iCool Remote vs iStrip+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iCool Remote
This app connects to full-color LED screens via Bluetooth, allowing for custom text and design creation. It offers built-in animations, pictures, and dynamic music or microphone-synchronized displays to personalize your LED screen.
- Bluetooth LED screen connection
- Full-color text editing
- DIY LED display design
- Built-in animations and pictures
- Music spectrum sync
- Microphone rhythm display
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ICool Remote is an interesting app that can connect the full-color LED screen through Bluetooth. It supports full-color text editing, high DIY LED display design, and rich and colorful built-in animation and picture display. More rhythmic music spectrum synchronous display, and microphone rhythmic display, to meet all your cool ideas. There are more and more ways to play. Please join us to create more trends. iCool Remote是一款可通过蓝牙连接全彩LED屏的趣味十足的APP。支持文字全彩编辑，提供高度diy的LED显示设计，还有提供了丰富多彩的内置动画和图片显示。更有律动十足的音乐频谱同步展示，还有麦克风律动显示，满足你所有的酷炫想法。还有更多各式各样的玩法等待着你的发掘，请和我们一起创造更多潮流。
iStrip+
Control smart light bars with unlimited color customization and dynamic effects like stroboscopic and breathing. Group multiple devices for a synchronized, colorful experience. Enjoy music synchronization for an immersive atmosphere.
- Unlimited light bar color customization
- Stroboscopic and breathing effects
- Group control for multiple devices
- Music rhythm synchronization
- Mobile and hardware microphone rhythm
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Istrip is an intelligent light bar controller. Unlimited customization of light bar color you need. It provides rich and colorful stroboscopic, breathing and other effects. It can control multiple devices in groups and give you a colorful world. In addition, it also provides music rhythm effect, and mobile phone or hardware microphone rhythm. He can satisfy all your needs for lights and give you endless joy. Enjoy it! iStrip是一款智能灯条控制器。无限定制您所需要的灯条颜色。他提供丰富多彩的频闪、呼吸等效果。更能分组管控多个设备，给你一个五彩斑斓的世界。此外，还提供了音乐律动效果，和手机或硬件麦克风律动。他能满足你所有对灯的需要，给你无尽的欢乐。尽情享受吧！
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Verdict
iCool Remote and iStrip+ both sit at 2.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 40% of iStrip+'s written reviews are positive against 0% of iCool Remote's. iStrip+ also leads on ratings volume (449 vs 8). iCool Remote's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.9 for iCool Remote against 2.8 for iStrip+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iStrip+ has 449 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of iCool Remote's written reviews are positive against 40% of iStrip+'s.
iCool Remote ships an update every 3 weeks, iStrip+ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCool Remote | iStrip+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (8 ratings) — better | 2.8 (449 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 40.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 449 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Tianlang innovation Technology (Shenzhen) Co.,Ltd. | Shenzhen Heaton Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
iCool Remote
iStrip+
Bugs and requests
iCool Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
iStrip+
Reported bugs
5 issues- Bluetooth connectivity issues
- App doesn't detect LED lights
- Lights won't turn on or off
- Incorrect color display
- Timer not working as expected
Requested features
6 requests- Add custom color options
- Improve music sync feature
- Add more animation effects
- Improve timer functionality
- Integrate with smart home platforms
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- Add widget support
In-app purchases
iCool Remote
No in-app purchases
iStrip+
No in-app purchases
Questions
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