Marvelight vs HSP SMART
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marvelight
Control your smart mood lights and fixtures with this app. Customize colors, brightness, and lighting modes. Sync lights with music or sound, pick colors from your camera, and set timers for automated lighting.
- Set up to 16 million colors
- Adjust brightness
- Various light modes and scenes
- Color change with music/sound
- Pick color from camera
- Set light on/off timers
- Shake phone to change color
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Marvelight is a smart light APP. It controls mood lights and other light fixtures. With the APP and compatible light fixtures, you will enjoy a marvelous time! Its features: 1. Set color, max to 16 million colors ; 2. Tune brightness ; 3. Set various light modes and scenes ; 4. Change light color with music or sound ; 5. Pick color from camera to light ; 6. Set timer for light on/off ; 7. Shake phone to change light color ;
HSP SMART
Control your RGB LED lighting to create the ultimate lighting experience. Adjust colors, select from multiple scene modes, and customize motor speed. Set multiple timers for automated lighting.
- Adjustable color disk
- Multiple scene modes
- Adjustable motor speed
- Multiple timing settings
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HSP SMART App allows you to take full control of your RGB LED lighting for the ultimate lighting experience. 1. The star light can be adjusted through the color disk. 2. Multiple scene modes are available. 3. The motor speed of the star light is adjustable. 4. Multiple timings can be set.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Marvelight at 2.8 against HSP SMART's 2.6. Marvelight also leads on ratings volume (440 vs 59). HSP SMART's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). 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.
Marvelight holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marvelight has 440 ratings behind it against 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Marvelight's written reviews are positive against 19% of HSP SMART's.
| Parameter | Marvelight | HSP SMART |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (440 ratings) — better | 2.6 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 19.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 440 — better | 59 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Wanshun Zhilian Technology Co. LTD | 文波 何 |
Customer experience
Marvelight
HSP SMART
User reviews
Marvelight
From 440 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 🚀 Quick connection
- 💡 Customizable colors and scenes
- 🎨 Great lighting features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🔥 App crashes and bugs
- 💔 Music feature not working
- 🤯 Inconsistent performance
HSP SMART
From 59 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Beautiful colors and lights
- 🌟 Good for inspiring art
- 😌 Relaxing at bedtime
- 💡 Lights still work when movement fails
- 👍 Mostly good for controlling aurora machine
Room to improve
- ❌ Power button hidden on iPhone
- ❌ No add button for new devices
- ❌ Music sync doesn't work
- ❌ Lights don't change in scene mode
- ❌ App resets settings and speed
Bugs and requests
Marvelight
Reported bugs
4 issues- Lights not responding to app commands
- Bluetooth connection frequently lost
- Timer feature not working as expected
- Certain colors not displaying properly
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for Spotify and other music apps
- Improve music sync functionality
- Provide better instructions and troubleshooting guides
- Expand color and scene options
HSP SMART
Reported bugs
16 issues- Power button off screen
- Top row of buttons hidden
- Cannot pair new devices
- Music sync not working
- Lights not changing in scene mode
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- Settings reset after time
- Speed control not working
- Lights are still
- App disconnects from device
- Light disconnects from app
- Device doesn't connect
- Ball in middle stopped spinning
- Lights won't turn on
- Device not turning on
- App not working on Pro Max devices
- App needs to be resized for bigger screens
Requested features
7 requests- Add more music
- Add more light colors
- Add more scenes
- Sync with Spotify
- Save chosen settings
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- Fix speed control
- Allow adding custom songs
In-app purchases
Marvelight
No in-app purchases
HSP SMART
No in-app purchases
