Magic vs StarLamp
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.
StarLamp
Control your RGBW LED lights with advanced features like color selection, music synchronization, and custom modes. This software offers a variety of control functions for an enhanced lighting experience.
- RGBW lighting control
- Color control
- Music synchronization
- Custom mode control
- Intelligent LED software
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"StarLamp" is an intelligent LED control software that supports RGBW lighting control, with color control, music control, Mack risk control and a variety of custom mode control functions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StarLamp at 3.0 against Magic's 2.3. StarLamp also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). Magic's advantage is ratings volume (819 vs 2) and chart position (#191 vs unranked). 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.
StarLamp holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic has 819 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Magic's written reviews are positive against 33% of StarLamp's.
Magic ships an update every 5 weeks, StarLamp every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic | StarLamp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (819 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.8% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 819 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #191 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | shenzhen ELK Technology Co., Ltd. | 峰辉 朱 |
Customer experience
Magic
StarLamp
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
StarLamp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic
No in-app purchases
StarLamp
No in-app purchases
