Fluent Home vs Gemstone Lights HUB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fluent Home
Monitor and control your home or business remotely in real-time. Manage security, view live video, automate lights and temperature, and receive instant notifications for important events.
- Real-time remote monitoring
- Arm/disarm security panel
- Live and recorded video streaming
- Home automation (lights, temperature)
- Door lock/unlock
- Event history search
- Customizable real-time notifications
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With Fluent Home security system, you can monitor and control your home or business in real-time and from anywhere - from your iPhone or iPad device. Fluent’s interactive security, video monitoring, energy management, and home automation solutions give you instant awareness and remote control for the places you care about most. Remote features: • See what’s happening at your property • Arm or disarm your security panel • Watch live video and recorded clips from your security cameras • Turn your lights on or off • Set the ideal temperature • Lock or unlock your doors • View images of important activity captured by Fluent image sensors • Search your complete system event history • And much more! With Fluent Home, you can also receive real-time email, text message, and push notifications for the specific events that matter to you. Beyond important emergency related events, you can also immediately know when: • Your kids get home from school • You left for work or vacation and forgot to arm your system • The housekeeper arrives or leaves • The garage door is left open • The dog walker or cat sitter arrives • There's flooding or a water leak in your basement • Your children open your medicine or liquor cabinets • Someone changes your thermostat settings • Your security system is disarmed (and who disarmed it) • Someone attempts to log into your account • And much more!
Gemstone Lights HUB
Control your smart outdoor lighting system from anywhere. Create custom color scenes for any occasion, set schedules, and choose from a library of animations. Enjoy warm white LEDs and dimmable brightness for versatile ambiance.
- Cloud-enabled remote control
- Customizable color scenes
- Warm white LED option
- Dimmable lighting
- Downloadable patterns and animations
- Multiple timer scheduling
- Architectural lighting control
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The Gemstone Lights™ app is designed to be used with our newest cloud-based "HUB" controller. Customers can now control and program the Gemstone Lights™ Track system and Deck system. Cloud-based secure sign in. Control your lights from anywhere there is a network or cellular connection. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE COLORS Create Multiple Colors to showcase your favorite Sports Teams, National Holidays, Charity Events, Birthdays and More! (Including Christmas) WARM WHITE LED Our Lights include a 4th Warm White LED. Mix and match RGB with W to get a full array of colors. Use the warm white for soft ambient lighting, all year round. DIMMABLE LIGHTS Gemstone Lights are BRIGHT and you can easily dim them to a light glow with the slide of a button. DOWNLOADABLE PATTERNS & ANIMATIONS Enjoy hundreds of pre-built colors, patterns, themes, and animations. MESMERIZING ANIMATIONS With our preset animations, you can create flowing patterns, fades, jumps, shifts and other fun or elegant movements. SET MULTIPLE TIMERS No need to buy external timers, Gemstone Lights App allows the user to program multiple timers. Repeat yearly for birthdays or change every hour of the day, you are in control of what colors and patterns turn on. ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Enjoy complete control and versatility. Turn on a couple of lights for beautiful architectural lighting, light up a sidewalk or the entrance to your home. Options are endless!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gemstone Lights HUB at 4.9 against Fluent Home's 4.4. Gemstone Lights HUB also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 32%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Gemstone Lights HUB holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gemstone Lights HUB has 4.4K ratings behind it against 819, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Fluent Home's written reviews are positive against 60% of Gemstone Lights HUB's.
Fluent Home ships an update every 2 months, Gemstone Lights HUB monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fluent Home | Gemstone Lights HUB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (819 ratings) | 4.9 (4.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.0% of reviews | 59.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 819 | 4.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 382 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fluent Home | Gemstone Lights |
Customer experience
Fluent Home
Gemstone Lights HUB
User reviews
Fluent Home
From 819 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly app
- 🚀 Smooth and reliable
- 🔒 Helpful monitoring and security features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent technical issues and glitches
- 🔋 Unreliable equipment and camera performance
- 👎 Poor customer service and support
Gemstone Lights HUB
From 4.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly app
- 🎨 Variety of lighting options
- 💡 Customizable light patterns
- 🎉 Great for holidays and events
- 🔌 Easy to use and control lights
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy app with connectivity issues
- 📋 Limited timer and scheduling options
- 🤔 Confusing app navigation
- 🔍 Lack of real-time status indicators
- 🗓️ Difficulty managing multiple light sets
Bugs and requests
Fluent Home
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cameras often fail to record or detect activity
- Alarm system triggers false alarms
- Billing and account management problems
Requested features
3 requests- Add option to delete all recordings at once
- Improve two-factor authentication prompt
- Enhance app responsiveness and stability
Gemstone Lights HUB
Reported bugs
5 issues- Timers not working as expected
- App crashes after recent updates
- Difficulty connecting to Bluetooth
- Inconsistent light behavior across devices
- Inability to change passwords in the app
Requested features
5 requests- Add Apple HomeKit integration
- Improve timer and scheduling functionality
- Implement a 'now playing' feature
- Allow more than 10 custom light configurations
- Provide a preview mode for testing light patterns
In-app purchases
Fluent Home
No in-app purchases
Gemstone Lights HUB
No in-app purchases
Questions
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