Fanatic LED vs OPT7 GLOW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fanatic LED
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Using your iOS device's built-in wireless communication, the Fanatic LED app allows you to choose and display images, animated GIFs, and/or scrolling or fixed text on your true-color Fanatic LED portable LED display! Features of Fanatic LED, all accessible using the app: 64x64 LED display 24-bit color (16.7 million colors) Displays scrolling and fixed text, images, animated GIFs, or image + text/animated GIF + text Images Photorealistic shading App automatically resizes loaded image to fit the display Text overlay available Text 11* fonts from which to choose 10 scrolling speeds Font can be any one of 16.7 million colors Text background can be changed to whatever color wanted Scroll at 0 degrees (normal), 90 degrees, 180 degrees, or 270 degrees * Each font supports small, medium, or large sizes Animations Play GIF animations any length, up to 1MB total size Text overlay for any animation Playback Features “Play Now” feature allows your entry to be played back as soon as you create it Additional Features, all on an entry-by-entry basis: Adjustable brightness (1 to 100) Display time of image (0.1 sec to 25.5 sec) Number of times to play animated GIF (1 to 50 or non-stop) Number of times to scroll message (1 to 50 or non-stop) Text scrolling speed (1 to 10) Font selection Font color (16.7 million colors) Text background color (16.7 million colors) Text direction (right-to-left, bounce from right, bounce from left, stopped) Text orientation (normal, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees) Text offset from top of display (0 to 60 rows) Text offset from left of display (0 to 60 columns) You can say or display anything you want! (TM)
OPT7 GLOW
Control various RGB lighting products, including strips, bulbs, and in-vehicle lights. Adjust color, brightness, and dynamic modes. Supports music synchronization via local files or device microphone.
- Control RGB strip lights
- Control RGBIC strip lights
- Control RGB bulbs
- Control in-vehicle RGB lights
- Adjust color and lightness
- Select dynamic modes and rhythm styles
- Music synchronization
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OPT7 GLOW is the professional version of the OPT7 App. Users can use one App to control RGB strip, RGBIC strip, bulb, in-vehicle RGB lights, to control lights' RGB color, lightness, dynamic mode, rhythm style, etc,. It has 3-way rhythms, playing local music (file) of the smartphone, and picking up the sound by the phone's MIC or the MIC on the device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fanatic LED at every 2 weeks against OPT7 GLOW's every 4 months. OPT7 GLOW's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Fanatic LED ships an update every 2 weeks, OPT7 GLOW every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fanatic LED | OPT7 GLOW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 339 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Corvus LLC | W Group |
In-app purchases
Fanatic LED
No in-app purchases
OPT7 GLOW
No in-app purchases









