Metra Heise Connect vs Xprite Elite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metra Heise Connect
Control Heise LED lighting products remotely from your smartphone or tablet. The app automatically detects lighting types and allows for group control of various products.
- Remote control for Heise LED lighting
- Automatic lighting type detection (RGB, RGBW, Chasing)
- Group control of multiple products
- Wireless streaming connection
- Free to download
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All-new, free downloadable app for smartphones & tablets that allows users to remotely control Heise LED lighting products. The app automatically connects via wireless streaming and detects if a product connected to the control box is RGB, RGBW, or Chasing, allowing groups of all products to be used and controlled within the same mobile app.
Xprite Elite
Control and personalize your LED lights wirelessly via Bluetooth. Adjust brightness, switch modes, and create custom color sequences for interior and exterior lighting.
- Wireless Bluetooth control
- Color spectrum management
- Brightness adjustment
- Light mode switching
- Custom chasing color sequences
- Interior and exterior lighting
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Xprite Elite is an LED light controller that empowers you to effortlessly manage, personalize, and engage with your lights in a spectrum of colors. Easily enhance brightness, switch between light modes, and create custom chasing color sequences—all wirelessly through Bluetooth connectivity from your smartphone. Discover the ultimate LED lighting solution with Xprite, used for interior and exterior lighting control
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Xprite Elite at 2.5 against Metra Heise Connect's 2.1. Xprite Elite also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). Metra Heise Connect's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 31%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Xprite Elite holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 17 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Metra Heise Connect's written reviews are positive against 31% of Xprite Elite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Metra Heise Connect ships an update monthly, Xprite Elite every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Metra Heise Connect | Xprite Elite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (14 ratings) | 2.5 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 30.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Metra Electronics Corp. | XTREME INC. |
Customer experience
Metra Heise Connect
Xprite Elite
In-app purchases
Metra Heise Connect
No in-app purchases
Xprite Elite
No in-app purchases
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