My smartLED vs U
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My smartLED
Control your wireless LED lights via Bluetooth. Adjust colors, brightness, and dynamic lighting effects like jump, fade, and strobe. Explore unique modes such as voice, twinkle, and meteor for personalized ambiance.
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Color adjustment
- Brightness control
- Dynamic light modes (jump, fade, strobe)
- Special modes (voice, twinkle, meteor)
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This is an LED Bluetooth lighting control software. Connect to our wireless devices. You can adjust the color of the lights as needed, such as red, green, blue, yellow, purple, cyan, white, etc. It can also adjust the brightness. You can also adjust the light change mode, such as jump, fade, strobe, etc. You can set the light voice mode, twinkle mode, Meteor mode and so on. This software is relatively simple to use, first open our Bluetooth light fixtures, make sure that the mobile phone Bluetooth is turned on, open our software, our software automatically links to our Bluetooth light fixtures. If the connection is successful, you can control the lighting effects through your phone. Thank you
U
Control your smart lighting system with this app. Set custom schedules for different zones, turn lights on/off manually, and name your zones for easy management. It's a convenient interface for Universal Lighting Systems' Zone Control transformers.
- Set zone schedules
- Manual zone control
- Name custom zones
- Individual zone timing
- System on/off control
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U-SYNC APP is a Wifi enabled smart device app for Universal Lighting Systems, Inc. Zone Control transformers. The App works as an interface to set schedules for zones on the U-SYNC Zone Control products, as well as manually turning the entire system on/off, or multiple zones on/off. Zones can be named and customized to run on individual times for specific durations of time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: U at 3.0 against My smartLED's 2.4. U also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 26%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). My smartLED's advantage is ratings volume (443 vs 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
U holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My smartLED has 443 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of My smartLED's written reviews are positive against 50% of U's.
My smartLED ships an update every 3 months, U every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My smartLED | U |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (443 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 443 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 光奇 李 | Universal Lighting System |
Customer experience
My smartLED
U
Bugs and requests
My smartLED
Reported bugs
5 issues- Twinkle mode not working
- Meteor control stopped working
- Light 1 and Light 2 buttons not functioning
- App not connecting to Bluetooth
- Lights revert to static settings when app is closed
Requested features
5 requests- Add custom color modes
- Integrate with Apple CarPlay
- Add ability to control individual lights
- Improve music sync functionality
- Slower twinkle mode options
U
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
My smartLED
No in-app purchases
U
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is My smartLED free?
Is U free?
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