Comparison

Bright vs ATRIA MESH

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/).

About

ATRIA MESH

Manage your Strong smart network devices with this official app. It offers features like self-organizing networks, topology visualization, access control, QoS, and firmware upgrades, simplifying router management.

Highlights
  • Self-organizing network
  • Networking topology visualization
  • Blacklist/whitelist control
  • QoS and Firewall settings
  • Firmware upgrade
Features
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ATRIA Mesh is the Official APP for Strong smart network devices. Management over ATRIA Mesh AP/Router could be easily done through this APP. Exciting features include self-organizing, networking topology, blacklist/whitelist control, QoS and Firewall setting, firmware upgrade, etc. It's the APP that makes your life easier and smarter, by freeing you from traditional and tedious router managment tasks.

Screenshots

Bright4 screens
ATRIA MESH4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bright at 51% against ATRIA MESH's 0%. Bright also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). ATRIA MESH's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bright holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Bright's written reviews are positive against 0% of ATRIA MESH's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bright versus ATRIA MESH: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrightATRIA MESH
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHILDEBRAND TECHNOLOGY LTDShenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology Co.,Ltd.

Customer experience

Bright

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive50.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative45.1%

ATRIA MESH

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative96.0%

Bugs and requests

Bright

Reported bugs

28 issues
  • App crashes
  • Data not loading
  • Login issues
  • Registration errors
  • Password reset emails not received
Show 23 more
  • 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
Show 3 more
  • Ability for customer to override incorrect supplier data
  • Face-ID login
  • Live gas usage in graphical fashion

ATRIA MESH

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bright

No in-app purchases

None

ATRIA MESH

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bright free?
Bright is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ATRIA MESH free?
ATRIA MESH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bright or ATRIA MESH?
Bright is rated higher. Bright averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ATRIA MESH averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Bright or ATRIA MESH have ads?
Neither Bright nor ATRIA MESH shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bright or ATRIA MESH?
Bright ships an update every 2 months, and ATRIA MESH every 2 months. Most recently, Bright was updated on October 12, 2026 and ATRIA MESH on October 15, 2026.

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