Oelo vs Gemstone Lights HUB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oelo
Design custom holiday lighting with a multi-color system that allows infinite color mixing and movement. Save favorite patterns and schedule your lights to turn on and off automatically for convenience.
- Multi-color lighting system
- Infinite color mixing
- Add movement to lights
- Create custom lighting programs
- Save favorite patterns
- Schedule automatic on/off times
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Unlike other permanent holiday lights, Oelo is the only multi-color system that lets you mix and match infinite color options while adding movement to create your own custom lighting programs. With the app, you can save your favorite patterns for ease, and you can set your system to turn on (and off) by itself for added convenience.
Gemstone Lights HUB
Control your smart outdoor lighting system from anywhere. Create custom color scenes for any occasion, set schedules, and choose from a library of animations. Enjoy warm white LEDs and dimmable brightness for versatile ambiance.
- Cloud-enabled remote control
- Customizable color scenes
- Warm white LED option
- Dimmable lighting
- Downloadable patterns and animations
- Multiple timer scheduling
- Architectural lighting control
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The Gemstone Lights™ app is designed to be used with our newest cloud-based "HUB" controller. Customers can now control and program the Gemstone Lights™ Track system and Deck system. Cloud-based secure sign in. Control your lights from anywhere there is a network or cellular connection. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE COLORS Create Multiple Colors to showcase your favorite Sports Teams, National Holidays, Charity Events, Birthdays and More! (Including Christmas) WARM WHITE LED Our Lights include a 4th Warm White LED. Mix and match RGB with W to get a full array of colors. Use the warm white for soft ambient lighting, all year round. DIMMABLE LIGHTS Gemstone Lights are BRIGHT and you can easily dim them to a light glow with the slide of a button. DOWNLOADABLE PATTERNS & ANIMATIONS Enjoy hundreds of pre-built colors, patterns, themes, and animations. MESMERIZING ANIMATIONS With our preset animations, you can create flowing patterns, fades, jumps, shifts and other fun or elegant movements. SET MULTIPLE TIMERS No need to buy external timers, Gemstone Lights App allows the user to program multiple timers. Repeat yearly for birthdays or change every hour of the day, you are in control of what colors and patterns turn on. ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Enjoy complete control and versatility. Turn on a couple of lights for beautiful architectural lighting, light up a sidewalk or the entrance to your home. Options are endless!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gemstone Lights HUB at 4.9 against Oelo's 4.4. Gemstone Lights HUB also leads on ratings volume (4.4K vs 16) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Oelo's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Gemstone Lights HUB holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gemstone Lights HUB has 4.4K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 60% and 60% positive.
Oelo ships an update every 2 months, Gemstone Lights HUB monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oelo | Gemstone Lights HUB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) | 4.9 (4.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 59.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 4.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oelo LLC | 1995282 Alberta Ltd |
Customer experience
Oelo
Gemstone Lights HUB
Bugs and requests
Oelo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Gemstone Lights HUB
Reported bugs
5 issues- Timers not working as expected
- App crashes after recent updates
- Difficulty connecting to Bluetooth
- Inconsistent light behavior across devices
- Inability to change passwords in the app
Requested features
5 requests- Add Apple HomeKit integration
- Improve timer and scheduling functionality
- Implement a 'now playing' feature
- Allow more than 10 custom light configurations
- Provide a preview mode for testing light patterns
In-app purchases
Oelo
No in-app purchases
Gemstone Lights HUB
No in-app purchases
