Comparison

iCool Remote vs Screen Light Color

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth LED screen connection
  • Full-color text editing
  • DIY LED display design
  • Built-in animations and pictures
  • Music spectrum sync
  • Microphone rhythm display
Features
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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。

About

Screen Light Color

Transform your device's screen into a customizable light panel without distractions. Easily adjust to any color for various uses, from photography to tracing and mood lighting. Unlock advanced features like precise color temperature control and external display mirroring through in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Adjustable color panel
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Photography lighting
  • Tracing and animation lightbox
  • Color matching reference
  • Night light functionality
  • External display control
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Turn your device’s display into a simple light panel with no on-screen distraction. You can easily adjust to any color on the fly. Made for iPhone and iPad screens, this app is perfect as: → Basic studio light panel (either as accent light or soft fill light in macro photography) → Light table / lightbox (for drawing, tracing, animation, reviewing film negatives, radiographs, etc.) → Color-picker → Reference for color-matching → Night light / flashlight → Red light for night strolling / star-gazing / darkroom → Beacon and visual signal → Mood light → so much more. Additionally, you can unlock our in-app purchase for the following: → Precision sliders for white balance to get the perfect warm or cool color temperature with adjustable magenta or green tints, as well as the more common hue / saturation / brightness, red / green / blue and HEX values. → Save as many color swatches as you want for later use. → Go bigger with your TV or external display. Using AirPlay or a cable connection, control a larger light panel directly from the app.

Screenshots

iCool Remote4 screens
Screen Light Color4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Screen Light Color at 90% against iCool Remote's 0%. Screen Light Color also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.9) and ratings volume (423 vs 8). iCool Remote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Screen Light Color sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. iCool Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Screen Light Color holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Screen Light Color has 423 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of iCool Remote's written reviews are positive against 90% of Screen Light Color's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCool Remote ships an update every 3 weeks, Screen Light Color monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iCool Remote versus Screen Light Color: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCool RemoteScreen Light Color
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (8 ratings)4.5 (423 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews89.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8423 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTianlang innovation Technology (Shenzhen) Co.,Ltd.Brian Li Sui Fong

Customer experience

iCool Remote

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Screen Light Color

All ratings423 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive89.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.5%

Bugs and requests

iCool Remote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Screen Light Color

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Paid features not functioning as advertised
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to show multiple colors at once
  • Random color generator slideshow option
  • Support for Split View on iPad
  • Option to add the app to Control Center

In-app purchases

None

iCool Remote

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Screen Light Color

One-time2
  • Tip Jar$2.99
  • Unlock Extra Features$2.99

Questions

Is iCool Remote free?
iCool Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screen Light Color free?
Screen Light Color is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iCool Remote or Screen Light Color?
Screen Light Color is rated higher. iCool Remote averages 2.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Screen Light Color averages 4.5 from 423 ratings.
Do iCool Remote or Screen Light Color have ads?
Neither iCool Remote nor Screen Light Color shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iCool Remote or Screen Light Color?
iCool Remote ships an update every 3 weeks, and Screen Light Color monthly. Most recently, iCool Remote was updated on September 16, 2026 and Screen Light Color on September 20, 2026.

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