ColorfulLight vs Xtreme Connected Simple Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColorfulLight
Control your ColorfulLight series LED devices using Bluetooth 4.0. This application allows for seamless management of your lighting setup directly from your smartphone.
- Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity
- Control LED devices
- Manage ColorfulLight series
- Smartphone control
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This App helps you to control ColorfulLight series LED devices via Bluetooth 4.0.
Xtreme Connected Simple Home
Control and automate your smart home devices from anywhere. Manage lighting, security cameras, and even older devices with smart plugs. Create custom routines for convenience and peace of mind.
- Remote device control
- Customizable lighting routines
- Automation creation
- Motion detection alerts
- Smart plug integration
- Outdoor device control
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Xtreme Connected Simple Home helps you to easily manage your smart home, create automations from your routines and control your smart devices from anywhere. You can control your smart light bulbs or led strips from anywhere and set your home's lighting routines. Create automations for turning off the lights when you leave the house, or link to our door sensor to turn on the lights when you open the door. Monitor your smart cameras on the go to make sure everything is in order and set up motion detection alerts to make sure you always know what's going on. Retrofit your devices using smart plugs and control them from anywhere. You can also use our special outdoor plug to connect outside devices and create automations even for your older devices. Xtreme Connected Simple Home. Enjoy your smart home.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Xtreme Connected Simple Home at 3.9 against ColorfulLight's 2.0. Xtreme Connected Simple Home also leads on ratings volume (579 vs 119). ColorfulLight's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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.
Xtreme Connected Simple Home holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 119 and 579 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of ColorfulLight's written reviews are positive against 19% of Xtreme Connected Simple Home's.
ColorfulLight ships an update every 5 weeks, Xtreme Connected Simple Home monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorfulLight | Xtreme Connected Simple Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (119 ratings) | 3.9 (579 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.4% of reviews | 19.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 119 | 579 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Macrothings Technology Co., Ltd. | Jem Accessories, Inc |
Customer experience
ColorfulLight
Xtreme Connected Simple Home
User reviews
ColorfulLight
From 119 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Colors show well
- 💡 Basic functionality works
- 💡 Lamp is cool
- 💡 Lights look great
- 💡 Works great!
Room to improve
- 🐛 Music sync issues
- 🐛 Voice feature useless
- 🐛 Needs update badly
- 🐛 Weird sound at higher brightness
- 🐛 Limited color options
Xtreme Connected Simple Home
From 579 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Responsive app
- 💡 Lots of customization options
- 🎨 Ability to change light colors
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🤔 Confusing setup process
- ⚠️ Unreliable performance
- 📵 Lack of remote control
Bugs and requests
ColorfulLight
Reported bugs
64 issues- Cannot sync with music
- Voice feature is useless
- Weird sound at higher brightness
- Connectivity issues
- No instructions for pairing
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- App doesn't work
- Colors are dark, drab, and ugly
- Headlights stop matching colors
- No security, neighbor can change light color
- Cannot remember color presets
- Not integrated with HomeKit or automation
- Brightness turns white
- Music feature is unusable
- Color palate in 'light effects' is messed up
- Unreliable connection, 'No LED is connected'
- Cannot create new patterns with normal colors
- Music setting does nothing
- App stopped working, no information to work lights
- Not connecting
- No videos on how it works
- Cannot select colors using the wheel
- Only three colors available
- Preset customization has dull colors
- Music feature didn't work
- Options of colors are terrible
- Lack of custom presets that include color and brightness
- Goes to closest preprogrammed one each time
- Lights no longer connect
- Constantly have to restart app
- Takes forever just to change color
- Won't turn to landscape mode on iPad
- Cannot connect with Bluetooth
- No guide or instructions
- App doesn't connect to lights
- Doesn't scan QR code
- Music feature doesn't work
- App imports iTunes library but nothing plays
- App quit working after update, black screen, no Bluetooth connect
- App doesn't show QR code scanning page
- App not working, won't let me scan QR code
- Choppy with second light, won't connect with third
- Phone will not pair with lights
- App kept crashing
- Cannot connect at all
- App help not in English
- Music option doesn't work, gestures don't work, everything else unusable
- App won't cooperate
- Gray screen, nothing else
- Lights stuck at red
- App does not work
- Gray screen when opening app
- Some features do not work
- Color doesn't change
- Music feature is the only thing that doesn't work
- Only lets me play purchased songs
- Cannot control each headlight separately
- App needs overhaul
- It's not working suddenly
- Music player loads but will not play
- Crashes every time it's used
- App freezes constantly
- Group of lights only lasts one day
- Doesn't auto reconnect
- App instantly crashes with Bluetooth
Requested features
16 requests- Update for more adjustability and colors
- Open to bright setting
- Link to radio as music function
- More cool options for preset customization
- Ability to save presets
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- Second row of colors that can be customized
- Option to remember last setting
- Master color default option
- Wake up alarm feature
- Remember brightness setting
- Control each headlight separately
- More flash patterns
- Sync with Spotify
- Set on and off times
- Turn on and off lights with shake setting
- Turn to landscape mode on iPad
Xtreme Connected Simple Home
Reported bugs
4 issues- Registration button not working
- Lights glitching on certain colors
- App unable to detect local network
- Lights falling off the wall
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved notification system
- Better integration with smart home devices
- More advanced automation features
In-app purchases
ColorfulLight
No in-app purchases
Xtreme Connected Simple Home
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ColorfulLight free?
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