GVM LED vs Pixel LCS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GVM LED
Control photography lamps via Bluetooth connection. Adjust settings and manage your lighting equipment directly from your mobile device.
- Bluetooth lamp control
- Photography lighting management
- App-controlled lighting
- GVM product integration
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This is a software that can control the photography lamp. The app controls the photography lamp product with app function under GVM through Bluetooth connection.
Pixel LCS
This app offers intelligent lighting control with a user-friendly interface. It allows for multi-light collaboration, real-time color capture and analysis, and precise manual adjustments for professional lighting effects.
- Intuitive UI design
- Multi-light collaboration
- Real-time color capture
- Stepless dimming slider
- HSI and RGBW modes
- Gel mode for color selection
- Favorites collection
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Pixel LCS is an intelligent lighting control system designed and developed by Pixel Co. Ltd, It consists of lights' software, hardware, and controlling software, and there are also gels for reference, favorites collection, and light-searching function. Features: - Clear and intuitive layout of UI design for a sleeker and more efficient operating experience. - Multi-light collaboration through the Project and the Group, supporting synchronized control or single-light adjustment for the users to enjoy the efficient light setting. - Demo project supports debug without lights, helping users quickly get started with the software and rehearse great works with quite a simple operation. - There is a slider for stepless dimming in each working mode, which is an indispensable tool for the spatial, aesthetic, and emotional expression of the picture. - The camera captures the color, the software analyzes the hue, saturation, and brightness parameter values intelligently in real-time, and your device lights up the color you capture. - Under the HSI mode and RGBW mode, users can manually enter the parameter value to achieve accurate adjustment of light color and experience the fun of being a professional colorist. - The Gel mode supports quick comparison and selection among various standard colors to meet the dimming needs of professionals. - Click the bookmark icon to add stunning light effects to Favourites, and carry them everywhere with you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GVM LED at 3.0 against Pixel LCS's 2.2. GVM LED also leads on review sentiment (22% vs 0%). Pixel LCS's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
GVM LED holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of GVM LED's written reviews are positive against 0% of Pixel LCS's.
GVM LED ships an update every 2 months, Pixel LCS every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GVM LED | Pixel LCS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丹丹 陈 | Shenzhen Pinse Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
GVM LED
Pixel LCS
Bugs and requests
GVM LED
Reported bugs
12 issues- Login credentials rejected despite correct password
- Verification code times out before use
- App crashes during device synchronization
- Cannot connect more than one light at a time
- Bluetooth connection drops unexpectedly
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- App freezes on main page or navigation tabs
- Password matching validation fails despite identical entries
- Login fails when using non-.com email addresses
- App requires WiFi for login despite Bluetooth-only operation
- In-app message/problem form always returns 'FAILED' status
- Incompatibility with iPad Pro color adjustment
- Recent update broke previously working connections
Requested features
10 requests- Remove mandatory login requirement for local Bluetooth control
- Enable independent control of multiple lights simultaneously
- Expand scene customization options beyond 8 presets
- Add keyboard shortcuts and Stream Deck integration for streaming
- Improve color wheel with more granular color selection
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- Add dark mode option
- Create desktop/PC version with better controls
- Allow grouping of lights for synchronized control
- Implement offline mode for Bluetooth-only operation
- Add light naming persistence across app sessions
Pixel LCS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GVM LED
No in-app purchases
Pixel LCS
No in-app purchases
