Oelo vs Haven Lighting
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.
Haven Lighting
Control your smart lighting system remotely. Adjust brightness, color, and warmth to enhance your home or landscape's architectural beauty. Connect and manage multiple controllers via WiFi.
- Remote lighting control
- Brightness adjustment
- Color and warmth settings
- Add and manage controllers
- WiFi connectivity
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Haven PRO iOS Application is for end-users who have installed the Haven Lighting at their location of choice (home, office, outdoor, Landscape, etc.). Using this application users can log in and add a controller (Lighting) using WiFi. A controller can connect to the home network. Users can operate all Controllers using the iOS application. Users can control the lights in terms of their operation such as light ON/OFF, unparalleled brightness, rich color, and warm white temperature adjustments to best highlight the architectural beauty of that location.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Oelo at 4.4 against Haven Lighting's 3.2. Oelo also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 35%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Haven Lighting's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Oelo holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Oelo's written reviews are positive against 35% of Haven Lighting's.
Oelo ships an update every 2 months, Haven Lighting every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oelo | Haven Lighting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) — better | 3.2 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 35.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oelo LLC | Jonathan Fazekas |
Customer experience
Oelo
Haven Lighting
In-app purchases
Oelo
No in-app purchases
Haven Lighting
No in-app purchases
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