Surplife vs FireflyIQ Lights Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
FireflyIQ Lights Controller
Control smart LED lights via WiFi or Bluetooth for various applications like holiday, window, under cabinet, and landscape lighting. Offers numerous patterns, animations, and accent settings, along with multiple timer options. Integrates with voice assistants for enhanced convenience.
- WiFi and Bluetooth control
- Holiday, window, and landscape lighting modes
- Customizable patterns and animations
- Multiple timer settings
- Alexa and Google Assistant integration
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FireflyIQ Lights WiFi or Bluetooth controller APP for smart LED Lighting. Perfect controller for permanent holiday lighting, window lighting, under cabinet lighting, and landscape lighting. Many patterns, animations, and accent lighting settings. Multiple timers can be set for different modes and/or to turn lights on/off. Works with Alexa and Google Assistant.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FireflyIQ Lights Controller at 100% against Surplife's 55%. FireflyIQ Lights Controller also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.5). Surplife's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 3). 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.
FireflyIQ Lights Controller holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Surplife has 1.2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Surplife's written reviews are positive against 100% of FireflyIQ Lights Controller's.
Surplife ships an update fortnightly, FireflyIQ Lights Controller every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Surplife | FireflyIQ Lights Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #179 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 479 MB | 630 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 明长 周 | Michael Chad Cox |
Customer experience
Surplife
FireflyIQ Lights Controller
Bugs and requests
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
FireflyIQ Lights Controller
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Surplife
No in-app purchases
FireflyIQ Lights Controller
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Surplife free?
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