ShredLights vs Chubby Buttons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShredLights
Wirelessly control and customize your ShredLights+ devices with a single tap. This app offers seamless integration for managing your lighting setup.
- Wireless control
- Device customization
- Single-tap operation
- Seamless integration
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The ShredLights app allows you to customize and control all of your ShredLights+ with a single tap.
Chubby Buttons
This companion app allows users to connect and update their Chubby Buttons 2 device. It facilitates seamless integration for enhanced functionality and ensures your device is running the latest software.
- Connect to Chubby Buttons 2
- Update device firmware
- Companion functionality
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Chubby Buttons Mobile App to connect and update Chubby Buttons 2!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShredLights at 75% against Chubby Buttons's 0%. ShredLights also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.2). Chubby Buttons's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). 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.
ShredLights holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of ShredLights's written reviews are positive against 0% of Chubby Buttons's.
ShredLights ships an update every 6 weeks, Chubby Buttons every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShredLights | Chubby Buttons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (11 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShredLights inc. | Chubby Buttons, LLC |
Customer experience
ShredLights
Chubby Buttons
In-app purchases
ShredLights
No in-app purchases
Chubby Buttons
No in-app purchases
Questions
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