myAI® vs Orphek iCon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myAI®
Manage your wirelessly enabled aquarium devices remotely. Set custom lighting schedules, adjust colors, and preview changes. Features include coral acclimation mode and realistic lunar cycles.
- Remote device control
- Customizable light timers
- Color sliders and Kelvin control
- Coral acclimation mode
- Realistic lunar cycle effects
- Preset sharing and saving
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Control your AI devices with our myAI control platform. - Control any wirelessly enabled AI device. - Setup a timer with a touch of your finger for each of your light’s colors. - Share & save your customized AI Preset. - Adjust the light to your liking using color sliders or Kelvin color temperature control. - Create custom timer settings even faster with Easy Setup. - Control realistic effects like the lunar cycle. - Use our coral acclimation mode to welcome your new livestock. - Fast forward through your timers to preview your changes. Supports the following devices from AquaIllumination: - AI Blade Grow - AI Blade Glow - AI Blade Freshwater - AI Blade Refugium - AI Orbit 2 - AI Orbit 4 - AI Axis 20 - AI Axis 40 - AI Axis 90 - Prime 16HD - Hydra 32HD - Hydra 64HD - Nero 5 - Nero 3 - AI Prime - AI Prime Fresh Water - AI Prime Fuge - AI Prime HD - AI Director - AI Hydra - AI Hydra FiftyTwo - AI Hydra FiftyTwo HD - AI Hydra TwentySix - AI Hydra TwentySix HD - AI Vega - AI Nano - AI Sol
Orphek iCon
This app allows users to remotely program, control, and monitor smart lights via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Access your lighting settings from anywhere with an internet connection using your smartphone or tablet.
- Bluetooth + Wifi control
- Remote programming
- Remote monitoring
- Control from phone or tablet
- Anytime, anywhere access
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The Orphek iCon technology brings built-in Bluetooth + Wifi control allowing you to easily program, control, and monitor your light(s) from your Cell Phone or Tablet, any time and any place you are in the world, where internet access is available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Orphek iCon at 4.2 against myAI®'s 2.3. myAI®'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months) and review sentiment (21% vs 0%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Orphek iCon holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myAI® has 290 ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of myAI®'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Orphek iCon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
myAI® ships an update every 3 months, Orphek iCon every 12 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | myAI® | Orphek iCon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (290 ratings) | 4.2 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 290 — better | 51 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 196 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | C2 Development, LLC | ORPHEK LIMITED |
Customer experience
myAI®
Orphek iCon
Bugs and requests
myAI®
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes after updates
- Lighting schedules not working properly
- Devices not recognized or disconnecting
- Time/date resets to incorrect values
- Acclimation mode gets stuck or doesn't work
Requested features
5 requests- Add preset saving and loading
- Enable WiFi connectivity
- Improve app organization and navigation
- Provide detailed instructions and tutorials
- Add smart home integration capabilities
Orphek iCon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myAI®
No in-app purchases
Orphek iCon
No in-app purchases
