Lightcloud vs HALO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightcloud
This app allows remote control of commercial lighting systems, offering features like dimming and scene creation. It aims to optimize energy usage and reduce costs. Free technical support is available for users.
- Remote light control
- Adjustable dimming
- Customizable scenes
- Energy savings up to 68%
- Unlimited technical support
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Control your lights from anywhere in the world with the Lightcloud app from the experts at RAB Lighting. Lightcloud is a simple and affordable commercial lighting control system that requires no commissioning and comes with a best-in-class 10-year warranty. Features: Dimming Easily adjust light levels in any area of your building. Scenes Quickly create customizable scenes to control multiple lights and make sure your lighting suits your needs. Activate a scene with a single tap in the Lightcloud app. Energy Savings Lightcloud can save you up to 68% on energy costs from lighting. The Lightcloud app is the fastest, easiest way for building occupants to tune the lighting in their space to use only what they need. Support Lightcloud app users can call 844-LIGHTCLOUD for free, unlimited technical support with their Lightcloud system. Requires: Lightcloud Gateway device
HALO
Receive real-time alerts and monitor environmental and security events from smart sensors. Administrators can manage notifications and user groups, while individual users can filter events on the go.
- Real-time event notifications
- Monitor vape and air quality
- Security event monitoring
- Create and manage notifications
- Configure user groups
- App-based event filtering
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Halo Cloud enables members of your organization to receive real-time notifications and monitor recent vape, air quality and security events from your installed base of Halo IOT Smart Sensors. System administrators can use the HALO Cloud web interface to: - Create and manage multiple notifications triggered by selected events on specific groups of devices - Send them to configurable groups of users such as facilities managers, security staff and administration. - App-based filtering options enable individual users to focus on the events that matter most to them on the go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightcloud at 100% against HALO's 0%. Lightcloud also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1). HALO's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (14.2 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Lightcloud holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Lightcloud's written reviews are positive against 0% of HALO's.
Lightcloud ships an update every 4 months, HALO every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightcloud | HALO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 3.1 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RAB Lighting Inc | IPVideo Corporation |
Customer experience
Lightcloud
HALO
In-app purchases
Lightcloud
No in-app purchases
HALO
No in-app purchases









