YoLink vs MySmartLights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YoLink
Control a wide range of smart home devices, including lights, switches, thermostats, and cameras, through a central hub. This application enables comprehensive home automation and management.
- Control smart lights
- Manage smart switches and sockets
- Automate watering systems
- Monitor IP cameras
- Integrate with YoLink hub
- Home automation management
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YoLink APP is released by YoSmart Inc. This APP can control all YoSmart equipment through YoLink hub, including the LED strip lights, smart switch, smart socket, Thermostat, automatic watering system, IP camera and so on. Smart Home is also called smart house, intelligent home, and home automation. It is some application of Internet of Things
MySmartLights
Control your home's permanent holiday lighting with vibrant, full-color LEDs. Customize presets for various holidays and sync lights to music for effortless celebrations. Manage all your lighting from your phone.
- Full-color LED control
- Customizable holiday presets
- Music synchronization
- Remote phone control
- Year-round curb appeal
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MySmartLights by QuietCool is the ultimate app to control your home’s permanent holiday lighting with ease and style. Featuring vibrant, full-color LEDs, customizable presets for every occasion, like Christmas, 4th of July, Valentine's Day, and more. And with the ability to sync lights to your favorite music, MySmartLights makes celebrating effortless. Whether you’re setting the mood for a party or adding year-round curb appeal, control it all right from your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MySmartLights at 100% against YoLink's 43%. MySmartLights also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2). YoLink's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (51 vs 8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
MySmartLights holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YoLink has 51 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of YoLink's written reviews are positive against 100% of MySmartLights's.
YoLink ships an update every 3 weeks, MySmartLights every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YoLink | MySmartLights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (51 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 406 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | YoSmart | QC Manufacturing, Inc |
Customer experience
YoLink
MySmartLights
Bugs and requests
YoLink
Reported bugs
5 issues- App not working with iOS 15
- Frequent disconnections of hub and sensors
- Inability to save temperature alert ranges
- Alerts not working as expected
- Offline sensor issues
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve temperature/alarm setting controls
- Implement Apple Shortcuts support
- Add iPad app version
- Allow custom notification sounds
MySmartLights
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
YoLink
No in-app purchases
MySmartLights
No in-app purchases
