ALLIANCE bt vs Source BT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ALLIANCE bt
Control smart lighting with features like dimming, grouping, and tunable white options. Create custom scenes and default colors for personalized ambiance. Securely manage your lamps within easy-to-use networks.
- Dimming and grouping
- Tunable white (2700K-4000K)
- RGB color selection
- Custom scene creation
- Custom default colors
- Secured network management
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Features include: dimming and grouping, tunable white options between 2700K to 4000K and RGB color selection. User can create custom scenes and custom default colors. Lamps can be put into easy to manage secured networks.
Source BT
Control intelligent LED spotlights with Bluetooth mesh technology. Adjust RGBW colors, brightness, and color temperature. Program custom lighting scenes for your fixtures.
- Bluetooth mesh control
- RGBW color adjustment
- Brightness and color temperature control
- Fixture grouping
- Custom scene programming
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Intelligent LED color changing spotlight control application by CAST Lighting. Light fixtures are controlled using Bluetooth mesh technology. Functions include full RGBW light control of individual or fixture groupings, step less adjustment of brightness and color temperature according to requirements, and custom scene programming.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Source BT at 4.3 against ALLIANCE bt's 2.1. ALLIANCE bt's advantage is ratings volume (79 vs 8) and review sentiment (9% vs 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Source BT holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ALLIANCE bt has 79 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 9% of ALLIANCE bt's written reviews are positive against 0% of Source BT's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ALLIANCE bt ships an update every 2 months, Source BT monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 3, 2026 and July 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ALLIANCE bt | Source BT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (79 ratings) | 4.3 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 凯 陈 | CAST Lighting LLC. |
Customer experience
ALLIANCE bt
Source BT
In-app purchases
ALLIANCE bt
No in-app purchases
Source BT
No in-app purchases
