AppLights vs FailArmy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AppLights
Create and control stunning holiday light displays directly from your smartphone. This app offers a wide range of effects, colors, and themes for both indoor and outdoor decorating, making custom holiday lighting easy to manage.
- Smartphone control
- Dozens of effects and colors
- Multiple holiday themes
- Customizable color options
- Easy setup and management
- Indoor and outdoor use
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Put on a dazzling holiday light display–and control it all from your smartphone. The AppLights® app works exclusively with AppLights® holiday lighting products to control dozens of effects and colors directly from your smartphone. It’s super easy to set up and manage. Choose from multiple holiday themes, lighting technologies and color options for each lighting product. Perfect for outdoor or indoor holiday decorating, AppLights® delivers the latest in holiday decorating technology for a custom look that’s a breeze to manage.
FailArmy
Discover and watch a vast collection of hilarious fail videos, pranks, and comedy clips. This app lets you celebrate life's absurd moments and laugh off any failure.
- Hilarious fail videos
- Prank compilations
- Comedy clips
- Shareable content
- Celebrate absurd moments
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Celebrate life’s absurd moments through hilarious fail videos, pranks, and comedy. Why take failure too seriously? Laugh it off!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FailArmy at 4.7 against AppLights's 4.0. FailArmy also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 29%) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 3). AppLights's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FailArmy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FailArmy has 1.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of AppLights's written reviews are positive against 54% of FailArmy's.
AppLights ships an update every 2 months, FailArmy every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AppLights | FailArmy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | 54.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 1.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gemmy Industries Corporation | Jukin Media, Inc. |
Customer experience
AppLights
FailArmy
User reviews
AppLights
From 3 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Works great
- 🎨 Variety of lighting effects
- ⏱️ Lights last for years
- 👍 Easy to use app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🔧 Unreliable/unstable
- 💡 Limited customization
- 🕰️ No timer feature
- 🔍 App not updated/supported
FailArmy
From 1.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great app
- 👍 Funny and entertaining
- 🤩 Amazing content
- 💯 Best app for fails
- 🤗 Awesome entertainment
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🤔 Too many ads
- 🙄 Censored content
- 😒 Repetitive videos
- 🤯 Doesn't work properly
Bugs and requests
AppLights
Reported bugs
4 issues- Lights not responding to app commands
- Lights stuck in demo/default mode
- Bluetooth connectivity problems
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Custom color/pattern creation
- Ability to sync multiple strings
- Timer/scheduling functionality
- More lighting effects/modes
- Improved app UI/UX
FailArmy
Reported bugs
5 issues- Videos fail to load
- App crashes on volume change
- Categories and collections don't work
- Blank screens and loading issues
- Compatibility problems on tablets
Requested features
5 requests- Full-screen mode
- Ability to rewind live videos
- More video categories
- Offline viewing option
- Improved search functionality
In-app purchases
AppLights
No in-app purchases
FailArmy
No in-app purchases
