding additional products. Features: Register – create an account, just once for all products of the series! Connect – link the system to your tree or light sets and embrace the amazing functions of your Polygroup® Smart Products!
Trimlight Edge
Control a permanent holiday lighting system with millions of color and pattern options. Customize lighting for any holiday or special event, or create unique daily displays. The app seamlessly integrates with the lighting system, hiding wires for a clean look.
- 16 million color options
- Millions of patterns and combinations
- Individual light control
- Custom pattern creation
- 365-day calendar and daily timer
- Holiday and event scheduling
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Trimlight is the original and still the best lighting system for permanent holiday lights available. Trimlight perfectly hides all the wires during the day while providing any building, home, deck, or structure amazing lighting at night. With 16 million color options and millions of different patterns, combinations of colors, and features your lights will look amazing from every angle. Our patented channel holds all the lights and wires securely to blend into the architectural features of any structure. This app works exclusively with the Trimlight Edge lighting system for the user to have full control of each individual light. With this very intuitive app the user can customize exact patterns and quantity of the diodes to custom create any pattern imaginable. This app includes a full 365 day calendar and a daily timer to customize which lights you want on for every holiday or you can set custom patterns and colors for any day of the year. Trimlight makes remembering holidays and special events like birthdays and anniversaries a breeze. Forget the hassle of putting lights up and taking them down every year. With Trimlight Edge you will have custom set lighting features for every holiday, forever!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trimlight Edge at 2.8 against Polygroup Smart Products's 1.4. Trimlight Edge also leads on review sentiment (22% vs 7%). Polygroup Smart Products's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). 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.
Trimlight Edge holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 123 and 366 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Polygroup Smart Products's written reviews are positive against 22% of Trimlight Edge's.
Polygroup Smart Products ships an update every 3 weeks, Trimlight Edge every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polygroup Smart Products | Trimlight Edge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (123 ratings) | 2.8 (366 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.5% of reviews | 21.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 123 | 366 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polygroup | Shenzhen Sperll Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Polygroup Smart Products
Trimlight Edge
User reviews
Polygroup Smart Products
From 123 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Tree itself is pretty
- 💡 Some users found a workaround
Room to improve
- ❌ App does not work
- ❌ Connection issues
- ❌ Poorly designed app
- ❌ Not updated
- ❌ Waste of time
Trimlight Edge
From 366 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 🎨 Lots of color and pattern options
- 💡 Music capability
- 👍 User-friendly app
- 🎉 Awesome lights
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app
- 👎 Not intuitive
- 🔀 Defaults to unwanted settings
- 🕰️ Scheduling issues
- 🔌 Connectivity problems
Bugs and requests
Polygroup Smart Products
Reported bugs
12 issues- App does not work
- Cannot connect to WiFi
- Device not recognized
- Network settings fail
- App crashes
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- App does not show up in WiFi selection
- Keeps asking to reset device
- Connection errors
- App does not detect connection
- Tree loses WiFi information frequently
- Voice commands do not work
- App fails to connect to the tree's WiFi
Requested features
6 requests- App should control the tree directly
- Add a timer function
- Include instructions within the app
- Offer a remote control option
- Improve app integration with Alexa/Google Home
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- Allow control from the app
Trimlight Edge
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Schedules not working as expected
- Lights not responding to app commands
- Sync issues between app and hardware
- Unexpected light behavior after updates
Requested features
5 requests- More customization options
- Improved scheduling functionality
- Automatic sunset/sunrise adjustment
- Better UI/UX design
- Ability to share custom patterns
In-app purchases
Polygroup Smart Products
No in-app purchases
Trimlight Edge
No in-app purchases
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