Comparison

Source BT vs Chameleon Lighting

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

Head to head
About

Source BT

Control intelligent LED spotlights with Bluetooth mesh technology. Adjust RGBW colors, brightness, and color temperature. Program custom lighting scenes for your fixtures.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth mesh control
  • RGBW color adjustment
  • Brightness and color temperature control
  • Fixture grouping
  • Custom scene programming
Features
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Intelligent LED color changing spotlight control application by CAST Lighting. Light fixtures are controlled using Bluetooth mesh technology. Functions include full RGBW light control of individual or fixture groupings, step less adjustment of brightness and color temperature according to requirements, and custom scene programming.

About

Chameleon Lighting

Control professional-grade addressable LED lights with pre-designed playlists and simple scheduling. Instantly apply holiday themes or dynamic animations without complex setup. Manage all your lights from a single dashboard.

Highlights
  • Professional playlists for instant light shows
  • Holiday-themed lighting presets
  • Dynamic animations and moods
  • Simple, automated scheduling
  • At-a-glance device status
  • Quick select favorites
  • Total power on/off control
Features
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Bring your home to life with Chameleon Lighting, the control center for your professional-grade addressable LED lights. No coding, no confusing setup, no light-by-light programming — just beautiful light, customized for you. ONE-TAP SHOWS, ALREADY DESIGNED A library of professionally designed playlists, ready to run. Holidays: Christmas, Halloween, Fourth of July, Easter and more, as complete multi-effect shows. Moods and animations: rainbows, ocean waves, firelight, aurora, and simple, elegant accent lighting. Dozens of effects — Fireworks, Twinkle Fade, Bouncing Balls, Meteor, Chase — each matched to a curated color palette. Browse the entire library before you ever create an account. SCHEDULING THAT RUNS ITSELF Add an event and it schedules itself. There is nothing else to set up. Holidays arrive on the right days every year, including the ones that move. Your team's colors run on game nights, following the real schedule. Sunrise and sunset are worked out for you, wherever you live. Choose your on and off times once and every event follows them — or give any single event its own. FAVORITES AND LIVE CONTROL Favorites on the Home screen: one tap puts a look on your lights right now, and turns them on if they were off. Now Playing shows what is running and what is coming up next, with brightness and speed you can move while it plays. Zones: split one controller across the roofline, the porch and the walkway, and send different content to each. Turn everything on or off from the main screen. MAKE IT YOUR OWN Studio: build your own playlists, patterns and color palettes — or start from anything in the library and change it. Quick Color: pick a color and it is on your lights immediately. See exactly how a pattern will lay out across your strip before it gets there. WORKS ON YOUR WI-FI, WITH OR WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Your controller runs on your own network. Find it, drive it, set its schedules and save its settings straight from the app — no account, no internet connection. When your internet is out, your lights carry on. Everything local stays free, always. BUILT FOR THE WHOLE HOUSE A free Chameleon account keeps your devices, schedules and creations in sync across every phone in the home. Set something up on one, and it is there on all of them. Your lights keep to their schedule whether the app is open or not. Activating a controller adds the cloud half: calendars that keep themselves current, live sports schedules, control from outside the house, and over-the-air firmware updates. One activation covers one controller — a single purchase, not a subscription. Designed to work exclusively with Chameleon Lighting hardware.

Screenshots

Source BT4 screens
Chameleon Lighting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chameleon Lighting at 100% against Source BT's 0%. Chameleon Lighting also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). 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

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

Chameleon Lighting holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Source BT's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chameleon Lighting's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Source BT ships an update monthly, Chameleon Lighting every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on July 19, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Source BT versus Chameleon Lighting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSource BTChameleon Lighting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (8 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCAST Lighting LLC.Jarrod Brown

Customer experience

Source BT

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Chameleon Lighting

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Source BT

No in-app purchases

None

Chameleon Lighting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Source BT free?
Source BT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chameleon Lighting free?
Chameleon Lighting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Source BT or Chameleon Lighting?
Chameleon Lighting is rated higher. Source BT averages 4.3 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Chameleon Lighting averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Source BT or Chameleon Lighting have ads?
Neither Source BT nor Chameleon Lighting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Source BT or Chameleon Lighting?
Source BT ships an update monthly, and Chameleon Lighting every 3 days. Most recently, Source BT was updated on July 19, 2026 and Chameleon Lighting on September 17, 2026.

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