Korex Home vs CloudyBay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Korex Home
Control all your smart home appliances from a single app. Enjoy remote security surveillance and set up home modes instantly with one button. Share access with family members for seamless control.
- Unified Wi-Fi control for all appliances
- Remote security surveillance
- One-button home mode settings
- Group sharing for family members
- Instant home experience
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Welcome to Korex Smart Make your home more comfortable and start a new experience from here 1.) Wifi control, one APP compatible for all appliances 2.) Remote security surveillance ,every corner at home is clearly and closely controlled 3.) Fast and instant home mode setting, by one button on APP 4.) Support group sharing, all member link on on APP
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 rating: Korex Home at 4.8 against CloudyBay's 2.5. Korex Home also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 18%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Korex Home holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 141 and 83 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Korex Home's written reviews are positive against 18% of CloudyBay's.
Korex Home ships an update every 10 months, CloudyBay every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Korex Home | CloudyBay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (141 ratings) — better | 2.5 (83 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 18.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 141 — better | 83 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 203 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | KOREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | CloudyBay Inc. |
Customer experience
Korex Home
CloudyBay
Bugs and requests
Korex Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CloudyBay
Reported bugs
15 issues- Lights stuck in pairing mode
- Lights disconnect and won't reconnect
- App only works a few days a week
- Lights disconnect every time
- App loses connection with lights, requires reset
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- Smart scenes don't work
- Group control portion of the app never works
- Connection times out during setup
- Lights randomly stop working
- Lights randomly lose connection
- Lights blink constantly
- Lights reset from warm light to bright white
- Lights go offline every single day
- Some lights don't connect to the app or are uncontrollable
- App doesn't remember custom settings after power on
Requested features
12 requests- More app options and customization for light patterns and colors
- Ability to change color on a schedule
- Add feature to group lights and modify them on the fly
- Rhythm feature should be available for groups of lights
- Anything set for individual lights should be available for groups
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- Add number value for white color adjustment
- Fix update issues where connection times out
- Make app intuitive and entertaining like Philips Hue
- Improve app/firmware to prevent lights from going offline
- Fix power on behavior so it remembers custom settings
- Provide an iPad version of the app
- Automate scenes again, don't require manual selection daily
In-app purchases
Korex Home
No in-app purchases
CloudyBay
No in-app purchases
