Brightly Lights vs Box Builder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brightly Lights
Control smart holiday lights from your phone to create custom colors and patterns. These lights blend with your home decor when off, allowing year-round use for any occasion, from holidays to sporting events.
- Customizable colors
- Programmable patterns
- Smartphone control
- Year-round decor
- Holiday and event themes
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Brightly Lights are programmable holiday lights you control with your smartphone. You can light them up in any color and any pattern. When turned off, they blend in with your home, so you can leave them up year-round. Now you can celebrate any holiday (Halloween, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Independence Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, birthdays), any cause (light your house pink during Race for the Cure), or any sporting event (flash your team colors during rivalry games)! What will you celebrate today?
Box Builder
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Tool to help determine box dimensions and pieces required for boxes of tube straightening rolls. Created by Jacob McLachlan (mclachlan.11@osu.edu) for Turner Machine Company.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Brightly Lights at every 2 months against Box Builder's every 7 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Brightly Lights ships an update every 2 months, Box Builder every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brightly Lights | Box Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 512 Innovation LLC | Neill Mclachlan |
In-app purchases
Brightly Lights
No in-app purchases
Box Builder
No in-app purchases
Questions
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