Firefly Permanent Lights vs Frigid Glow
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.
Frigid Glow
Personalize your home lighting with millions of colors, dynamic patterns, and customizable effects. Create unique moods with individual light control, preset options, and automated timers for any occasion.
- Millions of color choices
- Customizable patterns and effects
- 102 preset lighting patterns
- Individual light control
- Adjustable shades of white
- Timers and schedules
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A versatile smart lighting system that allows users to personalize their home lighting with a wide array of colors, patterns, movements, and effects. 1. Extensive Color Choices: Over 16 million colors to create the desired mood. 2. Custom Patterns and Effect: 20+ customizable lighting patterns for dynamic displays. 3. Preset Patterns:102 ready-made patterns for quick selection based on mood or occasion. 4. Individual Control: Ability to set specific lights to different colors or patterns for accent lighting. 5. Hue of white: Selection of various shades of white for different activities. 6. Timers and Schedules: Automation for nightly routines and special occasions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Frigid Glow at 100% against Firefly Permanent Lights's 50%. Frigid Glow also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Firefly Permanent Lights's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). 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.
Frigid Glow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Firefly Permanent Lights has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Firefly Permanent Lights's written reviews are positive against 100% of Frigid Glow's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firefly Permanent Lights | Frigid Glow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 | 410 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Firefly Solar & Lights LLC | Elite Property Services,LLC |
Customer experience
Firefly Permanent Lights
Frigid Glow
In-app purchases
Firefly Permanent Lights
No in-app purchases
Frigid Glow
No in-app purchases
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