Banner Basic vs Funky Glasses
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Banner Basic
Create custom LED-matrix-style messages and display them on your device. Show text, symbols, dates, times, tweets, and music information with various customization options for speed, appearance, and display settings.
- Customizable LED-matrix display
- Show user-defined messages
- Display date and time
- Show tweet feeds
- Display music information
- Adjustable scroll and blink speeds
- Customizable LED appearance (size, shape, color)
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Banner is an LED-matrix-like display with which you can show custom messages. The following items can be shown: - 5 user-defined messages - 35 types of symbol characters - Date (3 formats) - Time (3 formats) - Bluesky (3 defined feeds based on user's timeline or keyword search) - Music (Artist, Song, Album) The application has the following settings: - Scroll speed - Blink speed - Landscape-only mode - Upside-down display - Mirror display - Double-tap editing - Sleep disable - Character size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) shape (6 shapes) - Element (LED) color (Hue, Saturation) - Element (LED) color randomization Note - Bluesky posts will be updated every minutes or every posts displayed. - "Banner Basic" is a free version with ads; "Banner" and "Banner Extreme" are paid versions with no ad. - "Banner Extreme" has a little bit different from the others on the style and the speed.
Funky Glasses
This app allows you to control an LED display, customizing text, effects, patterns, and music synchronization. Create unique visuals with graffiti and diverse playback options to make your device stand out.
- Change display text
- Customize display effects
- Set pattern effects
- Music rhythm synchronization
- Custom graffiti creation
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Funky glasses is a cool app that controls the LED display. It can change the display text, display effect, pattern effect and music rhythm effect in the app. You can customize the graffiti and display effect as you like. It has cool and diverse playing methods, making your device unique. Funky Glasses是一款控制LED显示屏的酷炫App,实现在app中更改显示文字以及显示效果，图案效果,音乐律动效果,可以随心所欲自定义涂鸦及显示效果，酷炫多样的玩法，让您的设备独一无二。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Funky Glasses at none against Banner Basic's shown. Funky Glasses also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Banner Basic's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 35%) and rating (3.2 vs 3.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Banner Basic holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 111 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Banner Basic's written reviews are positive against 35% of Funky Glasses's.
Banner Basic ships an update every 7 months, Funky Glasses every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Banner Basic | Funky Glasses |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (25 ratings) — better | 3.0 (111 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews — better | 34.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | Shenzhen Heaton Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Banner Basic
Funky Glasses
User reviews
Banner Basic
From 25 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🤩 Fun and creative
- 🙌 Useful for communicating across a room
- 😊 Great for quick messages
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- ⏱️ Slow scrolling speed
- 🎨 Limited customization options
- 💤 Drains battery quickly
Funky Glasses
From 111 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Glasses are awesome
- 👍 Works well with glasses
- ✨ Fun to use
- 🤝 Glasses work like a charm
- 🥳 Life of the party
Room to improve
- ❌ Bluetooth connection issues
- ❌ App crashes/won't open
- ❌ Color changing not possible
- ❌ Drawing/graffiti tool issues
- ❌ No instructions provided
Bugs and requests
Banner Basic
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch
- Distorted text display
- Incompatibility with iOS updates
Requested features
5 requests- Speed control for scrolling
- Color and font customization
- Ability to save/recall preset messages
- Orientation and display options
- Improved performance and stability
Funky Glasses
Reported bugs
11 issues- Bluetooth connection fails
- App crashes on startup
- App closes immediately on older phones
- Drawing tool screen flips and misaligns
- Audio syncing results in blank pattern
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- Cannot save custom graffiti designs
- App kicks user out after leaving and returning
- Bluetooth stops working after a while
- Graffiti mode doesn't move
- Only text entry screen visible
- App won't load after working previously
Requested features
11 requests- Add solid color options for drawing/themes
- Provide app instructions
- Allow custom animation creation
- Add more preset animations/transitions
- Implement RGB color mode for glasses
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- Fix drawing/graffiti tool alignment
- Make graffiti mode animated
- Allow uploading custom animations
- Add blinking animation option for drawn eyes
- Add vertical text scrolling option
- Update graffiti tool for iPad
In-app purchases
Banner Basic
No in-app purchases
Funky Glasses
No in-app purchases
Questions
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