Mi vs Yeelight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mi
Control your Mi-Light 2.4GHz series smart lighting with a refreshed, user-friendly interface. This app offers enhanced operation for your compatible smart bulbs and fixtures.
- New UI design
- Easy operation
- Compatible with Mi-Light 2.4GHz series
- Supports new WiFi IBox1
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Mi-Light 3.0 APP, new UI; more beautiful and easy operation. Compatible with all Mi-Light 2.4GHz series. This new app cannot work on Mi.light2.0 wifi box.It's compatible with new WiFi IBox1.
Yeelight
Enhance your living space with dynamic RGB lighting products. Create a vibrant atmosphere with innovative and scalable lighting solutions that sync with gaming platforms for an immersive experience.
- Dynamic RGB lighting
- Scalable product line
- Gaming platform synchronization
- Matter connectivity
- Personalized lighting effects
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Yeelight Fun is the RGB ambient product line designed specifically for cool play users, which will create a unique dynamic aesthetic for your life by offering products that are playable, innovative, and scalable. Yeelight has launched personalized and distinctive products such as Yeelight Cube Smart Lamp, Yeelight Beam RGBIC Light Bar and Yeelight Obsid RGBIC Light Strip. We hope to embrace the vivid and dynamic characteristics of RGB lighting, create a lively and vibrant environment, and make your life full of fun. These products can also sync with gaming platforms such as Razar and Overwolf, allowing your gaming experience to be maximized! You can also connect to Matter to get more interactive gameplay!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mi at 2.4 against Yeelight's 2.0. Mi also leads on review sentiment (23% vs 5%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.2). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Mi holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Mi's written reviews are positive against 5% of Yeelight's.
Mi ships an update every 6 weeks, Yeelight every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mi | Yeelight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (27 ratings) — better | 2.0 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.8% of reviews — better | 5.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Xincaiyi Technology Co., Ltd. | Qingdao Yeelink Information Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Mi
Yeelight
In-app purchases
Mi
No in-app purchases
Yeelight
No in-app purchases
