Magic vs Trick Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic
Control your RGBIC LED strips with this app. Adjust brightness, colors, dynamic modes, and scenes. Sync lights to music, set timers, and customize pixel configurations for a personalized lighting experience.
- Color control
- Dimming and grading
- Dynamic modes and scenes
- Music rhythm sync
- Timer settings
- Pixel and line sequence customization
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MagicLantern is an App that can be used to control color RGBIC LED strip(s). You can use it to do some controls and settings , such as dimming and grading, setting various dynamic modes and scenes, music rhythms of several sound sources and optional rhythm styles, timer setting for lights on/off, pixel setting, line sequence setting, etc. MagicLantern App is designed to be fun and easy to use, with a certain degree of professionalism and ease of use.
Trick Light
Control your Bluetooth lamp with this application. Adjust colors, brightness, and set timers for ambient lighting. Offers a simple interface for managing your smart lighting experience.
- Bluetooth lamp control
- Color adjustment
- Brightness control
- Timer settings
- Ambient lighting
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This is a Bluetooth lamp app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trick Light at 3.1 against Magic's 2.3. Trick Light also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Magic's advantage is ratings volume (819 vs 27) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Trick Light holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic has 819 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of Magic's written reviews are positive against 27% of Trick Light's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Magic ships an update every 5 weeks, Trick Light every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic | Trick Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (819 ratings) | 3.1 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.9% of reviews — better | 27.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 819 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #172 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | shenzhen ELK Technology Co., Ltd. | Shenzhen Qianghe Technology CO., LTD. |
Customer experience
Magic
Trick Light
Bugs and requests
Magic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Colors not displaying correctly
- Lights not responding to app commands
- App crashing or not connecting
- Scheduled timers not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add holiday-themed color presets
- Allow custom color/pattern creation
- Improve music integration
- Add Siri/HomeKit support
- Provide better instructions and troubleshooting
Trick Light
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic
No in-app purchases
Trick Light
No in-app purchases
