WLED Pro vs Bosso Lights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WLED Pro
Control your WLED-compatible smart lights from a single app. Easily manage power, brightness, color, and access a vast library of effects and palettes. Create custom scenes, playlists, and manage segments for dynamic lighting experiences.
- Automatic WLED light discovery
- Centralized control screen
- Visual effect and palette picker
- Custom scene creation
- Playlist functionality
- Segment control for LED strips
- Home screen widgets
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WLED Pro is a clean, fast controller for lights running WLED firmware: LED strips, lamps, LED matrices, ambient TV backlights and Christmas lights built on ESP32 or ESP8266. ALL YOUR WLED LIGHTS. IN ONE APP. WLED Pro finds the WLED lights on your home Wi-Fi automatically and shows them on one Home screen. Give each light its own name and icon: sofa, desk, TV, bed and more. SIMPLE CONTROL. NOTHING EXTRA. Power, brightness and color on one clean screen. EVERY WLED EFFECT. EASY TO FIND. A visual picker with a preview picture for every animation, plus filters and search by name. EVERY PALETTE. AT A GLANCE. Palettes are shown as color previews, so you pick by look. MAKE YOUR OWN SCENES Combine an effect, colors, palette, speed and intensity, watch it live on the lamp, save it and play it with one tap. PLAYLISTS Play scenes one after another, each for the time you set. SEGMENTS Split one strip into zones, switch each zone on or off, and choose which LEDs belong to it. SETTINGS AND CLASSIC VIEW Lamp settings are one tap away, and the earlier control screen is still available. ALSO INCLUDED Home Screen widgets, schedules and WLED firmware updates right from your iPhone. Great for room and gaming lights, holiday and outdoor lighting, and DIY pixel LED projects. WLED Pro needs lights running WLED firmware on the same Wi-Fi network. Lamp controls are a paid unlock, available as a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bosso Lights
Control and customize your home's accent, security, and festive lighting. Create unique ambiances for any occasion, from game days to holidays, with extensive color options and scheduling features.
- Accent, security, and festive lighting control
- 16+ million color customization
- Schedule and preset creation
- Remote control from anywhere
- Multiple zone control
- Preview feature for lights
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Enhance your home with accent, security, festive lighting, and more with Bosso Smart Lighting. Showcase your home with Bosso, the top choice for permanent home lighting. We've created a brand that puts your experience first and where every detail is carefully considered. Whether you want to show off on game day, celebrate the holidays, or provide an illuminating ambiance, you'll be able to customize your lights however you like, whenever you like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bosso Lights at 54% against WLED Pro's 9%. Bosso Lights also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). WLED Pro's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. WLED Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Bosso Lights asks for nothing beyond the download.
WLED Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bosso Lights has 174 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 9% of WLED Pro's written reviews are positive against 54% of Bosso Lights's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WLED Pro ships an update every 2 months, Bosso Lights every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.
| Parameter | WLED Pro | Bosso Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (17 ratings) — better | 3.4 (174 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | 53.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 174 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roma Novakov | Boss Lighting LLC |
Customer experience
WLED Pro
Bosso Lights
Bugs and requests
WLED Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bosso Lights
Reported bugs
14 issues- Schedule settings fail to execute properly
- Lights turn on/off inconsistently or partially
- App requires re-entering WiFi credentials after updates
- Manual button presses require multiple attempts to register
- App freezes intermittently
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- End date validation allows invalid date ranges
- Lights malfunction after 2 months of use
- Rogue light programs run without user scheduling
- SSID entry screen causes login failures
- Save button cut off on phone screens
- Schedule presets not applying correctly across multiple systems
- App crashes or becomes unresponsive
- Lights display wrong preset than scheduled
- Default scene settings removed in recent update
Requested features
14 requests- Music synchronization feature
- Virtual linking of multiple controllers
- Face ID or biometric login option
- Save login credentials functionality
- Advanced effects similar to Light-O-Rama
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- More preset designs and patterns
- Default scene settings restoration
- Priority scheduling for overlapping events
- Lower brightness level settings
- Copy/paste functionality between zones
- Custom preset folder organization
- Ability to modify existing schedules
- Skip button for tutorial videos
- Automatic login persistence
In-app purchases
WLED Pro
- Monthly subscription$4.991 Month
- Annual subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime subscription$29.99
Bosso Lights
No in-app purchases
