Comparison

Moonside vs TaskTroll

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

Head to head
About

Moonside

Control smart lights with millions of colors and custom patterns. This app offers seamless Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, allowing you to design unique lighting experiences for any mood or occasion. Transform your living spaces with intuitive, pixel-level control.

Highlights
  • Millions of color options
  • Customizable lighting patterns
  • Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity
  • Pixel-level light control
  • Remote control functionality
Features
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Moonside Smart Light Control App. Immerse yourself in a world of vivid colors and custom lighting patterns with Moonside Smart Lights. Our intuitive app lets you orchestrate a light show, right from the palm of your hand, no matter where you are. We bring the power of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and smart home integration right to your fingertips. App Features: • A Spectrum at Your Disposal: Choose from over 16 million color options – every shade is a swipe away. Design your own mood, theme, or occasion with unparalleled color variety. • Seamless Connectivity: Use the convenience of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections to control your lights effortlessly. Adjust the ambiance from your couch, the office, or even while you're out of town. • Light Pixel Painting: With our app, every pixel on your Moonside smart light becomes a canvas. Paint your space with light, pixel by pixel, and watch your home come alive. • And Much More: The Moonside app is packed full of features that will elevate your home lighting experience. Dive in and discover the possibilities. Experience the fusion of technology and design, and transform your living spaces into scenes straight out of your imagination. Let the Moonside Smart Lights illuminate your world.

About

TaskTroll

This app acts as a family operating system, managing chores, allowances, calendars, and communication. It offers features like photo proof of completion, automated allowance, and a shared family calendar. Designed for parents, it also includes tools for co-parenting and family safety.

Highlights
  • Age-banded auto-leveling chores
  • Photo proof of chore completion
  • Automated allowance and rewards shop
  • Shared family calendar with Google/iCal import
  • Co-parenting tools with AI tone-check
  • Override silent mode chore alarms
  • Precise in-app family location tracking
Features
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Make family responsibilities easier to plan and follow through. TaskTroll brings chores, completion approvals, allowance, and rewards into one family app. A CLEAR VIEW OF TODAY See the family's next step and recent activity. Keep the parent tools close at hand with dedicated spaces for chores, money and rewards, and family settings. CREATE AND SCHEDULE CHORES TOGETHER Create a chore, choose the child, and set its days in one editor. Use recurring schedules or one-time tasks, with points or money rewards and optional photo proof. Keep reusable tasks in the chore library. APPROVALS THAT KEEP EVERYONE IN STEP Children can see their tasks and submit completed work. Parents can review completion and follow family progress. ALLOWANCE AND REWARDS Set weekly allowance beside payment history. Connect everyday responsibilities with family rewards and money habits. BUILT FOR YOUR FAMILY Use separate parent and child experiences, private child sign-in, and flexible household settings. SUBSCRIPTIONS Some features require a subscription. Available plans, current prices, billing periods, and any eligible introductory offer are shown by the App Store before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm a purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Restore Purchases is available in the app. Privacy Policy: https://tasktroll.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://tasktroll.com/terms

Screenshots

Moonside3 screens
TaskTroll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TaskTroll at 100% against Moonside's 46%. TaskTroll also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9). Moonside's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (41 vs 1). 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. TaskTroll sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Moonside asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TaskTroll holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moonside has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Moonside's written reviews are positive against 100% of TaskTroll's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moonside ships an update monthly, TaskTroll fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Moonside versus TaskTroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonsideTaskTroll
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (41 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiangyin Yimiao Smart Technology Ltd.John Shoufler

Customer experience

Moonside

All ratings36 ratings
Positive47.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative47.2%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive46.3%
Neutral7.3%
Negative46.3%

TaskTroll

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Moonside

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

TaskTroll

Subscriptions7
  • TaskTroll Family — Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Co-Parent Lite — Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Co-Parent Full — Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Direct Insider$9.991 Month
  • Co-Parent Lite — Annual$59.991 Year
  • Co-Parent Full — Annual$99.991 Year
  • Direct Insider (Annual)$99.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1 Parser Credit$2.99
  • 5 Parser Credits$9.99
  • 15 Parser Credits$24.99

Questions

Is Moonside free?
Moonside is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TaskTroll free?
TaskTroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Moonside or TaskTroll?
TaskTroll is rated higher. Moonside averages 2.9 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while TaskTroll averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Moonside or TaskTroll have ads?
Neither Moonside nor TaskTroll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moonside or TaskTroll?
Moonside ships an update monthly, and TaskTroll fortnightly. Most recently, Moonside was updated on October 9, 2026 and TaskTroll on September 30, 2026.

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