Kindoo vs Bosso Lights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kindoo
Control your electric door remotely using your smartphone. This system pairs proprietary hardware with a mobile application to add smart functionality to existing doors without replacing locks.
- Remote door control
- Smartphone integration
- No lock replacement needed
- Smart door functionality
- Proprietary hardware compatible
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Use the KINDOO App to control your electric door right from your smartphone. The KINDOO system consists of the KIN (proprietary hardware) and the KINDOO app that work together to make any electric door smart, without the need to change your locks.
Bosso Lights
Transform your home's exterior with customizable smart lighting. Create vibrant displays for holidays, game days, or everyday ambiance. Enjoy permanent, user-friendly accent and security lighting solutions.
- Accent lighting
- Security lighting
- Festive lighting
- Customizable displays
- Permanent home lighting
- User experience focused
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Enhance your home with accent, security, festive lighting, and more with Bosso Smart Lighting. Showcase your home with Bosso, the top choice for permanent home lighting. We've created a brand that puts your experience first and where every detail is carefully considered. Whether you want to show off on game day, celebrate the holidays, or provide an illuminating ambiance, you'll be able to customize your lights however you like, whenever you like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Kindoo at free against Bosso Lights's paid. Bosso Lights's advantage is ratings volume (139 vs 38). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 — 3.6 for Kindoo against 3.7 for Bosso Lights. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 139 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Kindoo's written reviews are positive against 54% of Bosso Lights's.
Kindoo ships an update every 4 weeks, Bosso Lights every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kindoo | Bosso Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (38 ratings) | 3.7 (139 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.4% of reviews | 53.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 139 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KINDOO LLP | Bosso |
Customer experience
Kindoo
Bosso Lights
Bugs and requests
Kindoo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bosso Lights
Reported bugs
14 issues- Schedule settings fail to execute properly
- Lights turn on/off inconsistently or partially
- App requires re-entering WiFi credentials after updates
- Manual button presses require multiple attempts to register
- App freezes intermittently
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- End date validation allows invalid date ranges
- Lights malfunction after 2 months of use
- Rogue light programs run without user scheduling
- SSID entry screen causes login failures
- Save button cut off on phone screens
- Schedule presets not applying correctly across multiple systems
- App crashes or becomes unresponsive
- Lights display wrong preset than scheduled
- Default scene settings removed in recent update
Requested features
14 requests- Music synchronization feature
- Virtual linking of multiple controllers
- Face ID or biometric login option
- Save login credentials functionality
- Advanced effects similar to Light-O-Rama
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- More preset designs and patterns
- Default scene settings restoration
- Priority scheduling for overlapping events
- Lower brightness level settings
- Copy/paste functionality between zones
- Custom preset folder organization
- Ability to modify existing schedules
- Skip button for tutorial videos
- Automatic login persistence
In-app purchases
Kindoo
No in-app purchases
Bosso Lights
No in-app purchases
