Comparison

LED Strip Light Controller vs LED Light Controller

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LED Strip Light Controller

Control your LED strip lights with a powerful and intuitive app. Choose from millions of colors, create custom scenes, sync lights to music, and automate your lighting setup. Compatible with Bluetooth and WiFi controllers.

Highlights
  • Full color control with 16 million colors
  • Customizable scenes and 27+ built-in presets
  • Music sync and audio reactive lighting
  • Scheduling and automation
  • Segment control for multi-zone lighting
  • Dynamic effects and animations
  • Home screen widget support
Features
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Control your LED strip lights with the most powerful and intuitive app available. Whether you have Bluetooth or WiFi LED controllers, this app gives you complete control over your lighting setup right from your iPhone. FULL COLOR CONTROL Choose from 16 million colors using the color wheel, sliders, or even your camera. Pick any color from the real world with the Camera Color Picker and instantly apply it to your LED strips. SMART SCENES & PRESETS Choose from 27+ built-in scenes including Relax, Party, Gaming, Sunset, Aurora Borealis, and more. Create and save your own custom scenes to switch between your favorite setups instantly. MUSIC SYNC & AUDIO REACTIVE Make your lights dance to the music! The Audio Reactive mode uses your device's microphone to sync LED colors and brightness with any sound or music playing around you. SCHEDULES & AUTOMATION Set schedules to automatically turn your lights on or off at specific times. Configure weekly repeating schedules so your lights follow your routine without lifting a finger. LED SEGMENT CONTROL Divide your LED strip into independent segments and control each section with different colors and effects. Create stunning multi-zone lighting designs. EFFECTS & ANIMATIONS Apply dynamic effects including crossfade, strobe, pulse, and ambient glow. Adjust speed and brightness for each effect to create the perfect atmosphere. DEVICE GROUPS Control multiple LED controllers simultaneously. Group your devices and apply colors, scenes, and effects to all of them at once. WIDGET SUPPORT Add a home screen widget to quickly view your LED status and brightness without opening the app. WORKS WITH POPULAR CONTROLLERS Compatible with a wide range of Bluetooth and WiFi LED controllers including WLED, Magic Home, and many generic BLE LED strip controllers. KEY FEATURES: - 16 million colors with color wheel & sliders - Camera color picker - 27+ built-in lighting scenes - Custom scene creation & sharing - Audio reactive music sync - Schedule automation with weekly repeats - LED segment control (multi-zone) - Strobe, ambient & dynamic effects - Device groups for multi-controller setups - Home screen widget - WiFi (WLED, Magic Home) & Bluetooth support Download now and transform your space with smart LED lighting control! You can upgrade to Premium with subscription options: • Annual subscription: $69.99, free trial 3 days • Monthly subscription: $7.99 • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://www.mobilealchemy.co/privacy-policy.html Terms of service: https://www.mobilealchemy.co/terms-of-service.html

About

LED Light Controller

Control various LED light strips and smart bulbs from a single, intuitive interface. Group lights by room, adjust color, brightness, and effects, and set schedules without needing multiple apps for different brands.

