Laser Lights vs tappr.wands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Laser Lights
Create your own laser light show with this app. Simply touch the screen to activate holographic effects and enjoy smooth, beautiful graphics. Supports multi-touch for different modes and VGA/AirPlay mirroring.
- Hologram effect
- Multi-touch controls
- VGA and AirPlay Mirroring support
- Smooth graphics
- Universal App
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Laser Lights puts a laser lights show at your finger tips! Simply touch the screen and enjoy. Features • Hologram effect • VGA and AirPlay Mirroring support • Universal App • Full multi-touch! Activate different modes by using more than one finger at a time • Smooth, beautiful graphics
tappr.wands
Transform your iOS device into a dynamic visual instrument for creating stunning real-time graphics. Supports 3D Touch and Apple Pencil for expressive control, with video output and wireless capabilities for collaboration.
- 100 unique visual wands
- Configurable wand shapes (point, line, circle)
- 10 visual effects including symmetry
- Multi-touch support up to 10 fingers
- Apple Pencil and 3D Touch integration
- Accelerometer-based tilt control
- Video Out and wireless connectivity
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tappr.wands turns your iOS devices into beautiful visual instruments. 3D Touch and Apple Pencil are fully supported for truly stunning realtime and kinetic visuals. Video Out and Wireless support enable remixing and collaboration. Features 100 Wands - Each wand reacts to your expressive taps, swipes, and tilts, to make beautiful visuals 3 Shapes - each wand can be configured to emit from a point, a line, or a circle 10 Effects - effects include symmetry and mirror Multi Touch - use of up to 10 fingers at once, each independently expressive Apple Pencil - twirl your Apple Pencil with line-shape wands for dramatic swirling effects 3D Touch - press soft or firm to change the size of the wand in realtime Fat Touch - on older devices, control wand size with the surface area of your fingers Accelerometer - tilt your iPhone to change the orientation of line-shape wands Video Out - connect your device to an HDTV or projector, either via cable or AirPlay Wireless - connects with tappr.tv wirelessly for realtime multi- instrument dances
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Laser Lights at every 3 months against tappr.wands's every 11 months. Laser Lights also leads on price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and review sentiment (61% vs 50%). tappr.wands's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.8). On 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
Laser Lights costs $0.99 and tappr.wands $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
tappr.wands holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Laser Lights's written reviews are positive against 50% of tappr.wands's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Laser Lights ships an update every 3 months, tappr.wands every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Laser Lights | tappr.wands |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (16 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDJ Apps | deeje LLC |
Customer experience
Laser Lights
tappr.wands
Bugs and requests
Laser Lights
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on startup
- Freezes and lags on some devices
- Incompatible with certain screen sizes
Requested features
5 requests- Add music visualization mode
- Improve performance on older devices
- Implement more interactive features
- Add color selection options
- Implement video output support
tappr.wands
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Laser Lights
No in-app purchases
tappr.wands
No in-app purchases
