Trimlight vs Lotus Light Lantern
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trimlight
This app controls a permanent holiday lighting system, offering millions of color and pattern combinations. Schedule lights for any holiday or special event, or create custom displays. Enjoy a seamless, wire-hidden lighting solution for your home or structure.
- 16 million color options
- Millions of patterns and combinations
- Individual light control
- Custom pattern creation
- 365-day calendar scheduling
- Daily timer functionality
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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 Select Plus 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 Select Plus you will have custom set lighting features for every holiday, forever!
Lotus Light Lantern
Control your LED light strips and lanterns with ease. This app offers a centralized control center for multiple devices, allowing you to customize colors, brightness, and enjoy preset effects or music synchronization. Automate your lighting with scheduling features for a seamless and interactive experience.
- Connect multiple lighting devices
- Customize color and brightness
- Preset lighting effects and scenes
- Sync lights with music
- Automate lighting with schedules
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Explore the endless capabilities of your LED light strip and lantern effortlessly with the Lotus App. This intuitive app allows you to control your LED lighting devices conveniently through a simple, speedy connection process. App main features: - Connect to multiple lighting devices simultaneously, turn your phone into a centralized control center - Take full control of your LED lights with diverse colors and brightness levels - Enjoy a wide range of preset lighting effects and scenes. Create a stunning Led Light party with a click. - Sync your lights with music, play songs from your iPhone or music from nearby environment to create a fantastic light show that moves with the rhythm. - Automate lighting with convenient light schedule feature. The Lotus App is all about making your LED light strip and lantern usage seamlessly interactive and enjoyable. The app comes with subscription package: Weekly ($2.99), Monthly ($5.99) & Lifetime ($14.99) Term of use: https://appvantagelabs.co/term Privacy policy: https://appvantagelabs.co/policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lotus Light Lantern at 4.3 against Trimlight's 2.9. Lotus Light Lantern also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). Trimlight's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Lotus Light Lantern sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Trimlight asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lotus Light Lantern holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 132 and 294 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Trimlight's written reviews are positive against 9% of Lotus Light Lantern's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Trimlight ships an update every 3 months, Lotus Light Lantern every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trimlight | Lotus Light Lantern |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (132 ratings) | 4.3 (294 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.5% of reviews — better | 9.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 132 | 294 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Sperll Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd. | AppVantage Labs |
Customer experience
Trimlight
Lotus Light Lantern
In-app purchases
Trimlight
No in-app purchases
Lotus Light Lantern
- Weekly Subscription$2.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
- Lifetime Premium$14.99
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