My smartLED vs Hostrol Smart
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.
Hostrol Smart
Personalize your car's interior lighting with a wide range of colors and dynamic effects. Sync lighting to music, customize modes, and express your style on the road.
- Customizable interior lighting colors
- Music synchronization for lighting effects
- Velocity-based lighting adjustments
- DIY mode for personalized settings
- Color wheel for precise color selection
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To serve global car owners with heart and soul Color Your Life We hope Hostrol Smart can make your life full of color. Find your original heartbeat with a dreamlike feeling! 【Color】The color you desire in life! Just switch, until you like it! 【Music】A melody that moves the heart. Dream’s color dances with music. That is a perfect match between music and color, awesome! 【Velocity】: Dream race. People need someone to see what they pursue in their passionate life. Get brighter when faster! We witness your trip! 【DIY】Do It Yourself! Just customize your mode, be different! 【Color Wheel】-Dreamlike Start! You can pick all the dream’s colors! 【My issue】: God! Satisfying you is our most faithful dream.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hostrol Smart at 3.0 against My smartLED's 2.4. Hostrol Smart also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). My smartLED's advantage is review sentiment (26% vs 0%) and ratings volume (489 vs 4). 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.
Hostrol Smart holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My smartLED has 489 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of My smartLED's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hostrol Smart's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
My smartLED ships an update every 3 months, Hostrol Smart every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My smartLED | Hostrol Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (489 ratings) | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 489 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 光奇 李 | Shenzhen Sangshen E-commerce Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
My smartLED
Hostrol Smart
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
Hostrol Smart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
My smartLED
No in-app purchases
Hostrol Smart
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is My smartLED free?
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