Comparison

MESHLE vs Intertechno MasterGate

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

Head to head
About

MESHLE

Control and customize your LED strips with a wide range of colors, brightness levels, and dynamic animations. Schedule lighting changes, create custom scenes, and sync lights with music. Manage multiple strips and groups easily.

Highlights
  • Full control of 16 million colors
  • Customizable scenes and animations
  • Timers for scheduled lighting changes
  • Sound visualization for music sync
  • Group management for multiple strips
  • Over-the-air firmware updates
Features
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Enjoy the simplicity of controlling your RGB-, RGBW-, CCT- or Single Color-LED strips. MESHLE app allows you to precisely set the hue and the brightness of one or multiple LED strips that are connected to MESHLE flex, MESHLE flex PLUS or MESHLE flex PRO Bluetooth LED Controller. Manage all your LED strips With MESHLE app you can easily organize all your LED strips into groups and name it the way you want. Full control of 16 million colors Set the hue and the brightness of any color you like. Choose your favorite from 16 million colors. Timers (At specified times or automatically at sunrise/sunset.) Configure the controller to enter any desired state (like on, off, specific color, animation etc.) at specified times or automatically at sunrise/ sunset based on your location. Set fade-in and fade-out time. Scenes Create your own scenes like sunset or sunrise by picking and saving specific colors and brightness of your LED strips. Change the ambience with a single tap to match your mood. Animations Enjoy lighting animation like ocean waves, candlelight, fire, polar lights and many more. Use TV-simulation to simulate presence at home when you are on a vacation. Sound Visualisation Listen to your favorite music with colorful sound visualization of your LED strips. Control all your lights with a single tap Apply light adjustments or scenes to the whole group that you have created. Control your lights simultaneously or individually. Firmware Updates Over The Air (OTA) MESHLE flex’s firmware can be easily updated via smartphone. In this way, new features and functions of the device can be made available at any time. MESHLE flex Bluetooth LED Controllers are available at https://meshle.com/product-category/controller/

About

Intertechno MasterGate

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Intertechno MasterGate allows you maximum freedom via Wi-Fi. You can easily change the assignment between sender and receiver via app, even for the duration of scenarios. Through this Smart Home Central you can create scenarios and automation rules (triggers can be: approach / distance, time of day / day of the week, dusk). Infrared compatibility and voice control are no problem! With our Smart Home Central, you can access your home app via voice worldwide, even via voice control. Be sure, even hundreds of miles away on vacation, that everything is switched off at home. Of course you can use our app on your smartphone or tablet. In our app, you can easily set that is detected in a burglary by motion or magnetic switch, all the lights are set to the maximum level and the blinds are raised. Features: - Control via smartphone and tablet - Pairing of senders and receivers - Push notifications on selected sensors - Assignment between senders and receivers can be varied by app (even for the duration of scenarios) - Voice control in the app - Voice control via Amazon Alexa (skill "Intertechno MasterGate") - Create scenarios and groups - Proximity / distance identifier - Twilight control - Infrared compatibility - Daytime and Weekday control - Worldwide access - Wi-Fi as communication basis

Screenshots

MESHLE4 screens
Intertechno MasterGate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Intertechno MasterGate at 11.0 against MESHLE's 15.1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MESHLE ships an update every 3 weeks, Intertechno MasterGate monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and May 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MESHLE versus Intertechno MasterGate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMESHLEIntertechno MasterGate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.111.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMESHLE GmbHIntertechno Funk-Technik GesmbH

In-app purchases

None

MESHLE

No in-app purchases

None

Intertechno MasterGate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MESHLE free?
MESHLE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Intertechno MasterGate free?
Intertechno MasterGate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MESHLE or Intertechno MasterGate have ads?
Neither MESHLE nor Intertechno MasterGate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MESHLE or Intertechno MasterGate?
MESHLE ships an update every 3 weeks, and Intertechno MasterGate monthly. Most recently, MESHLE was updated on October 1, 2026 and Intertechno MasterGate on May 28, 2026.

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