Firefly Permanent Lights vs Stellar Lighting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firefly Permanent Lights
Customize your home's accent lighting with millions of colors and over 100 preset patterns. Control individual lights and create schedules for holidays and daily routines. Showcase your home with unique, personalized light displays.
- Millions of color options
- 20+ movement and effect patterns
- 102 preset patterns
- Individual light control
- Customizable white hues
- Saveable timers and schedules
- Calendar event integration
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Choose from over 16 million colors to create custom patterns with 20+ movements and effects. Also select from 102 preset patterns. Control each light individually to create accent lighting that best showcases your home. Choose which lights to turn on and their colors, including any hue of white. You can save timers for nightly and weekly schedules, as well as calendar events for holidays and special occasions.
Stellar Lighting
Control your holiday and accent lights with custom programs or hundreds of presets. Easily change colors, patterns, and special effects to transform your home for any occasion throughout the year.
- Custom light programs
- Hundreds of preset programs
- 16 million+ color options
- Modify patterns and effects
- Year-round accent lighting control
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The Stellar Lighting app allows you to control your exterior holiday and accent lights. Create your own custom programs or use the 100s of preset programs that come with the app. Easily modify colors (16 million+), patterns, special effects, and accent programs to transform your home for different occasions. Effortlessly manage your lights using this app and create the experience you’re looking for throughout the whole year.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stellar Lighting at 5.0 against Firefly Permanent Lights's 4.7. Firefly Permanent Lights's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Stellar Lighting holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.
Firefly Permanent Lights ships an update every 3 weeks, Stellar Lighting every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firefly Permanent Lights | Stellar Lighting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 409 MB | 405 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Firefly Solar & Lights LLC | Garrett Forsgren |
Customer experience
Firefly Permanent Lights
Stellar Lighting
In-app purchases
Firefly Permanent Lights
No in-app purchases
Stellar Lighting
No in-app purchases
Questions
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