ShredLights vs TruLight
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.
TruLight
Control smart lighting devices with a wide range of patterns and customization options. Connect via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to manage music and voice control, set schedules, and share devices with others.
- 160 standard patterns
- 52 holiday patterns
- Music and voice control
- Scheduling
- Multi-group management
- Device sharing
- Wi-Fi reset
- Firmware updates
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Trulight is an intelligent app offering various features that connect through Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. It includes 160 standard patterns and 52 holiday-themed patterns. Key functions of the app include music and voice control, scheduling, multi-group management, device sharing, Wi-Fi reset, firmware updates, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TruLight at 4.5 against ShredLights's 4.1. TruLight also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 75%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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.
TruLight holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of ShredLights's written reviews are positive against 90% of TruLight's.
ShredLights ships an update every 6 weeks, TruLight every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShredLights | TruLight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (11 ratings) | 4.5 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 17 — 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 — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShredLights inc. | The TruLight Solutions LLP |
Customer experience
ShredLights
TruLight
In-app purchases
ShredLights
No in-app purchases
TruLight
No in-app purchases
