XKalpha vs Mgroup light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XKalpha
This app controls advanced automotive RGBW LED lighting systems, allowing for custom chasing effects and animations. It offers extensive color customization, music synchronization, and safety features like brake light integration.
- Custom chasing lighting effects
- 16 million colors + pure white
- Music and speed synchronization
- Color capture via camera
- Brake light and turn signal sync
- 10 independent zones per controller
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The XKalpha automotive RGBW lighting system is the most advanced addressable LED lighting system on the market. With its unique system, XKalpha allows you to create custom chasing lighting effects and animations that are impossible with other systems. Control Features: - Up to 10 independent zones per controller. - 16 million colors + dedicated pure white color at your finger tip. - Customize light animation with more than 25 chasing patterns, adjustable speed, brightness and more. - Sync light to music or speed with equalizer style patterns. - Capture a color with camera and paint your vehicle with it. - Customizable startup theme. - 3 configurable sensor wires. Safety Feature: - Turn the entire lighting kit into RED color when you brake. - Sync underglow with turn signal. System Features - Compatible with both native XKalpha RGBW lights and XKchrome RGB lights. - Add power injector to expand the controller limit - XKalpha controller or light system is required for using this app.
Mgroup light
Control a variety of Bluetooth-enabled LED lights, including rock lights, bed lights, and light bars. Customize colors, create presets, and explore various lighting modes like music sync and strobe effects. Adjust brightness, speed, and effects for a personalized lighting experience.
- Bluetooth LED light control
- 49 color options
- Save up to 6 presets
- Multiple lighting modes (jump, music, fade, strobe)
- Adjustable brightness, effect, and speed
- Group control
- Rename LED lights
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Mgroup light APP a series of Bluetooth-enabled LED Rock Lights, RGB LED Bed Lights, LED Work Lights, LED Light Bar, etc. through Bluetooth connection. 49 colors for different occasions Create and save up to 6 preset Multiple lighting modes，including jump, music, fade, Strobe and more Adjustable brightness, lighting effect and speed Group control function Rename each LED light Require Bluetooth 4.0 and above
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: XKalpha at 100% against Mgroup light's 4%. XKalpha also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.5). Mgroup light's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). 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.
XKalpha holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mgroup light has 35 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of XKalpha's written reviews are positive against 4% of Mgroup light's.
XKalpha ships an update every 6 weeks, Mgroup light monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | XKalpha | Mgroup light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 1.5 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 3.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | XKGLOW LLC | 林 张 |
Customer experience
XKalpha
Mgroup light
In-app purchases
XKalpha
No in-app purchases
Mgroup light
No in-app purchases
