Pixel Dancer vs WLED+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Dancer
Control your RGB lighting for holidays, permanent installations, and landscapes. Schedule custom color changes and animations for events and holidays well in advance. Compatible with specific Wi-Fi Effects Controllers and light strings.
- Control RGB lighting
- Schedule animations
- Custom color changes
- Event scheduling
- Holiday lighting control
- Landscape lighting control
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Control your holiday, permanent & landscape RGB lighting with Minleon USA’s Pixel Dancer, the enhanced UI for Minleon-Rainmin’s Gen3 Wi-Fi Effects Controller (WEC+3). Change colors & schedule animations for special events and holidays months in advance. Compatible with all Minleon-Rainmin RGB+Line light strings & fixtures, when set to the proper mode.
WLED+
Manage and control WLED devices with an enhanced interface and features. Organize devices, preview effects, and automate preset saving. Optimized for various screen sizes and compatible with WLED v0.13.3+.
- Improved user interface
- Effect previews
- Device grouping
- Layout support for segment configurations
- Automatic segment gap finding
- Playlist saving for presets
- Random preset cycling
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WLED+ is an independent, modern app for controlling WLED LED strips, matrices, and light installations from your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It talks directly to your devices over your local network. Device control stays local, with no account, no cloud control, and no ad tracking. WHY WLED+ WLED+ is built as a native companion app for WLED, with a polished interface for newcomers and deeper controls for makers. FEATURES - Visual layout editor: see your segments on a canvas, tap to select them, and drag to reshape your strip or matrix. - Live preview: watch your device's real LED colors stream onto the canvas as you edit. - Animated effect previews: see what an effect looks like before you apply it. - Smart segments: automatically fill gaps in your layout or split the largest segment when you add a new one. - Device groups: organize and control multiple devices together. - Presets and playlists: save favorite looks and auto-add new presets to a playlist. - Randomizer: automatically cycle through your presets. - Full control: brightness, colors, palettes, effects, nightlight, and per-segment settings. - Sound-reactive effect support for WLED SR. PRIVACY FIRST No login. Device control stays on your local network. Crash reports are used only to improve reliability and are never sold. Works with WLED and WLED SR firmware v0.13.3 and above, and is optimized for screens of all sizes. Made by an independent husband-and-wife team from Venice, CA. WLED+ is an independent companion app for WLED and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the WLED project; all credit for the firmware goes to the WLED community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WLED+ at 4.6 against Pixel Dancer's 3.9. WLED+ also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (88% vs 72%). Pixel Dancer's advantage is ratings volume (72 vs 12). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
WLED+ holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Dancer has 72 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Pixel Dancer's written reviews are positive against 88% of WLED+'s.
Pixel Dancer ships an update every 2 months, WLED+ fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel Dancer | WLED+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (72 ratings) | 4.6 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.1% of reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 小艳 刘 | Pixel Heart LLC |
Customer experience
Pixel Dancer
WLED+
In-app purchases
Pixel Dancer
No in-app purchases
WLED+
No in-app purchases
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