Comparison

Hoot Wifi vs RAB Lightcloud Blue

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

Head to head
About

Hoot Wifi

Manage your home's electric heating system remotely with this app. Set 7-day schedules or make on-the-fly adjustments to temperature for optimal comfort. Control baseboard, fan-forced, and radiant electric heaters from your smartphone or tablet.

Highlights
  • Remote thermostat control
  • 7-day scheduling
  • Temporary temperature adjustments
  • Control line voltage heaters
  • Smartphone and tablet compatible
Features
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Take control of your comfort with the Hoot Wifi. Hoot Wifi connected thermostats simplify managing your home comfort but allowing you instant control of any line voltage baseboard heater, fan forced heater or radiant electric heaters from a single app. Control your thermostat from anywhere by simply using your smartphone or tablet. You can program your thermostat based on your 7-day schedule or make temporary changes when needed. Offering simple thermostat programming and temperature control. Now That’s Smart!

About

RAB Lightcloud Blue

Control your lighting devices with a Bluetooth mesh system. Easily commission and manage thousands of lamps and fixtures from your phone. Customize lighting with dimming, color control, and create custom scenes and schedules.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth mesh system
  • Quick commissioning
  • Control thousands of devices
  • Customizable scenes and schedules
  • Circadian lighting (SmartShift)
  • Occupancy sensor control
  • At-Home and Emergency modes
Features
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The Lightcloud Blue products use a Bluetooth mesh system to quickly commission and control lighting devices. Scale as you need, with RAB’s vast lighting portfolio of Lightcloud Blue enabled products. Control thousands of different lamps and fixtures from your phone, or for added convenience use RAB’s handheld Remote Control. QUICK AND SIMPLE COMMISSIONING RAB’s simple-to-use mobile app allows users to quickly pair and commission a residence or even large commercial project, in record time. Each device in our Bluetooth Mesh system can communicate with any other device, eliminating the need for a Gateway or Hub. Lightcloud Blue offers the ability to commission hundreds of devices simultaneously and begin controlling your space in minutes. SECURE Lightcloud Blue offers the industrial-grade security communications within the mesh network. All messages within RAB’s Lightcloud Blue network are encrypted and authenticated. SCALABLE Lightcloud Blue allows users to grow their system from a handful of devices to up-to 3,000 devices per app login. As devices are added, the system’s range increases – no Gateways or Hub required. Learn how to expand your system even further with Lightcloud Enterprise at www.lightcloud.com. CUSTOMIZABLE Personalize your space with a click of a button. The mobile app offers easy on/off, dimming, and color control. Group lamps and fixtures into Areas for the ability to control multiple devices at once. Create Scenes and Schedules and assign them to individual devices or Areas to quickly configure the lighting for your space. LUMINAIRE LEVEL LIGHTING CONTROL (LLLC) Qualifies for LLLC utility incentive programs. Wireless, integrated Lightcloud Blue controls enable fast commissioning and simple management. Make quick adjustments to sensor settings directly from the mobile app, including occupancy/vacancy, sensitivity levels, and manual settings for occupancy timeout. Reduce energy costs and improve occupant experience with granular or Area control using occupancy, dimming, high-end trim and more. SMARTSHIFT SmartShift is a circadian lighting system that matches the natural patterns of daylight and helps our bodies get back in sync with the sun. When enabled, it automatically tunes the color and intensity of lamps and fixtures throughout the day, mimicking the sun's changing light as it rises and sets. We’ve already created some SmartShift Presets for you in the app or create your own for customizable control. SPECIALTY Lightcloud Blue offers unique embedded features such as At-Home and Emergency Mode. At-Home creates the appearance that the space is occupied, by automatically scheduling lamps and fixtures to randomly turn on, dim, and turn off throughout the day. Emergency Mode serves as a visual notification that, when enabled, will randomly flash the lights to deter trespassers or signal there is an emergency. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS iOS 13 or higher Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 4.0 or higher

Screenshots

Hoot Wifi4 screens
RAB Lightcloud Blue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RAB Lightcloud Blue at 3.2 against Hoot Wifi's 2.7. RAB Lightcloud Blue also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 33%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

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

RAB Lightcloud Blue holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Hoot Wifi's written reviews are positive against 43% of RAB Lightcloud Blue's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hoot Wifi ships an update every 2 months, RAB Lightcloud Blue every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hoot Wifi versus RAB Lightcloud Blue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoot WifiRAB Lightcloud Blue
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (6 ratings)3.2 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews42.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings621 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKing Electrical Manufacturing CompanyRAB Lighting Inc

Customer experience

Hoot Wifi

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%

RAB Lightcloud Blue

All ratings19 ratings
Positive47.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative42.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

Hoot Wifi

No in-app purchases

None

RAB Lightcloud Blue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hoot Wifi free?
Hoot Wifi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RAB Lightcloud Blue free?
RAB Lightcloud Blue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hoot Wifi or RAB Lightcloud Blue?
RAB Lightcloud Blue is rated higher. Hoot Wifi averages 2.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while RAB Lightcloud Blue averages 3.2 from 21 ratings.
Do Hoot Wifi or RAB Lightcloud Blue have ads?
Neither Hoot Wifi nor RAB Lightcloud Blue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hoot Wifi or RAB Lightcloud Blue?
Hoot Wifi ships an update every 2 months, and RAB Lightcloud Blue every 3 months. Most recently, Hoot Wifi was updated on October 13, 2026 and RAB Lightcloud Blue on October 22, 2026.

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