ZENGGE vs Surplife
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZENGGE
Control built-in Bluetooth lights directly from your smartphone. Adjust color, brightness, and color temperature, and explore various flash modes. The app can even sync lighting effects to music.
- Direct smartphone control
- Adjust color, brightness, temperature
- Fancy flash modes
- Music rhythm sync
- Control multiple LED strips
- Simple and easy to use
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This is a app for built-in bluetooth light.It let smartphone directly control built-in bluetooth light wireless come true. Through this app, you can not only control the color, brightness and color temperature of the LED strips but also set up all kinds of fancy flash mode； Also this APP can change the light of the LED strip according to the rhythm of the music. This app can set and control several LED strips through Bluetooth and the operation is very simple, easy to learn and easy to use.
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 ZENGGE's 2.8. Surplife also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 31%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). ZENGGE's advantage is iOS requirement (12.3 vs 15.5). 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.
Surplife holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 487 and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of ZENGGE's written reviews are positive against 53% of Surplife's.
ZENGGE ships an update every 2 months, Surplife fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ZENGGE | Surplife |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (487 ratings) | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.1% of reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 487 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #90 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 418 MB | 479 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JM Zengge Co., Ltd | 明长 周 |
Customer experience
ZENGGE
Surplife
User reviews
ZENGGE
From 487 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Responsive app
- 💡 Lots of customization options
- 🎨 Great color selection
- 🎉 Fun lighting effects
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🔌 Unreliable Bluetooth connection
- 🔍 Confusing color mapping
- 🕰️ Inconsistent performance
- 🤖 Buggy app updates
Surplife
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient control
- 💡 Customizable lighting
- 👍 Responsive support
- 🚀 Reliable functionality
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance
- 🐛 Buggy app interface
- 🐛 Unreliable scheduling
- 🐛 Unresponsive customer service
Bugs and requests
ZENGGE
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashing or freezing
- Lights not responding to app commands
- Incorrect color display
- Bluetooth disconnection issues
- Timer and scheduling features not working
Requested features
5 requests- Integration with smart home platforms
- Gradual brightness/color changing schedules
- Ability to sync with music/audio
- More advanced lighting effects and animations
- Improved app stability and reliability
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
ZENGGE
No in-app purchases
Surplife
No in-app purchases
