Comparison

Lighting 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

Lighting

Features
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Lighting Control – Offline Mastery of Your Freelux Devices Elevate your living environment with Lighting Control, the dedicated app for managing Freelux smart lighting and devices without an internet connection. Specifically engineered for Freelux LED dimmers, switches, and smart outlets, this app provides a seamless and intuitive control experience right at your fingertips. Key Features: Quick Home Setup: Build your home layout in minutes. Effortlessly manage multiple properties or zones through easy navigation. Instant QR Configuration: Add new hardware or set up rooms in seconds by scanning QR codes on the devices or documentation, removing the need for manual setup. Room-Based Organization: Group your devices by location, such as the living room, kitchen, or bedroom. Find and manage your hardware with a single tap. Direct Offline Control: Toggle power or adjust dimming levels for individual devices without requiring internet or a hub. Features a modern, minimalist UI with full Dark Mode support. Smart Scenes and Ambiance: Automate your space with custom presets like "Relax" for soft lighting or "Work" for focused tasks. Secure Sharing: Invite family members or roommates to collaborate on home management. Grant granular access permissions for specific rooms or devices. Technical Pairing Guide (RX and TX): Pairing Mode: Reset the power source to put the Receiver (RX) into standby mode. Connection: Launch the app and follow the step-by-step guided instructions to pair your devices. LED Indicator Meanings: 1 Blink: Connection Successful. 2 Blinks: Device Removed. 3 Blinks: Connection Timeout. Pro Tip: Once pairing is complete, maintain a distance of more than 50cm between the Transmitter (TX) and Receiver (RX) for optimal signal stability. Why Choose Lighting Control? Ultimate Simplicity: No internet or hub required, making it compatible with most modern smartphones. Secure and Responsive: Direct Bluetooth control ensures a private, fast, and stable connection without web interference. Energy Efficient: Optimized architecture prevents unnecessary battery drain on your mobile device. Ongoing Compatibility: Regularly updated to support the latest Freelux product innovations. Totally Free: All features are included with your hardware purchase with no hidden costs or subscription fees.

About

LED Light Controller

Control various LED light strips and smart bulbs from a single, intuitive interface. Manage colors, brightness, scenes, and music synchronization for a personalized lighting experience across different brands and platforms.

Highlights
  • Universal control for multiple LED strip brands
  • Scene creation and one-tap recall
  • Music synchronization for dynamic lighting
  • Room-based light grouping and control
  • Customizable color wheel and presets
  • Built-in light effect playback
  • Scheduling for automated lighting
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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

Lighting4 screens
LED Light Controller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LED Light Controller at every 3 days against Lighting's every 3 months. Lighting's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lighting ships an update every 3 months, LED Light Controller every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Lighting versus LED Light Controller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightingLED Light Controller
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFreelux BVOM SRI ROHITH RAJ YADAV THALLA

In-app purchases

None

Lighting

No in-app purchases

None

LED Light Controller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lighting free?
Lighting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LED Light Controller free?
LED Light Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lighting or LED Light Controller have ads?
Neither Lighting nor LED Light Controller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lighting or LED Light Controller?
Lighting ships an update every 3 months, and LED Light Controller every 3 days. Most recently, Lighting was updated on October 28, 2026 and LED Light Controller on November 10, 2026.

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