Comparison

WLED Hub vs Daora LED

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

Head to head
About

WLED Hub

Control your WLED-compatible smart lights directly from your phone. Discover devices, adjust colors and effects, manage presets, and use home screen widgets for quick access. Automate lighting with shortcuts and personal automations.

Highlights
  • Local network device discovery
  • Manual device addition by IP/hostname
  • On/off and brightness control
  • Color and effect selection
  • Preset management
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Shortcut automation support
Features
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WLED Hub is a native controller for WLED-compatible LED lights. Discover lamps on your local network, organize your devices, and control the lighting you use every day from one focused app. Use WLED Hub to: - Discover WLED devices with local network scanning. - Add lamps manually by IP address, hostname, or URL. - Turn lights on or off and adjust brightness quickly. - Control your lights by voice with Siri. - Choose colors, effects, palettes, sync, and sleep timer settings. - Create, rename, update, and delete WLED presets. - Build playlists that cycle through presets right on the lamp. - Keep favorite controls close with Home Screen widgets. - Run WLED actions from Shortcuts and personal automations. - Manage multiple lamps, hidden devices, names, and defaults. - Tune common Wi-Fi and access point settings without opening a browser. Built for WLED owners WLED Hub is designed for people who already use WLED on LED strips, lamps, shelves, desks, rooms, and ambient lighting setups. It works over your local network, so your lights stay under your control at home. Fast everyday control Pick a default lamp, adjust power and brightness, browse effects and palettes, and apply presets without digging through device pages. Widgets make common actions available from the Home Screen, while Shortcuts support automations based on time, Wi-Fi, NFC, location, Siri, and more. Siri commands let you switch lamps, change brightness and color, or apply a preset without touching your phone. Presets and scenes Save the current look of a WLED device as a preset, rename existing presets, update them, or remove old ones. Use presets for movie nights, desk focus, holidays, nighttime lighting, and any scene you return to often. Combine them into playlists that run on the lamp itself, with custom durations, transitions, and shuffle. WLED Hub Pro The free tier is useful for a single device. WLED Hub Pro unlocks multiple devices, preset widgets, Shortcuts actions, and Siri commands for brightness, color, and presets. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription with a free trial where available, or buy lifetime access. Pricing and terms are shown before purchase in the app. Notes WLED Hub requires a WLED-compatible device connected to the same local network for live control. The app is not affiliated with the WLED project. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kSmBjah8X-VnuzCXJkt9B-1-j8CuhWwDZ8Scp6DiT7Q/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p9Rk9-InHbfPKQ7a6oM5uHOyWDAnQX8ooDLdMqHkonw/edit?usp=sharing

About

Daora LED

Features
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Daora LED is compatible with Daora Lighting and also other WLED-based systems to provide full control of your lights remotely, simply, securely and from anywhere. Daora LED is also incredibly simple to use as you can download the Daora iPhone app instantly and start controlling all your Daora LED Lights. Daora allows you to Switch On/OFF, Change Power, Alter Brightness and Change Color. All of your favorite settings can be saved as a preset so you can re-use time after time for occasions such as parties, other special events and for holiday functions. Setting up your own favorite setting and saving it with your own favorite name is simple, and then you can use that setting time after time with the press of a button. Daora also has scheduling features so you can use your favorite lighting presets at any time of day, week or year. So whether it’s to turn on your lights at 8am every day, to change up the color of your lights for your birthday or Christmas, or to have your lights change up in a random pattern every night then Daora can help you control all your lighting. Daora LED is a remote control for your lights and is designed to be used with Daora Lighting and other WLED-based systems. As most typical solutions need to open up a router port to achieve remote access or even worse to change the firewall settings of a router, Daora’s LED solution uses a cloud-based method to connect the Daora app with the controller. As long as you have a Daora account which has been approved, you have a compatible controller which has been set up correctly, you have remote access turned on, you can access and control your lights from anywhere in the world. Even if you are not on the same local network as your lights. Daora LED can be used with a Daora remote control and approved Daora account for lighting installations (current or previous) as well as for WLED-based installations that require to be remotely controlled. For full lighting installations, visit daoralighting.com. If you have installed WLED based installations which you would like to access remotely, contact us: info@sqip.ninja

Screenshots

WLED Hub4 screens
Daora LED4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daora LED at none against WLED Hub's 3. WLED Hub's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. WLED Hub sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Daora LED asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WLED Hub ships an update every 2 weeks, Daora LED every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
WLED Hub versus Daora LED: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWLED HubDaora LED
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVadym SlobodianiukSQIP LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

WLED Hub

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • WLED Hub Pro — Lifetime$19.99
None

Daora LED

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WLED Hub free?
WLED Hub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daora LED free?
Daora LED is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WLED Hub or Daora LED have ads?
Neither WLED Hub nor Daora LED shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WLED Hub or Daora LED?
WLED Hub ships an update every 2 weeks, and Daora LED every 2 months. Most recently, WLED Hub was updated on October 31, 2026 and Daora LED on October 7, 2026.

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