AppLights vs Flyingsee
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.
Flyingsee
Control your drone directly from your iPhone or iPad. View a live video feed from the aircraft's camera and capture photos and videos in 720P resolution.
- Remote drone control
- Real-time video streaming
- Photo and video recording
- 720P video support
- WiFi protocol control
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This is a APP for the four axis aircraft control via WiFi protocol This APP function: 1.Remote control the four axis aircraft by iPhone/iPad/iPod. 2.Display the real-time video which taken by the camera on the aircraft,video data transmitted via 2.4G WiFi protocol. 3.Take the photo and video record on iPhone/iPad/iPod. 4.Support 720P
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Verdict
AppLights and Flyingsee both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 56% of Flyingsee's written reviews are positive against 30% of AppLights's. Flyingsee also leads on ratings volume (143 vs 9). AppLights's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for AppLights against 3.7 for Flyingsee. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flyingsee has 143 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of AppLights's written reviews are positive against 56% of Flyingsee's.
AppLights ships an update every 2 months, Flyingsee every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AppLights | Flyingsee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (9 ratings) | 3.7 (143 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.9% of reviews | 56.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 143 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gemmy Industries Corporation | UDIRC TOYS INDUSTRY CO., LTD |
Customer experience
AppLights
Flyingsee
User reviews
AppLights
From 9 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
Flyingsee
From 143 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well with drone
- 👍 Good video quality
- 👍 Easy to control drone
- 👍 Simple user interface
- 👍 Good for basic systems
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Cannot connect to drone
- 🐛 App doesn't work
- 🐛 Image format issues
- 🐛 Video cuts out
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
Flyingsee
Reported bugs
26 issues- App not found in store
- Support app doesn't work
- Waiting for tech support
- Cannot connect drone
- Image format bad
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- Video cuts every 2 seconds
- Drone unstable, descends rapidly
- Battery lasts short time
- Drone doesn't have landing legs
- Route tracing doesn't work
- Cannot connect to drone
- App closes by itself
- Video not saving
- Unable to download app
- Battery meter always red
- App would not save video (permissions issue)
- No video
- Cannot camera working and picture
- Camera and virtual control doesn't work
- Cannot access controls, pictures, and videos
- Camera doesn't work when activated
- App crashes iPhone
- Drone went flying when app turned on
- Download stops midway
- Videos not saved
- Camera not working
Requested features
8 requests- Change age restriction (from 17+ to lower)
- Add landing legs for drone
- Improve route tracing functionality
- Add ability to add video or photo
- Provide Japanese language explanation
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- Explain how to view real-time video
- Add dark mode option
- More comprehensive app features
In-app purchases
AppLights
No in-app purchases
Flyingsee
No in-app purchases
