Hostrol Smart vs 5150 Whips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hostrol Smart
Personalize your car's interior lighting with a wide range of colors and dynamic effects. Sync lighting to music, customize modes, and express your style on the road.
- Customizable interior lighting colors
- Music synchronization for lighting effects
- Velocity-based lighting adjustments
- DIY mode for personalized settings
- Color wheel for precise color selection
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To serve global car owners with heart and soul Color Your Life We hope Hostrol Smart can make your life full of color. Find your original heartbeat with a dreamlike feeling! 【Color】The color you desire in life! Just switch, until you like it! 【Music】A melody that moves the heart. Dream’s color dances with music. That is a perfect match between music and color, awesome! 【Velocity】: Dream race. People need someone to see what they pursue in their passionate life. Get brighter when faster! We witness your trip! 【DIY】Do It Yourself! Just customize your mode, be different! 【Color Wheel】-Dreamlike Start! You can pick all the dream’s colors! 【My issue】: God! Satisfying you is our most faithful dream.
5150 Whips
Control 5150 Whips LED lights with your device. Independently manage multiple zones, activate brake and turn signals, and choose from 16 light shows with custom colors. Sync your lights to music for a dynamic visual experience.
- Independent zone control
- Brake and turn signal functionality
- 16 pre-set light shows
- Customizable color options
- Music synchronization
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This application is for use exclusively with 5150 Whips LED controllers. The user can control multiple zones independently, while offering brake and turn signal functionality. It includes 16 different crazy light shows, that can be modified with custom color options. In addition, you can pair music from your phone to make the lights dance with the rhythm of what you are listening to. *Not all 5150 Whips controllers offer multiple zones, brake, turn signal, and music functionality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hostrol Smart at 3.0 against 5150 Whips's 2.0. 5150 Whips's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (13% vs 0%). 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.
Hostrol Smart holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 5150 Whips has 23 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Hostrol Smart's written reviews are positive against 13% of 5150 Whips's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hostrol Smart ships an update every 3 weeks, 5150 Whips every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hostrol Smart | 5150 Whips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.0 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Sangshen E-commerce Co., Ltd. | Tolemar LLC |
Customer experience
Hostrol Smart
5150 Whips
In-app purchases
Hostrol Smart
No in-app purchases
5150 Whips
No in-app purchases
