Surplife vs BrizLabs
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.
BrizLabs
Control and customize smart lighting for any occasion, from holidays to everyday ambiance. This app offers an intuitive interface for designing and scheduling lighting effects, making it easy to personalize your home's illumination year-round.
- Customizable lighting for any occasion
- Schedule lighting effects
- Intuitive user interface
- Control smart holiday lights
- Permanent light setup
- Ambiance with curtain lights and smart bulbs
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BrizLabs - Redefining Smart Lighting and Smart Holiday Lights for Every Occasion Discover the ultimate in smart lighting with BrizLabs, the leader in innovative design for smart holiday lights and everyday illumination. Whether you're decorating for Christmas, setting up Permanent lights, or creating ambiance with Curtain lights and Smart Bulbs, the BrizLabs App offers a seamless, user-friendly experience tailored to your needs. Why Choose BrizLabs? Customizable for Every Occasion: Design and schedule your lighting for any holiday or daily use, with a wide range of settings and effects to choose from. User-Centric Experience: Our intuitive interface makes it easy to control and personalize your lights, ensuring that your home shines exactly how you envision it. Year-Round Versatility: From festive celebrations to everyday comfort, BrizLabs delivers the perfect lighting solutions for any situation. Light up your life with BrizLabs and enjoy smart lighting that adapts to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Surplife at 4.5 against BrizLabs's 3.5. Surplife also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 60) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). BrizLabs's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 54%). 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.
Surplife holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Surplife has 1.2K ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Surplife's written reviews are positive against 64% of BrizLabs's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Surplife ships an update fortnightly, BrizLabs monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Surplife | BrizLabs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) — better | 3.5 (60 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews | 64.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 60 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #133 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 479 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 明长 周 | Shenzhen LinkTop Iot Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
Surplife
BrizLabs
User reviews
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
BrizLabs
From 60 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Beautiful lighting effects
- 💡 Great holiday presets
- 🎨 Powerful DIY features
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Fast setup
Room to improve
- 🐛 Extremely buggy
- 🔌 Requires frequent reconnection
- ❌ App bugs out and won't connect
- ⚠️ Provision failed errors
- 🔌 Device says offline
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
BrizLabs
Reported bugs
32 issues- Update messes with connection
- Requires resetting lights to repair
- Disconnects from Alexa
- App says 'already paired' when not working
- Unable to repair with device
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- Randomly text won't appear
- App bugs out
- Provision failed
- Device says it's offline
- Error every time when logging in
- Animations like timings don't work
- Lights get automatically removed from device
- Doesn't appear possible to add back/reset lights
- Scheduling lights hasn't worked
- Alexa commands don't work unless said multiple times
- Music connection is useless and not synced
- Ability to change color not as custom as expected
- Lack of functionality to set a custom color static 'scheme'
- Lights don't work
- Lights won't connect
- App doesn't have all functionality depicted in app store images
- Holiday sections are gone
- Customization is gone
- Hex code field is just for information purposes
- Color match to selected app color is poor
- When lightening a color, it goes to bright blue white light
- Timer never works
- Won't connect to phone app
- Can't even create an account
- Service not found error
- Lights won't connect
- Cannot pair the lights
Requested features
4 requests- Add dark mode option
- Add more preset scenes (Halloween, Christmas, Fire cracker)
- Ability to input specific hex numbers
- Copy coding from the 'life' app
In-app purchases
Surplife
No in-app purchases
BrizLabs
No in-app purchases
