Banner Basic vs LED Banner
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.
LED Banner
Create dynamic scrolling text displays on your phone's screen to convey messages visually. Customize fonts, colors, and scrolling speed to design eye-catching digital signboards for various social situations.
- Scrolling text display
- Customizable fonts
- Adjustable text color
- Variable scrolling speed
- Create digital signboards
- Attract attention
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LED Banner - LED SignBoard Make scroll text on your phone screen & show message to others. LED Banner allow you choose various font, led sign, text color, scrolling speed... to make attractive signboard. App usage are limitness: - At music concert - When order at food court, bar - Flirting - In meeting, air port, train station - Attract others attention Make your LED & Play!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LED Banner at 100% against Banner Basic's 56%. LED Banner also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Banner Basic's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 2). On price, ads, 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.
LED Banner holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Banner Basic has 25 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Banner Basic's written reviews are positive against 100% of LED Banner's.
Banner Basic ships an update every 7 months, LED Banner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Banner Basic | LED Banner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (25 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | Dat Viet Ltd. |
Customer experience
Banner Basic
LED Banner
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
LED Banner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Banner Basic
No in-app purchases
LED Banner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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