iStrip Pro vs SmartDawn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iStrip Pro
Control smart light strips with unlimited color customization and dynamic effects like shooting stars. Manage multiple devices in groups, pick colors with your camera, and sync lights to music or microphone rhythms for a vibrant, personalized experience.
- Unlimited color customization
- Dynamic light effects (shooting stars, overlays)
- Group device management
- Camera color picking
- Music and microphone rhythm sync
- Multiple device control
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iStrip Pro is a smart light strip controller. Unlimited customization of the light bar color you need. He provides colorful shooting stars, overlays and other effects. It can manage and control multiple devices in groups, giving you a colorful world. In addition, camera color picking, music rhythm effects, and mobile phone or hardware microphone rhythms are also provided. He can satisfy all your lamp needs and give you endless joy. Enjoy! iStrip Pro是一款智能灯条控制器。无限定制您所需要的灯条颜色。他提供丰富多彩的流星、叠加等效果。更能分组管控多个设备，给你一个五彩斑斓的世界。此外，还提供了摄像头取色，音乐律动效果，和手机或硬件麦克风律动。他能满足你所有对灯的需要，给你无尽的欢乐。尽情享受吧！
SmartDawn
This application offers intelligent, point-controlled color light management. It allows users to create dreamy lighting environments.
- Intelligent light management
- Point-controlled color lighting
- Dreamy color creation
- Ambient lighting control
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SmartDawn is an app for intelligent point-controlled color light management and control. Light up Life with dreamy colors
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iStrip Pro at 3.3 against SmartDawn's 1.5. iStrip Pro also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). SmartDawn's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 7). On price, review sentiment, 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.
iStrip Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartDawn has 40 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of iStrip Pro's written reviews are positive against 5% of SmartDawn's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iStrip Pro ships an update fortnightly, SmartDawn every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iStrip Pro | SmartDawn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (7 ratings) — better | 1.5 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 4.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Chun Chung LO | Hangzhou Daniao Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
iStrip Pro
SmartDawn
In-app purchases
iStrip Pro
No in-app purchases
SmartDawn
No in-app purchases
