Comparison

Permanent Lights vs My Permanent Lights

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

Head to head
About

Permanent Lights

Control your lighting system from your phone. Select pre-made designs, build your own, and set timers for your lights. Manage multiple zones or even different homes with ease.

Highlights
  • Holiday and accent lighting presets
  • Custom pattern creation
  • Multi-zone and multi-home management
  • Brightness and speed adjustment
  • Scheduling and timers
  • Save favorite settings
  • Quick on/off control
Features
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Permanent Lights makes it easy to control your Permanent Lights USA lighting system right from your phone. Choose from presets, create custom patterns, set schedules, and manage multiple lighting zones — all in one simple, modern app. Features: • Pre-built holiday and accent lighting presets • Create your own custom patterns • Control multiple zones or homes • Brightness and speed control • Scheduling / timers • Save your favorites • Quick on/off control

About

My Permanent Lights

Features
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My Permanent Lights puts your home's permanent lighting in your pocket. Control your professionally installed lights from the couch or from anywhere, with a clean, fast app built for the way you actually use them. • Colors and white tones: pick any color, or dial a warm-to-cool white • Effects and palettes: bring the whole house to life with animated looks • Favorites: save the looks you love and apply them in one tap • Discover: browse shared designs and apply them instantly, each with a live preview • Draw your own: sketch a custom pattern across the house • Fine control: brightness, speed, and intensity for every look • Fast local control on your home Wi-Fi, and remote control when you are away • Multiple homes and zones supported Designed for homeowners with a professionally installed permanent lighting system.

Screenshots

Permanent Lights4 screens
My Permanent Lights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: My Permanent Lights at every 2 days against Permanent Lights's every 5 weeks. Permanent Lights's advantage is iOS requirement (14 vs 16.4). 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

Permanent Lights ships an update every 5 weeks, My Permanent Lights every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Permanent Lights versus My Permanent Lights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPermanent LightsMy Permanent Lights
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size405 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPermanent Lights USA LLCLuke Brenner

In-app purchases

None

Permanent Lights

No in-app purchases

None

My Permanent Lights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Permanent Lights free?
Permanent Lights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Permanent Lights free?
My Permanent Lights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Permanent Lights or My Permanent Lights have ads?
Neither Permanent Lights nor My Permanent Lights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Permanent Lights or My Permanent Lights?
Permanent Lights ships an update every 5 weeks, and My Permanent Lights every 2 days. Most recently, Permanent Lights was updated on October 24, 2026 and My Permanent Lights on October 26, 2026.

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