Comparison

LightYeeAr vs MeshMonitor Chat

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

Head to head
About

LightYeeAr

Control your Yeelight smart bulbs with enhanced features and a user-friendly interface. This app offers instant control and advanced timer options over your local Wi-Fi network, requiring no internet connection for operation.

Highlights
  • Instant control of Yeelight bulbs
  • Wider variety of timers
  • User-friendly environment
  • Local Wi-Fi control
  • No internet connection required
Features
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* This is not the official Yeelight app. * Get the best out of your Yeelight smart bulb. Enjoy instant control and a wider variety of timers over a user-friendly environment. LightYeeAr takes advantage of the developer mode of Yeelight smart bulbs. This means that every command from your phone to your bulb is transferred via your local Wi-Fi router. By having that feature you don't need an internet connection to control your bulb and every change you make is (literally!) lighting fast. Notice : You need to register your smart bulb, with the official app, before you can use it with this app.

About

MeshMonitor Chat

Features
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MeshMonitor Chat is a native iOS client for talking to your Meshtastic mesh through a self-hosted MeshMonitor server. Connect your iPhone to your server with a host, a port and a Bearer token, and start reading and sending messages on any channel or private conversation in your mesh. FEATURES • Channels: browse every primary and secondary channel on your mesh and jump into any of them with a tap. • Direct messages: one-to-one conversations with nodes that have exchanged keys with yours (PKC). • Unread inbox: a tab that gathers conversations with pending messages. • Node list: hop count, last-heard time and online or offline state, with a filter to show only active nodes. • Quick reactions: long-press a message to react with an emoji. • Replies: quote any message and answer it from inside the conversation. • Delivery state: every outgoing message shows whether it is pending, confirmed or has failed. • Status panel: server version, app-to-server reachability, server-to-radio link, uptime and statistics. PRIVACY • Your token is stored in the iOS Keychain and never leaves the device except to authenticate against the server you choose. • No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs, no telemetry. • The app does not operate any server: you decide which MeshMonitor instance you connect to. REQUIREMENTS • A MeshMonitor server reachable from your iPhone (local network or the internet, plain HTTP or HTTPS). • A Meshtastic node attached to that server. • A Bearer token generated from the MeshMonitor Settings page. OPEN SOURCE MeshMonitor Chat is free software released under the GPL-3.0 license. Source code, issue tracker and contribution links are available from the in-app Settings screen.

Screenshots

LightYeeAr4 screens
MeshMonitor Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: LightYeeAr at 3 against MeshMonitor Chat's 1. LightYeeAr also leads on iOS requirement (9.3 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LightYeeAr ships an update every 2 weeks, MeshMonitor Chat every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
LightYeeAr versus MeshMonitor Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightYeeArMeshMonitor Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.3 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKostas AggelopoulosANDROS FENOLLOSA HURTADO

In-app purchases

None

LightYeeAr

No in-app purchases

None

MeshMonitor Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LightYeeAr free?
LightYeeAr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MeshMonitor Chat free?
MeshMonitor Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LightYeeAr or MeshMonitor Chat have ads?
Neither LightYeeAr nor MeshMonitor Chat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LightYeeAr or MeshMonitor Chat?
LightYeeAr ships an update every 2 weeks, and MeshMonitor Chat every 3 weeks. Most recently, LightYeeAr was updated on September 24, 2026 and MeshMonitor Chat on September 28, 2026.

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