Comparison

Mi vs Yeelight

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • New UI design
  • Easy operation
  • Compatible with Mi-Light 2.4GHz series
  • Supports new WiFi IBox1
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

Screenshots

Mi4 screens
Yeelight4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mi versus Yeelight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiYeelight
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (27 ratings) — better2.0 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews22.8% of reviews — better5.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Xincaiyi Technology Co., Ltd.Qingdao Yeelink Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Mi

All ratings27 ratings
Positive25.9%
Neutral22.2%
Negative51.9%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive22.8%
Neutral33.7%
Negative43.5%

Yeelight

All ratings21 ratings
Positive19.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive5.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mi

No in-app purchases

None

Yeelight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mi free?
Mi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yeelight free?
Yeelight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mi or Yeelight?
Mi is rated higher. Mi averages 2.4 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Yeelight averages 2.0 from 21 ratings.
Do Mi or Yeelight have ads?
Neither Mi nor Yeelight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mi or Yeelight?
Mi ships an update every 6 weeks, and Yeelight every 5 weeks. Most recently, Mi was updated on October 26, 2026 and Yeelight on October 25, 2026.

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