RideController vs My smartLED
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RideController
Wirelessly control electrical circuits in vehicles using your iPhone or iPad. This app provides a complete power distribution system for comprehensive vehicle control.
- Bluetooth Low Energy control
- Wireless electrical circuit management
- Complete power distribution system
- Vehicle control via iPhone/iPad
- Free to download
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RideController is an app that uses Bluetooth Low Energy to control electrical circuits wirelessly via a complete power distribution system. This enables you to have complete vehicle control from your iPhone or iPad. Order your very own RC on our site today and download the app for free to #ControlYourRide
My smartLED
Control your wireless LED lights via Bluetooth. Adjust colors, brightness, and dynamic lighting effects like jump, fade, and strobe. Explore unique modes such as voice, twinkle, and meteor for personalized ambiance.
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Color adjustment
- Brightness control
- Dynamic light modes (jump, fade, strobe)
- Special modes (voice, twinkle, meteor)
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This is an LED Bluetooth lighting control software. Connect to our wireless devices. You can adjust the color of the lights as needed, such as red, green, blue, yellow, purple, cyan, white, etc. It can also adjust the brightness. You can also adjust the light change mode, such as jump, fade, strobe, etc. You can set the light voice mode, twinkle mode, Meteor mode and so on. This software is relatively simple to use, first open our Bluetooth light fixtures, make sure that the mobile phone Bluetooth is turned on, open our software, our software automatically links to our Bluetooth light fixtures. If the connection is successful, you can control the lighting effects through your phone. Thank you
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RideController at 4.0 against My smartLED's 2.4. RideController also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 26%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). My smartLED's advantage is ratings volume (443 vs 15). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
RideController holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My smartLED has 443 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of RideController's written reviews are positive against 26% of My smartLED's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RideController | My smartLED |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (15 ratings) — better | 2.4 (443 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 25.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 443 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RideController LLC | 光奇 李 |
Customer experience
RideController
My smartLED
Bugs and requests
RideController
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
My smartLED
Reported bugs
5 issues- Twinkle mode not working
- Meteor control stopped working
- Light 1 and Light 2 buttons not functioning
- App not connecting to Bluetooth
- Lights revert to static settings when app is closed
Requested features
5 requests- Add custom color modes
- Integrate with Apple CarPlay
- Add ability to control individual lights
- Improve music sync functionality
- Slower twinkle mode options
In-app purchases
RideController
No in-app purchases
My smartLED
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is RideController free?
Is My smartLED free?
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Do RideController or My smartLED have ads?
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