ShredLights vs Surplife
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShredLights
Wirelessly control and customize your ShredLights+ devices with a single tap. This app offers seamless integration for managing your lighting setup.
- Wireless control
- Device customization
- Single-tap operation
- Seamless integration
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The ShredLights app allows you to customize and control all of your ShredLights+ with a single tap.
Surplife
Control your smart lighting devices with ease. Add and manage multiple lights from a single application, allowing you to adjust settings remotely from any location.
- Add multiple devices
- Control multiple devices
- Remote device control
- Easy device management
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Surplife is a smart lighting control APP. Add and control multiple devices to the App so easy. Remotely control devices from anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Surplife at 4.5 against ShredLights's 4.1. Surplife also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 11) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). ShredLights's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 55%). 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.
Surplife holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Surplife has 1.1K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of ShredLights's written reviews are positive against 55% of Surplife's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ShredLights ships an update every 6 weeks, Surplife every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShredLights | Surplife |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (11 ratings) | 4.5 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 54.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 478 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShredLights inc. | 明长 周 |
Customer experience
ShredLights
Surplife
Bugs and requests
ShredLights
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Surplife
Reported bugs
5 issues- Lights turning on/off randomly
- Inability to save custom settings
- App crashing or not opening
- Lights not responding to app commands
- Scheduling feature not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- More holiday and theme options
- Ability to save custom scenes
- Improved app UI and navigation
- Multi-device syncing and control
- Integration with smart home platforms
In-app purchases
ShredLights
No in-app purchases
Surplife
No in-app purchases
