Comparison

iLight:Smart lights vs Strobe Light

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

Head to head
About

iLight:Smart lights

Control smart lights from your phone, adjusting brightness and color. Enjoy dynamic lighting effects, music synchronization, and shake-activated controls. Features include a sleep assistant and timed wake-up alarms with gradual light and sound changes.

Highlights
  • Mobile light control (on/off, brightness, color)
  • 4 colorful light effects
  • Musical rhythm synchronization (local music, cloud resources)
  • Shake controls for various settings
  • Sleep assistant with gradual fade-out
  • Timed wake-up with gradual fade-in
Features
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Light Control: Lights controlled via mobile app on/off, altering brightness,colors Colorful light effect: 4 colorful light effects inside with the app, to meet your needs in different contexts. Musical Rhythm: Local music freely taken; TF card plugged anytime. Enjoy the massive unique cloud musical resources; Shake: shaking with kinds of settings as you need, such as random colors, on/off, next song. Sleep Assistant: sleepy shen night falls with dim lights and music gradually faded out. helps you sleep fast. Timing lights: Morning, bleary-eyed with light fade in, the music gradually up. wakes you up.

About

Strobe Light

Transform your phone into a dynamic party strobe light synchronized to music. Connect multiple devices for a synchronized light and sound experience. Create custom light shows or join public parties with live video streams and chat.

Highlights
  • Synchronized strobe lights
  • Screen and flashlight strobes
  • Personal music playlists
  • Public live video parties
  • Volume booster with synchronized sound
  • Microphone strobe
  • Tap-to-light custom shows
Features
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FlashBeats is a mobile application for creating party strobe lights by synchronizing flashlights and smartphone’s screens. The app analyzes the rhythms of music tracks and creates an individualized strobe light show for each song. FlashBeats can sync with an unlimited number of phones to play music and watch videos simultaneously on multiple devices. FlashBeats produces disco lights based on your choice of music, creating a custom party by connecting the DJ lights and beats of hundreds of people together! With the FlashBeats app, you can create light shows at home parties, as well as at music and sporting events. FEATURES: - Synchronized Strobe Lights is our unique technology with the ability to connect an unlimited number of phones into one network and make flashing lights that match the rhythm of the music. It transforms your phone’s flashlight into a house party stroboscope or disco ball. You can also use smartphone’s screens as a color flash strobe. - Create your personal music playlist with your favorite songs and have fun with your friends. The more devices you connect, the louder and brighter your party will be! - Public Parties are live video streams with editor-curated music videos. You can join EDM, Hip-Hop, Rock, Pop or tens of other public parties depending on your mood. There are also public parties with popular local music. You can invite friends to watch together or have fun with your favorite music videos. - Volume Booster (with synchronized sound) - invite friends to your rave party or any public parties and create a speaker booster! The audio and video will be synced with all connected devices to create a sound amplifier effect (available only for YouTube). - Chat with friends and people all over the world. Every public party has a group chat that you can join. Meet new people and have fun together! - Tap-to-Light (paid option). Do you want to create your own personal lightshow? Just do it! You can create one without music or choose any song from the catalog as background music. And, of course, you can invite your friends to your show and have fun together. Here's an idea - why not support your favorite sports team at the stadium with an amazing strobe light chant? - Microphone Strobe (paid option). The app can listen to the ambient music and create flashing lights based on the music rhythm. Sound like magic? Yes! This is tech magic! You can use this feature everywhere: at home, at a disco club or even at an open-air concert. - Party Leaderboard is a worldwide championship for the biggest party of FlashBeats’ fans. How many friends can you invite to your private party? Let’s find out! CAUTION! Blinding bright LED strobe lights may be harmful to the eyesight, and for some people, it might cause epileptic seizures! Oh, you are still reading this? We didn’t think anyone would get this far. That means you must really like the FlashBeats app! Why not download FlashBeats and have a party today! BTW, we can also create incredible light shows at any music or sporting event, where we can connect everyone's smartphones for a fun and engaging experience for fans. Some of the things we can do include: launching a light wave, synchronizing light beats to the music, displaying a dance of light during a goal or at a runner's starting line, and displaying sponsor's logos, images and even cartoons. If you are interested in setting up a light show for your event, please contact us at: support@flashbeats.app Enjoy your favorite music with your friends in a bright new way! Download the FlashBeats app today! MORE INFORMATION: Terms of use: https://flashbeats.app/terms-of-use/ Privacy policy: https://flashbeats.app/privacy-policy/ Contact: support@flashbeats.app

