Comparison

Lumo Remote 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

Lumo Remote

Control your Bluetooth LED strip lights with an intuitive remote. Easily scan, connect, and adjust colors, brightness, and effects without needing an account or hub. Save favorite settings and use Siri for hands-free operation.

Highlights
  • Scan and connect to nearby Bluetooth LED lights
  • Intuitive color wheel and brightness control
  • Control built-in lighting effects
  • Save favorite colors and lighting scenes
  • Hands-free control with Siri commands
  • Automatic controller type identification
Features
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Control your Bluetooth LED lights with a fast, intuitive remote designed for everyday use. Lumo Remote is designed for many popular Bluetooth LED strip controllers, letting you scan for nearby lights, check compatibility and start controlling them in seconds—without creating an account or connecting a separate hub. Features: • Turn compatible lights on and off • Pick colours with an intuitive colour wheel • Adjust brightness from 1% to 100% • Control built-in lighting effects supported by your controller • Save favourite colours and recently used shades • Create and reuse lighting scenes • Save, nickname and quickly reconnect to your lights • Automatically identify supported controller types • Remember your preferred lighting settings between sessions • Use basic Siri commands for hands-free control • Group two compatible lights and control them together with Lumo Remote Pro Control Two Lights Together: Bring two compatible lights together in a named group—even when they use different supported controller types. Select your group from the Remote switcher to control power, colour and brightness across both lights, or use group actions in Siri and Shortcuts. Light Groups is included with the one-time Lumo Remote Pro purchase. Smart Compatibility: Not all Bluetooth LED lights use the same controller. Lumo Remote analyses your device and automatically selects the most suitable supported control system. Compatibility depends on the controller inside your lights—not only the brand printed on the packaging. Supported controller families currently include: • HappyLighting, Triones, QHM-Light and duoCo Strip controllers • ELK-BLEDOM and Lotus Lantern controllers • ELK-BLEDOB and LotusLamp X controllers • SP110E and LED Hue controllers • LED Lamp and Magic Lantern controllers • BanlanX SP63xE and SP64xE controllers • Keepsmile KS03-series controllers • BojiaLed / MohuanLED BJ_LED_M controllers Additional controller support will continue to be added through future updates. Private by Design: Lumo Remote communicates directly with your lights using Bluetooth. No account, cloud service or external hub is required for basic control. Designed specifically for iOS, Lumo Remote delivers a clean, responsive experience for compatible Bluetooth LED controllers. Whether you’re replacing the manufacturer’s app, have lost the original remote, or manage several LED strips, Lumo Remote makes everyday lighting control simple. Compatibility: Not all Bluetooth LED controllers use the same communication protocol. Some Bluetooth lights, and many Wi-Fi-only, Matter, Philips Hue, Govee and other proprietary lighting systems, require their own apps or integrations. Compatibility depends on the hardware inside your controller and cannot be guaranteed for every device.

About

LED Light Controller

Control various brands of LED strips and lights from a single, intuitive interface. Set custom scenes, sync lights with music, and manage them by room. Supports a wide range of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and hub-connected devices.

Highlights
  • Universal control for multiple LED brands
  • Scene creation and recall
  • Music synchronization
  • Room-based light grouping
  • Customizable light effects
  • Scheduling options
  • Apple Watch and iPhone Duo support
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

Lumo Remote4 screens
LED Light Controller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LED Light Controller at none against Lumo Remote's 1. LED Light Controller also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Lumo Remote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 Lumo Remote against 5.0 for LED Light Controller. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumo Remote ships an update weekly, LED Light Controller every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lumo Remote versus LED Light Controller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumo RemoteLED Light Controller
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKelechi ChimaOM SRI ROHITH RAJ YADAV THALLA

Customer experience

Lumo Remote

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LED Light Controller

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lumo Remote

One-time1
  • Lumo Remote Pro$4.99
None

LED Light Controller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lumo Remote free?
Lumo Remote 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, Lumo Remote or LED Light Controller?
Lumo Remote and LED Light Controller are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Lumo Remote or LED Light Controller have ads?
Lumo Remote shows ads; LED Light Controller does not.
Which is updated more often, Lumo Remote or LED Light Controller?
Lumo Remote ships an update weekly, and LED Light Controller every 3 days. Most recently, Lumo Remote was updated on November 10, 2026 and LED Light Controller on November 10, 2026.

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