Highlights
  • Unified control for multiple LED strip brands
  • Group lights by room
  • Full color wheel and white temperature control
  • Built-in light effect previews
  • Customizable schedules
  • Apple Watch and iPhone Duo support
  • Siri, Shortcuts, and Control Center integration
Features
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Glow is one beautiful remote for the cheap LED strips and lights around your home — without a different clunky app for every brand. Designed to feel at home on iPhone, Glow shows your rooms and lights at a glance, and every light opens to a simple remote: power and brightness at the top, everything else one tap away. No account, no sign-up, no cloud. Open it and your lights respond. SCENES Save how your lights look, like a movie night or a slow morning, and bring them all back with one tap from the home screen, Siri, Control Center or your Apple Watch. MUSIC Your lights move with the music playing around you. Pick Pulse, Party, Spectrum or Mellow; in a room, Spectrum gives each light its own band. Sound is analyzed on your iPhone and is never recorded or sent anywhere. ROOMS Group your lights by room. Switch, dim, color and schedule a whole room at once — Glow sends each light what it can show, so a white-only bulb gets the nearest white. ONE APP FOR MANY STRIPS Glow finds nearby lights automatically and speaks their language. • Bluetooth: ELK-BLEDOM, Keepsmile, BJ_LED, Triones, LEDnetWF, SP105E, SP110E, LEDDMX, HiLighting (L7161), iDeal LED and DayBetter, older Govee models, MiPow Playbulb, Moonside and Philips Hue Bluetooth bulbs • Wi-Fi: WLED, Magic Home, WiZ, LIFX, Nanoleaf, Twinkly, Elgato, Shelly, Tasmota, ESPHome and Hyperion, Govee and Yeelight lights with LAN Control, TP-Link Kasa (original local protocol) and Tuya / Smart Life lights with a local key • Hubs: Philips Hue Bridge, IKEA Dirigera and Home Assistant • Apple Home: lights you've set up in the Home app, including Matter lights When you add a light, Glow turns it red and asks if it did. If not, it tries other versions until one works. Strip not recognized? Find Light Type tries each kind of controller. JUST WHAT YOUR LIGHT CAN DO Color strips get the full color wheel. White-only lights get a warm-to-cool picker, lights with warm and cool whites get both, and dimmers and plugs get just brightness and power. COLOR, YOUR WAY A full color wheel that glows in the color you choose, ten one-tap presets and your recent colors. LIGHT SHOWS Play the effects built into your lights. When a strip has named effects, Glow shows animated previews. When it doesn't, Glow turns them into channels: flip through with ‹ and ›, watch your lights change, and star your favorites. Adjust the speed from slow to fast. SCHEDULES Wake up to light and let it switch off at night. On lights that keep their own clock, Glow saves the schedule onto the light itself, so it runs even when your phone is away. For other lights, Glow walks you through a one-time Shortcuts automation. APPLE WATCH A big power button tinted with your light's color. Turn the Digital Crown to dim. Colors, whites, effects and your rooms are one tap away — control one light or a whole room. IPHONE DUO On the big display, your rooms and the remote sit side by side, laid out around the fold in book and tabletop poses. SIRI, SHORTCUTS & CONTROL CENTER "Turn on the lights in Glow." "Turn on Movie Night in Glow." "Dim Glow." Add a Glow toggle to Control Center or the Lock Screen and choose which light it controls. CHECK & FIX Something not quite right? Check This Light walks through power, color, brightness and effects, asking a simple question after each. If red shows up green or the light ignores a command, Glow tries other settings until it responds correctly. PLAYS NICELY Most strips accept only one connection at a time. Glow connects when you use it and lets go when you're done, so your Watch, Siri or another phone can use the light too. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Glow talks to your lights directly over Bluetooth or your home Wi-Fi. It doesn't collect, store or share any of your data. Glow is an independent app and isn't affiliated with or endorsed by any light manufacturer. Siri, Shortcuts and voice control need your iPhone to be within Bluetooth range of the light, or on the same Wi-Fi network.

Screenshots

LED Strip Light Controller4 screens
LED Light Controller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LED Light Controller at none against LED Strip Light Controller's 4. LED Light Controller also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LED Strip Light Controller sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. LED Light Controller asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LED Strip Light Controller against 5.0 for LED Light Controller. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LED Strip Light Controller ships an update weekly, LED Light Controller every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LED Strip Light Controller versus LED Light Controller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLED Strip Light ControllerLED Light Controller
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMOBILE ALCHEMY LTDOM SRI ROHITH RAJ YADAV THALLA

Customer experience

LED Strip Light Controller

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LED Light Controller

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

LED Strip Light Controller

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$2.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99
None

LED Light Controller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LED Strip Light Controller free?
LED Strip Light Controller is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LED Light Controller free?
LED Light Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LED Strip Light Controller or LED Light Controller?
LED Strip Light Controller and LED Light Controller are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do LED Strip Light Controller or LED Light Controller have ads?
Neither LED Strip Light Controller nor LED Light Controller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LED Strip Light Controller or LED Light Controller?
LED Strip Light Controller ships an update weekly, and LED Light Controller every 4 days. Most recently, LED Strip Light Controller was updated on October 31, 2026 and LED Light Controller on October 31, 2026.

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