Screenshots

iLight:Smart lights4 screens
Strobe Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Strobe Light at 4.4 against iLight:Smart lights's 2.0. Strobe Light also leads on review sentiment (45% vs 21%) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 58). iLight:Smart lights's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Strobe Light sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. iLight:Smart lights asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Strobe Light holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strobe Light has 3.8K ratings behind it against 58, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of iLight:Smart lights's written reviews are positive against 45% of Strobe Light's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iLight:Smart lights ships an update every 6 weeks, Strobe Light monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iLight:Smart lights versus Strobe Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriLight:Smart lightsStrobe Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (58 ratings)4.4 (3.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.5% of reviews44.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings583.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB63 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer涛 余Roman Kirihetov

Customer experience

iLight:Smart lights

All ratings58 ratings
Positive24.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative70.7%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive20.5%
Neutral20.5%
Negative58.9%

Strobe Light

All ratings3,795 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews488 reviews
Positive44.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative51.4%

User reviews

iLight:Smart lights

From 58 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Customizable lighting
  • 🎵 Music playback
  • ✨ Innovative features
  • 🔊 Good speaker quality

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashing
  • ❌ Bluetooth connectivity issues
  • 😠 Ads intrusive
  • 🚫 App not working
  • 📉 Unreliable performance

Strobe Light

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Innovative concept
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎉 Great for parties and events
  • 🎵 Syncs well with music

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Requires subscription to access full features
  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches reported
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues
  • 💸 Expensive subscription model

Bugs and requests

iLight:Smart lights

Reported bugs

39 issues
  • App keeps shutting off
  • Bluetooth connection issues
  • App crashes when playing music
  • Light only blinks
  • Cannot connect to Bluetooth
Show 34 more
  • Music plays briefly then crashes app
  • App crashes within a minute
  • App goes blank on opening
  • Crashes when changing colors or Bluetooth
  • App not working after update
  • App freezes and does nothing
  • Activation function won't work
  • App shows 'go to' with no control
  • App no longer syncs with speaker/light
  • Bulb flickers when turned on
  • Bluetooth in and out
  • App glitchy, music starts/stops
  • App doesn't work with iOS 11
  • Speaker doesn't sync with phone
  • Alarm light not working
  • Timer doing strange things
  • Update broke music link
  • Alarm not working while phone locked
  • Cannot use all music in app
  • Crashing problem fixed
  • App doesn't connect to control lighting
  • Crashes every time
  • App crashes on opening
  • Music playback issues
  • Light control issues
  • App freezes
  • Bluetooth connectivity issues
  • Intrusive ads
  • App not working
  • Unreliable performance
  • Poor user interface
  • Music playback issues
  • Light control issues
  • App freezes

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add Apple Watch app
  • Add desktop version
  • Improve color switcher calibration
  • Add Alexa/Google Home integration
  • Make sound level selectable
Show 6 more
  • Allow playlist access
  • Add timer to turn off bulb
  • Add default color setting
  • Add radio tuner
  • Add call answering function
  • Allow multiple Bluetooth connections

Strobe Light

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when trying to play songs
  • Lights not syncing properly with music
  • Subscription issues and inability to cancel

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow users to add their own music
  • Improve sync between lights and music
  • Introduce free version with limited features
  • Provide better subscription management

In-app purchases

None

iLight:Smart lights

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Strobe Light

Subscriptions3
  • FlashBeats Pro - Strobe Light3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • FlashBeats Pro - Strobe Light3 Days trial$24.996 Months
  • Strobe Light PRO3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • FlashBeats Pro - Strobe Light$6.99
  • FlashBeats Pro - Strobe Light$26.99
  • FlashBeats Pro$39.99

Questions

Is iLight:Smart lights free?
iLight:Smart lights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Strobe Light free?
Strobe Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iLight:Smart lights or Strobe Light?
Strobe Light is rated higher. iLight:Smart lights averages 2.0 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while Strobe Light averages 4.4 from 3.8K ratings.
Do iLight:Smart lights or Strobe Light have ads?
Neither iLight:Smart lights nor Strobe Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iLight:Smart lights or Strobe Light?
iLight:Smart lights ships an update every 6 weeks, and Strobe Light monthly. Most recently, iLight:Smart lights was updated on September 19, 2026 and Strobe Light on September 26, 2026.

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