Lumenplay App vs Magic Home Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lumenplay App
Control your smart light strings with millions of colors and dynamic effects. Easily connect via Bluetooth to customize brightness, speed, and direction, or sync lights to music. Create, save, and share your unique lighting designs.
- 16 Million Color Selector
- Custom Color Palette
- Effect Enhancer
- Brightness, Speed, Direction Control
- Music Sync
- Touchless Bluetooth Connection
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Get ready for playtime! The Lumenplay™ app is the most interactive and easy way to bring your Lumenplay™ light strings to life, all from your Apple device. Pick from 16 million colors – control light effects, speed and brightness - pulse lights to music, and much more. Using Bluetooth Smart technology, Lumenplay™ offers ‘touchless’ connection. Just open the app and the items you have decorated with Lumenplay lights will be instantly recognized within the app. The Lumenplay™ app gives you the freedom to Create, Play and Share. CREATE: Create unique designs through color. Choose from over 16 million colors, and save them for later in the custom color palette. Put your color palette in motion with a carousel of effects. SHARE: Once you’ve found the perfect song and effect, speed it up, slow it down or change the direction. Love your custom scene? Save it, name it, and share it with friends! FEATURES & FUNCTIONS: • 16 Million Color Selector • Custom Color Palette • Effect Enhancer • Brightness + Speed + Direction Control • Pin-Code Security REQUIREMENTS: Lumenplay™ Starter Set (controller included). The Lumenplay™ collection of starter and extender sets are designed to work together: daisy chain Extenders onto a Starter, or create multiple objects using multiple Starters. It’s easy to add more light sets at any time and control them all individually or simultaneously. If you have any questions or concerns, please have a look at our FAQ on our website at lumenplay.com or contact us at info@lumenplay.com. We are ready to answer any questions and can’t wait to hear the creative things you do with your Lumenplay™ lights! COMPATIBILITY: iPhone 5, 5c, 5s, + iPad Gen. 4, 5, + iPod Touch Gen 6+
Magic Home Pro
Control your smart LED lighting with this Wi-Fi controller app. Easily set up lights to your router, group devices, and manage them locally or remotely. View light status and color at a glance with a refreshed user interface.
- Faster start without scanning
- Easier router setup
- Group different device types
- Add devices to multiple groups
- Local and remote control
- Light status and color display
- New UI design
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Magic Home Pro is a wifi controller APP for smart led lighting. New feature: 1. Faster Start without scanning 2. Easier to set light to router 3. Different type of device can be added to same group 4. One device can be added to multi-group 5. Local and remote control can be displayed automatically 6. List shows the light status and color 7. New UI design
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Magic Home Pro at 2.8 against Lumenplay App's 2.2. Magic Home Pro also leads on ratings volume (933 vs 55) and review sentiment (26% vs 14%). Lumenplay App's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Magic Home Pro holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Home Pro has 933 ratings behind it against 55, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Lumenplay App's written reviews are positive against 26% of Magic Home Pro's.
Lumenplay App ships an update every 5 weeks, Magic Home Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lumenplay App | Magic Home Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (55 ratings) | 2.8 (933 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.1% of reviews | 26.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 | 933 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 274 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | S4 Lights | 明长 周 |
Customer experience
Lumenplay App
Magic Home Pro
Bugs and requests
Lumenplay App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Magic Home Pro
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes or freezes frequently
- Lights won't connect to WiFi
- Timers and schedules not working as expected
- Incorrect color representation in the app
- Lights randomly changing colors or turning on/off
Requested features
5 requests- Add sunrise/sunset timer functionality
- Allow custom programming of lighting effects
- Improve Alexa and Google Home integration
- Add Spotify music sync support
- Provide better troubleshooting and support
In-app purchases
Lumenplay App
No in-app purchases
Magic Home Pro
No in-app purchases
Questions
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