Laser Lights vs Illucid
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
Illucid
Transform your device into a psychedelic visualizer. Explore countless styles and effects, save your favorites, and even output to external displays. Enjoy a unique visual experience that can extend beyond your screen.
- DREAM mode for curated or random style mixing
- TRAIN mode to discover and save styles
- PRO mode with unlimited style saves and modifiers
- AirPlay support for external displays
- Option to disable video and audio
- Vast number of style combinations
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Turn your device into a window to psychedelia DREAM mode allows Illucid to cycle through and mix a selection of styles and effects based on your curation. Using DREAM mode without curation leaves the style and effects selection random (though thoughtfully tuned). TRAIN mode allows you to Shuffle through countless* styles, tweak the effect with modifiers, and Remember the Styles you like, so that DREAM mode can be made as strong or light as you like, with the styles you've discovered. PRO mode: Allows unlimited styles saved, and allows access to the modifier sliders. Free users get to save 5 styles, and can reset to regain those 5 slots. AirPlay: Output to a projector or TV with multiple model resolutions (which affects Dream FPS) available. Options: Video and Audio can be turned off, and the effect still runs BONUS: Prolonged use will affect closed eyes *The amount of Style options in Illucid could be represented by a 1 followed by 2,466 zeros. For perspective, the observable universe is estimated at roughly 10^80 atoms; the amount of style combinations here is 10^2386 times larger
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Illucid at Free against Laser Lights's $0.99. Illucid also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Laser Lights's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). On ads 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
Illucid is free to download; Laser Lights costs $0.99 up front. Illucid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Laser Lights asks for nothing beyond the download.
Illucid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Laser Lights has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Laser Lights ships an update every 3 months, Illucid every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Laser Lights | Illucid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDJ Apps | Michael Howard |
Customer experience
Laser Lights
Illucid
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
Illucid
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Laser Lights
No in-app purchases
Illucid
- Illucid Pro$2.99









