Ipoolight vs CloudyBay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ipoolight
Control RGBW LED lights with this Bluetooth software. Adjust color, brightness, and modes, including music synchronization and custom settings. Offers built-in, DIY, and microphone modes for versatile lighting experiences.
- RGBW lighting control
- Color and brightness adjustment
- Music synchronization
- Built-in, DIY, and custom modes
- Timing functions
- Microphone mode
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Ipoolight Bluetooth 4.0 is an intelligent LED control software, which supports RGBW lighting control. It can control the light color, brightness, etc. as well as model; it has a color control, color temperature control, color control, music control and timing functions; which has a built-mode, DIY mode, custom mode, microphone and so on.
CloudyBay
Control your smart lighting devices with a mobile app. Customize colors, brightness, and scenes for any room. Manage your lights remotely and integrate with voice control systems for a seamless smart home experience.
- 16 million color options
- Precise color and brightness adjustment
- Customizable lighting scenes
- Remote control from anywhere
- Voice control integration
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CloudyBay smart lighting devices, give different intelligent settings for every room, providing a smart lighting experience. 1. 16 million colors, meets every kind of your needs. 2. Accurate and smooth setting of color, dimming, cool and warm light etc. 3. Various scenes. One-touch to change different lighting atmospheres, easily transform your living room into a dance floor.. 4. Control your smart light regardless of distance. As long as you have a network, you can use smart phone to control the lights anytime, anywhere. 5. It can easily access your existing intelligent voice control system, enjoy hands-free and intelligent life from now on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ipoolight at every 3 weeks against CloudyBay's every 7 months. Ipoolight also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). CloudyBay's advantage is rating (2.5 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (83 vs 21). On price, review sentiment, 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.
CloudyBay holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 83 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 18% and 18% positive.
Ipoolight ships an update every 3 weeks, CloudyBay every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ipoolight | CloudyBay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (21 ratings) | 2.5 (83 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | 18.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 203 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 建荣 赵 | CloudyBay Inc. |
Customer experience
Ipoolight
CloudyBay
In-app purchases
Ipoolight
No in-app purchases
CloudyBay
No in-app purchases
