My smartLED vs iStrip Duo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My smartLED
Control compatible Bluetooth lighting products with features like device grouping, color and brightness adjustments, and dynamic lighting effects. It offers music-reactive lighting and an AI assistant for intuitive control. Basic functions work offline, while advanced features require an internet connection.
- Device and group organization
- Color and brightness control
- Customizable lighting effects
- Music-reactive lighting
- AI assistant for lighting needs
- Local data import/export
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MySmartLED controls compatible Bluetooth lighting products. • Devices and groups: organise lights by room or group, view connection status and control multiple lights together. • Colour and brightness: choose your colours, adjust brightness and save favourites. • Lighting effects: explore fades, breathing, jumps and flashing presets. • Music-reactive lighting: import local music or use your phone microphone to make lighting respond to sound. • AI assistant: describe your lighting needs with text or voice and confirm proposed actions when required. • Account and settings: email and Sign in with Apple, account linking, light/dark themes, and local data import and export. Basic Bluetooth control works offline without an account. AI and cloud services require an Internet connection. On-device speech recognition is preferred when supported, with cloud fallback. Available controls depend on the capabilities of your connected lighting hardware.
iStrip Duo
Control smart light bars with unlimited color customization and dynamic effects like strobes and breathing. Group multiple devices and sync lights to music for an immersive, joyful experience.
- Unlimited color customization
- Stroboscopic and breathing effects
- Group control for multiple devices
- Music rhythm synchronization
- Mobile and hardware microphone rhythm
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iStrip Duo is an intelligent light bar controller. Unlimited customization of light bar color you need. It provides rich and colorful stroboscopic, breathing and other effects. It can control multiple devices in groups and give you a colorful world. In addition, it also provides music rhythm effect, and mobile phone or hardware microphone rhythm. He can satisfy all your needs for lights and give you endless joy. Enjoy it! iStrip Duo是一款智能灯条控制器。无限定制您所需要的灯条颜色。他提供丰富多彩的频闪、呼吸等效果。更能分组管控多个设备,给你一个五彩斑斓的世界。此外,还提供了音乐律动效果,和手机或硬件麦克风律动。他能满足你所有对灯的需要,给你无尽的欢乐。尽情享受吧!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: My smartLED at 2.3 against iStrip Duo's 1.8. My smartLED also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 8%) and ratings volume (498 vs 37). iStrip Duo's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). 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.
My smartLED holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My smartLED has 498 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of My smartLED's written reviews are positive against 8% of iStrip Duo's.
My smartLED ships an update every 3 months, iStrip Duo weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My smartLED | iStrip Duo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (498 ratings) — better | 1.8 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 7.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 498 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 光奇 李 | Shenzhen Heaton Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
My smartLED
iStrip Duo
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
iStrip Duo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
My smartLED
No in-app purchases
iStrip Duo
No in-app purchases
Questions
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