Glow Lamp vs LightMode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glow Lamp
Transform your device into a dynamic mood lamp using a water bottle. Create relaxing ambient light with shifting colors and customizable effects, reminiscent of a modern lava lamp.
- Device-based mood lamp
- Uses water bottle for light diffusion
- Shifting color circles
- Adjustable color speeds
- Orbital accent circles
- Customizable light effects
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a glowing, pulsating mood lamp, perfect to warm up the darkness with a soft relaxing light! Place a bottle of water on one of Glow Lamp's bright circles to pull the light of your device up into the bottle. Circles shift between colors at varying speeds and you can add a smaller orbiting circle that zooms around the outside of the larger circle to add accents and fun. The effects are controlled by you - experiment with colors and speeds to discover the moods you can create! It's a lava lamp for the 21st century! For best results use in a darker space and place your Glow Lamp near a wall. The photo has not been retouched in any way! ----------------------------------- - Thanks to icons8.com for several in-app icons
LightMode
Control your smart helmet's lighting with custom colors, animations, and brightness. Enhance visibility and safety on the road while expressing your personal style. The app allows you to save presets, monitor battery, and even sync lights to music.
- Customizable colors and animations
- Bluetooth device pairing
- Preset brightness levels
- Music synchronization
- Battery life monitoring
- Save favorite settings
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Set the colors, brightness, and animations of your Night Shift via Bluetooth pairing. Customize your Night Shift in colors and animations that resonate with YOUR personality. Enjoy the epic reactions when you showcase your LightMode helmet to friends and drivers on the street. Take comfort knowing that the beacon of light on your head is keeping you safer at night by making you more visible to others on the road. - Save frequently used colors/animations as favorites. - Choose between 3 preset brightness levels. - Monitor battery life. - Make the light strips illuminate to music. - Receive new animations via app updates. - Save/Name devices. - Set device to default for faster pairing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Glow Lamp at 4.4 against LightMode's 3.5. Glow Lamp also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 62%). LightMode's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Glow Lamp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LightMode asks for nothing beyond the download.
Glow Lamp holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Glow Lamp's written reviews are positive against 62% of LightMode's.
Glow Lamp ships an update every 4 months, LightMode every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glow Lamp | LightMode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (36 ratings) — better | 3.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews — better | 61.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Kaufman | LightMode Technologies Inc. |
Customer experience
Glow Lamp
LightMode
In-app purchases
Glow Lamp
- Remove Ads$0.99
LightMode
No in-app purchases
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