Monster Smart App vs Magic lamp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monster Smart App
Control your home appliances remotely from anywhere. Manage multiple devices simultaneously, set timers for automated functions, and easily share access with family members. The app offers a simple and quick connection process to your smart devices.
- Remote appliance control
- Simultaneous multi-device management
- Automated timer functions
- Family device sharing
- Easy device connection
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Monster Smart, Always Lead. Never Follow 1. Remote control: control home appliances from anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one App 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: One tap to share devices among family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect App to devices
Magic lamp
Control your in-car ambient lighting with this app. Customize colors, patterns, and brightness. Enjoy a music mode for dynamic lighting effects and receive Over-The-Air updates.
- Color settings
- Ambient light pattern configuration
- Brightness adjustment
- Music mode
- Over-The-Air (OTA) upgrades
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This is an app developed in-house for controlling in-car ambient lighting devices. It features color settings, ambient light pattern configurations, brightness adjustment, and a multifunctional ambient light with a music mode. Additionally, it offers Over-The-Air (OTA) upgrade functionality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Magic lamp at every 5 days against Monster Smart App's every 5 months. Magic lamp also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Monster Smart App's advantage is review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and ratings volume (26K vs 1). 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.
Magic lamp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monster Smart App has 26K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Monster Smart App's written reviews are positive against 0% of Magic lamp's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Monster Smart App ships an update every 5 months, Magic lamp every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monster Smart App | Magic lamp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (26K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 233 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Monster Inc. | 爽 余 |
Customer experience
Monster Smart App
Magic lamp
Bugs and requests
Monster Smart App
Reported bugs
4 issues- Lights disappearing from app
- Incorrect on/off status
- Frequent disconnections
- Incompatible with 5GHz WiFi
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Ability to control individual LEDs
- Improved music sync features
Magic lamp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Monster Smart App
No in-app purchases
Magic lamp
No in-app purchases
Questions
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