Leona Smart vs WLED+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Leona Smart
Control your smart home devices using voice commands with Amazon Alexa or Google Home. Create custom automations or manage your lights and other products in real-time through the app.
- Voice control with Alexa
- Voice control with Google Home
- Create automations
- Live control of devices
- Set brightness and color
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Use your voice in conjunction with Amazon Alexa or Google Home to control your Leona™ Smart Home Products! Create automations for these products within the app or use your voice for live control. "Alexa, turn on dining room light." "Ok Google, turn off kitchen light." "Alexa, set patio light brightness to 20%." "Ok Google, change holiday lights to red."
WLED+
Manage and control WLED devices with an enhanced interface and features. Organize devices, preview effects, and automate preset saving. Optimized for various screen sizes and compatible with WLED v0.13.3+.
- Improved user interface
- Effect previews
- Device grouping
- Layout support for segment configurations
- Automatic segment gap finding
- Playlist saving for presets
- Random preset cycling
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WLED+ is an independent, modern app for controlling WLED LED strips, matrices, and light installations from your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It talks directly to your devices over your local network. Device control stays local, with no account, no cloud control, and no ad tracking. WHY WLED+ WLED+ is built as a native companion app for WLED, with a polished interface for newcomers and deeper controls for makers. FEATURES - Visual layout editor: see your segments on a canvas, tap to select them, and drag to reshape your strip or matrix. - Live preview: watch your device's real LED colors stream onto the canvas as you edit. - Animated effect previews: see what an effect looks like before you apply it. - Smart segments: automatically fill gaps in your layout or split the largest segment when you add a new one. - Device groups: organize and control multiple devices together. - Presets and playlists: save favorite looks and auto-add new presets to a playlist. - Randomizer: automatically cycle through your presets. - Full control: brightness, colors, palettes, effects, nightlight, and per-segment settings. - Sound-reactive effect support for WLED SR. PRIVACY FIRST No login. Device control stays on your local network. Crash reports are used only to improve reliability and are never sold. Works with WLED and WLED SR firmware v0.13.3 and above, and is optimized for screens of all sizes. Made by an independent husband-and-wife team from Venice, CA. WLED+ is an independent companion app for WLED and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the WLED project; all credit for the firmware goes to the WLED community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WLED+ at fortnightly against Leona Smart's every 22 months. WLED+ also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Leona Smart's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (75 vs 12). 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.
Leona Smart holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Leona Smart has 75 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Leona Smart ships an update every 22 months, WLED+ fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leona Smart | WLED+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (75 ratings) — better | 4.6 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 88.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 75 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flexfire LEDs, Inc | Pixel Heart LLC |
Customer experience
Leona Smart
WLED+
In-app purchases
Leona Smart
No in-app purchases
WLED+
No in-app purchases
