Magic Glasses vs Surplife
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Glasses
This app allows you to control LED display screens, customizing text, effects, patterns, and even music synchronization. Create unique visual experiences with personalized graffiti and diverse playback options.
- Change display text
- Customize display effects
- Set pattern effects
- Music rhythm synchronization
- Custom graffiti creation
- Diverse playing methods
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Magic glasses is a cool app that controls the LED display screen. It can change the display text, display effect, pattern effect and music rhythm effect in the app. You can customize the graffiti and display effect as you like. With cool and diverse playing methods, your LED display device is unique. 魔幻眼镜是一款控制LED显示屏的酷炫App,实现在app中更改显示文字以及显示效果，图案效果,音乐律动效果,可以随心所欲自定义涂鸦及显示效果，酷炫多样的玩法，让您的LED显示屏设备独一无二。
Surplife
Control your smart lighting devices with ease. Add and manage multiple lights from a single application, allowing you to adjust settings remotely from any location.
- Add multiple devices
- Control multiple devices
- Remote device control
- Easy device management
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Surplife is a smart lighting control APP. Add and control multiple devices to the App so easy. Remotely control devices from anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Surplife at 4.5 against Magic Glasses's 3.1. Surplife also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 45) and review sentiment (55% vs 39%). Magic Glasses's advantage is iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.5). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Surplife holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Surplife has 1.2K ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Magic Glasses's written reviews are positive against 55% of Surplife's.
Magic Glasses ships an update every 8 days, Surplife fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Glasses | Surplife |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (45 ratings) | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.2% of reviews | 55.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #136 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 479 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Heaton Technology Co., Ltd. | 明长 周 |
Customer experience
Magic Glasses
Surplife
User reviews
Magic Glasses
From 45 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 App works well
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Good concept
- 👍 Amazing product
- 👍 Connects easily (sometimes)
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Connection issues
- 🐛 DIY/Graffiti mode not working
- 🐛 Animation gallery previews removed
- 🐛 Glasses not working without charger
Surplife
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient control
- 💡 Customizable lighting
- 👍 Responsive support
- 🚀 Reliable functionality
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance
- 🐛 Buggy app interface
- 🐛 Unreliable scheduling
- 🐛 Unresponsive customer service
Bugs and requests
Magic Glasses
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes on startup
- Graffiti mode menu display incorrect
- Graffiti mode zooms in
- DIY broken on iPhone iOS 16
- App crashes on iOS 13/iPhone 11
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- App crashes consistently after initial use
- App crashes on startup with Bluetooth enabled
- Glasses not working without charger
- App doesn't connect with iPhone 8
- App crashes sometimes
- App crashes and doesn't connect again
- App prone to crashes
- Bluetooth hardly connects
- App shuts down sometimes
Requested features
7 requests- Add custom animation creation
- Changeable colors
- Custom music for Rhythm mode
- Soundboard for quick changes
- Allow microphone to work with other apps
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- Share user creations
- Add blinking animation to DIYs
Surplife
Reported bugs
5 issues- Lights turning on/off randomly
- Inability to save custom settings
- App crashing or not opening
- Lights not responding to app commands
- Scheduling feature not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- More holiday and theme options
- Ability to save custom scenes
- Improved app UI and navigation
- Multi-device syncing and control
- Integration with smart home platforms
In-app purchases
Magic Glasses
No in-app purchases
Surplife
No in-app purchases
