VLC Light Stream vs Pixel Dancer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VLC Light Stream
Control your holiday lights with custom color themes and patterns. This system allows you to use your existing Christmas light wires by simply swapping out the bulbs and pairing the components.
- Customizable bulb colors
- Create color themes
- Use with existing wires
- Control holiday lighting
- Indoor and outdoor use
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Harness the power of infinite possibilities with Light Stream™. Using the Light Stream™ app and Light Stream™ components, you can unleash the magic of the holidays with the click of a button. Have up to six different bulb colors at any given time. You decide whether you want all the bulbs to be the same color or create your own custom color themes. Light Stream™ will give you the freedom you’ve been looking for in a Christmas light. Use it on your roof lines, tree, bushes, or even indoors! Innovative lighting for infinite possibilities of colors and patterns. Unlike competitors wireless lights, our design allows for you to use your existing E12 Christmas wire. Saving you time and money, simply swap your bulbs, pair the components and go! - V-20670 & V-20770: Remote LED Bulbs ( Required - Cannot mix bulbs on the same system ) - V-20671: Controller ( Required ) - V-20672: Switch ( Recommended for larger projects ) Thank you for reading all about the all-new, innovative wireless lighting solution that is Light Stream™. To purchase Light Stream components, please visit Villagelighting.com or VLCWholesale.com for more information.
Pixel Dancer
Control your RGB lighting for holidays, permanent installations, and landscapes. Schedule custom color changes and animations for events and holidays well in advance. Compatible with specific Wi-Fi Effects Controllers and light strings.
- Control RGB lighting
- Schedule animations
- Custom color changes
- Event scheduling
- Holiday lighting control
- Landscape lighting control
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Control your holiday, permanent & landscape RGB lighting with Minleon USA’s Pixel Dancer, the enhanced UI for Minleon-Rainmin’s Gen3 Wi-Fi Effects Controller (WEC+3). Change colors & schedule animations for special events and holidays months in advance. Compatible with all Minleon-Rainmin RGB+Line light strings & fixtures, when set to the proper mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixel Dancer at 3.9 against VLC Light Stream's 3.1. Pixel Dancer also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). VLC Light Stream's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15). 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.
Pixel Dancer holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Dancer has 72 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of VLC Light Stream's written reviews are positive against 70% of Pixel Dancer's.
VLC Light Stream ships an update every 5 months, Pixel Dancer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VLC Light Stream | Pixel Dancer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (8 ratings) | 3.9 (72 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 70.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 72 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Village Lighting | 小艳 刘 |
Customer experience
VLC Light Stream
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In-app purchases
VLC Light Stream
No in-app purchases
Pixel Dancer
No in-app purchases
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