Comparison

L.E.D. Lab vs supra SmartLED

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

Head to head
About

L.E.D. Lab

Create dynamic visual experiences for LED displays without custom programming. Animate images, videos, and particles, and synchronize them with music or external audio inputs. Ideal for artists, designers, and hobbyists looking to add animated color to various projects.

Highlights
  • Create and animate scenes with images, videos, and camera feeds
  • Animate particle color, velocity, and brightness for LED strips
  • Synchronize visuals with music from your library
  • Audio reactivity for parameter control
  • External control via MIDI, DMX, ArtNet, OSC
  • Color keying and tiling for advanced compositing
  • Supports various LED controllers and external monitors
Features
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L.E.D. Lab is the quickest, easiest, most powerful way to drive your LED display! Custom programming is no longer required to get up-and-running. It is ideal for artists, professional display designers, architects, VJs, lighting designers, hobbyists, and anyone wanting to add a little animated color to their sculpture, art car, home, business or wardrobe. L.E.D. Lab allows you to create a list of Scenes, which can be played back in order or shuffled. There are currently two kinds of Scenes: ● Pictures Scene - A montage of still images, videos, and live camera feeds is designed. The position, velocity, rotation, size, and coloring of each picture can be animated. You can use your own photos and videos, and the iPad camera. Rendering to odd-shaped displays is made possible with photographically-generated map files. ● Strips Scene - Particles of color are sent down each strip. The velocity, hue, saturation, and brightness of each particle can be animated. Other features include: ● Music - Create lists of Tracks. Each track plays a song from your music library, along with any number of Scenes. You can elaborately choreograph a song, or let the Scenes play in random order. ● Audio Reactivity - Any animatable parameter may be controlled by the amplitude of audio in a specified frequency range. ● External Control - Any animatable parameter may be controlled by MIDI, DMX, ArtNet, or OSC. ● Color Keying - An image, video file, or live video feed can be made selectively transparent, making it easy to mix in with other images. ● Tiling - Any image, video file, or live video feed can be tiled in any or all directions, with adjustable spacing and fade-out. ● Display Modes - Editing can be performed with or without the LEDs connected. The editing UI can also be hidden, allowing operation in a "kiosk" mode. So what kind of LED display can you make with L.E.D. Lab? Some Examples: http://ledlabs.co Any iOS device can be used to play Scene Lists. An iPad is best for full editing. L.E.D. Lab works with the following LED controllers: ● PixelPusher (our favorite) ● Art-Net ● sACN ● DDP/Minleon/TekLights ● RGB-123 ● FadeCandy/FCServer ● OpenPixel It can also display to an external monitor or projector, serving as a VJ app. Extensive help information is provided for the rich user-interface: ● Help Explorer - Displays help text for any knob, slider, button, popup, list, or view inside a magnifying glass you drag around the screen. (See this in the last screen shot.) ● Help Topics - Little chapters to read about some of the more detailed functionalities. ● Help Tutorials

About

supra SmartLED

Control your SmartLED devices via Bluetooth. Change colors, sync with music or voice, and group multiple lights into rooms for synchronized effects.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth connectivity
  • Color customization
  • Music synchronization
  • Voice tracking control
  • Room grouping
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The app is used to control the SmartLED of supra. After successful connection via Bluetooth, the color of the respective SmartLED can be changed. In addition, the SmartLED can be controlled by music or voice tracking and can be combined with other SmartLEDs to rooms.

Screenshots

L.E.D. Lab4 screens
supra SmartLED2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: L.E.D. Lab at 81% against supra SmartLED's 0%. supra SmartLED's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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. L.E.D. Lab sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. supra SmartLED asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

L.E.D. Lab ships an update every 4 months, supra SmartLED every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
L.E.D. Lab versus supra SmartLED: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterL.E.D. Labsupra SmartLED
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.68.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher Schardtsupra GmbH

Customer experience

L.E.D. Lab

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative6.3%

supra SmartLED

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

L.E.D. Lab

One-time11
  • Live Microphone$9.99
  • Live Video$9.99
  • LED Display$19.99
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  • External Control$19.99
  • Music$19.99
  • External Screen$39.99
  • Authoring$49.99
  • LED Artist Pack$59.99
  • VJ Pack$79.99
  • Advanced Mapping$84.99
  • Everything Pack$209.99
None

supra SmartLED

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is L.E.D. Lab free?
L.E.D. Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is supra SmartLED free?
supra SmartLED is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do L.E.D. Lab or supra SmartLED have ads?
Neither L.E.D. Lab nor supra SmartLED shows ads.
Which is updated more often, L.E.D. Lab or supra SmartLED?
L.E.D. Lab ships an update every 4 months, and supra SmartLED every 2 months. Most recently, L.E.D. Lab was updated on October 19, 2026 and supra SmartLED on October 3, 2026.

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