Hxlight vs Giant Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hxlight
Wirelessly control various types of lamps, including ceiling, table, and strip lights. Enjoy a convenient and fast experience without the need for physical connections.
- Wireless lamp control
- Supports bulb lamps
- Supports ceiling lamps
- Supports table lamps
- Supports light strips
- Convenient and fast operation
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The APP can control bulb lamps, ceiling lamps, table lamps, light strips, and other lamps wirelessly。 No need to connect, convenient and fast.
Giant Home
Control your smart lights via Bluetooth. This app recognizes fixture types, displays signal strength, and allows for dimming, color, and scene adjustments. It also features a music rhythm mode that syncs with your device or phone's microphone.
- Bluetooth BLE control
- Fixture type recognition
- Signal strength display
- Dimming and color settings
- Scene and mode presets
- Music rhythm synchronization
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Giant Home is an app that controls lights through Bluetooth Ble. The APP has the ability to recognize the type of lighting fixtures and supports displaying signal strength, making it convenient for users to search for devices. The APP supports device dimming, color, scene and mode settings, and supports music rhythm mode. Music rhythm has device command mode, as well as the rhythm effect of mobile phone microphone and mobile phone music. In addition to single device control, the APP also supports setting up scenarios to achieve multi device control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Giant Home at 4.6 against Hxlight's 1.8. Giant Home also leads on ratings volume (240 vs 21) and review sentiment (44% vs 33%). Hxlight's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Giant Home holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Giant Home has 240 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Hxlight's written reviews are positive against 44% of Giant Home's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hxlight | Giant Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (21 ratings) | 4.6 (240 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 240 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 建伟 田 | Shenzhen Giant Lighting Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Hxlight
Giant Home
In-app purchases
Hxlight
No in-app purchases
Giant Home
No in-app purchases
