Bright vs BG Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bright
Track your electricity and gas usage in real-time from your smart meters. This app helps you manage energy consumption and spend more efficiently, contributing to carbon reduction goals. Requires compatible hardware for full functionality.
- Real-time energy consumption monitoring
- Electricity and gas usage tracking
- Smart meter data access via DCC or CAD
- Clamp-on sensor support for electricity
- Energy spend management
- Carbon efficiency goals
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Monitor your energy consumption anytime, anywhere with Bright. For real-time data you need Glowmarkt compatible hardware (https://shop.glowmarkt.com/) - which works with either smart or traditional meters. People with SMETS2 (or E&A SMETS 1) meters can access their half hourly data with Bright for free, once they go through our verification process. Bright lets you check your energy consumption, this could be electricity and gas usage from your smart meters, via the DCC or our Consumer Access Device (CAD). Clamp-on technology sensors can support electricity usage monitoring. Our goal is to help you manage your energy consumption and spend more efficiently as we all strive to become more carbon efficient. To see our Frequently Asked Questions go to: https://glowmarkt.com/#/faqs/apps For more information or any questions please contact: support@glowmarkt.com Join the Glow community (https://forum.glowmarkt.com/).
BG Home
Control and automate your smart home devices with custom timers, scenes, and delays. Secure your settings with a parental lock and share access with household members. Integrate with voice assistants for hands-free operation.
- Device automation with timers and scenes
- Parental lock for settings
- Household member sharing
- Voice control via Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri
- Geolocation and weather-based automation
- IFTTT integration
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Automate your devices with timers, scenes, delays and random operation, and protect your settings with the parental lock function whilst sharing control with others in your household. The smart home integrations with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, IFTTT and Siri Shortcuts allow you to operate your BG Smart devices using your voice, and set up automated actions based on geolocation, weather and more for a truly smart solution.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bright at 5.0 against BG Home's 4.7. BG Home's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Bright holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BG Home has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Bright's written reviews are positive against 43% of BG Home's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bright | BG Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.7% of reviews — better | 43.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 228 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HILDEBRAND TECHNOLOGY LTD | Luceco plc |
Customer experience
Bright
BG Home
User reviews
Bright
From 1 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Near real-time usage data
- 👍 Free and valuable app
- 💡 API access bonus
- 👍 Simple and accurate updates
- 👍 Good data analytics
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Login issues after updates
- 🐛 Data not loading or syncing
- 🐛 Registration/sign-up problems
- 🐛 Password reset not working
BG Home
From 7 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great features
- 👍 Excellent product
- 👍 Fantastic
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connection issues
- 🐛 Unreliable app
- 🐛 Difficult to set up
- 🐛 Buggy
- 🐛 Clunky interface
Bugs and requests
Bright
Reported bugs
28 issues- App crashes
- Data not loading
- Login issues
- Registration errors
- Password reset emails not received
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- Graphs too tall for screen
- Inconsistent billing data
- App stopped working
- Tariff information outdated
- Login issues with password managers
- Slow data loading
- Gas cost not showing
- Comparison views broken
- Font changed to Times New Roman
- Doesn't remember login
- App won't load anything on iOS 15.3
- Duplicate meters showing
- Server outage caused no data
- Smart meter display not recognized
- Authentication details not sent
- Login button not clickable until character re-typed
- Comparison views broken
- Gas Tariff not found
- App won't work on IOS 15.3
- Doesn't remember login
- Login button not clickable until character re-typed
- Gas Tariff not found
- App won't work on IOS 15.3
Requested features
8 requests- Export data (CSV)
- More data analysis
- iOS widget
- Support for dual-rate electricity tariffs (Economy 7)
- Apple Watch version
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- Ability for customer to override incorrect supplier data
- Face-ID login
- Live gas usage in graphical fashion
BG Home
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to change timer settings
- App crashes
- Connectivity issues
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Sunrise/sunset timer option
- Power metering
- Improved timer functionality
- Matter protocol support
- Modernized GUI
In-app purchases
Bright
No in-app purchases
BG Home
No in-app purchases
