Comparison

CloudyBay vs BRmesh

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

Head to head
About

CloudyBay

Control your smart lighting devices with a mobile app. Customize colors, brightness, and scenes for any room. Manage your lights remotely and integrate with voice control systems for a seamless smart home experience.

Highlights
  • 16 million color options
  • Precise color and brightness adjustment
  • Customizable lighting scenes
  • Remote control from anywhere
  • Voice control integration
Features
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CloudyBay smart lighting devices, give different intelligent settings for every room, providing a smart lighting experience. 1. 16 million colors, meets every kind of your needs. 2. Accurate and smooth setting of color, dimming, cool and warm light etc. 3. Various scenes. One-touch to change different lighting atmospheres, easily transform your living room into a dance floor.. 4. Control your smart light regardless of distance. As long as you have a network, you can use smart phone to control the lights anytime, anywhere. 5. It can easily access your existing intelligent voice control system, enjoy hands-free and intelligent life from now on.

About

BRmesh

Control your Bluetooth smart lights with an intuitive app. Manage individual lights, groups, or all lights simultaneously. Create custom lighting scenes and schedule automatic on/off times for daily use or ambiance.

Highlights
  • Area-based light control
  • Individual and group control
  • Customizable scenes
  • Scheduled on/off timers
  • Control up to 240 lights
Features
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Bluetooth smart light with APP control. Can be used for daily lighting and atmosphere lighting. Concise and practical control page: the lights can be divided into areas, the whole, individual or selective control of the light can be achieved through shortcut keys, which is very convenient and quick. Can control up to 240 lights. Built-in Newly Developed Timing Chips: You can set your favorite color to turn on and off on time everyday automatically. Scene: You can individually set the color or mode for each light, combine it into your favorite scene and save it, and one key to start when you need.

Screenshots

CloudyBay4 screens
BRmesh3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BRmesh at fortnightly against CloudyBay's every 7 months. BRmesh also leads on ratings volume (299 vs 84). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.5 for CloudyBay against 2.4 for BRmesh. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 84 and 299 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 18% of CloudyBay's written reviews are positive against 25% of BRmesh's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CloudyBay ships an update every 7 months, BRmesh fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CloudyBay versus BRmesh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudyBayBRmesh
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (84 ratings) — better2.4 (299 ratings)
Positive reviews18.4% of reviews25.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84299 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB15 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperCloudyBay Inc.坤明 杨

Customer experience

CloudyBay

All ratings83 ratings
Positive33.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative62.7%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive18.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative76.3%

BRmesh

All ratings297 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral12.5%
Negative58.9%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive25.2%
Neutral18.6%
Negative56.2%

User reviews

CloudyBay

From 84 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Nice product, can change color
  • 👍 Great product, easy setup
  • 💡 Works great for years, uses Alexa
  • 💡 Seamless installation and great performance
  • 💡 Great product, can control via app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Lights stop working
  • 🐛 App is lazily made, lacks features
  • 🐛 No color schedule option
  • 🐛 App is inconsistent and unreliable
  • 🐛 Lights disconnect randomly

BRmesh

From 299 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy setup and connection
  • 👍 Good range of color options
  • 💡 Sharing and grouping features
  • 🎨 Decent lighting effects and modes

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes when changing colors
  • 🔌 Unreliable connection and disconnection issues
  • 📱 Limited app functionality and customization
  • 🕰️ Lack of timer and scheduling options

Bugs and requests

CloudyBay

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Lights stuck in pairing mode
  • Lights disconnect and won't reconnect
  • App only works a few days a week
  • Lights disconnect every time
  • App loses connection with lights, requires reset
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  • Smart scenes don't work
  • Group control portion of the app never works
  • Connection times out during setup
  • Lights randomly stop working
  • Lights randomly lose connection
  • Lights blink constantly
  • Lights reset from warm light to bright white
  • Lights go offline every single day
  • Some lights don't connect to the app or are uncontrollable
  • App doesn't remember custom settings after power on

Requested features

12 requests
  • More app options and customization for light patterns and colors
  • Ability to change color on a schedule
  • Add feature to group lights and modify them on the fly
  • Rhythm feature should be available for groups of lights
  • Anything set for individual lights should be available for groups
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  • Add number value for white color adjustment
  • Fix update issues where connection times out
  • Make app intuitive and entertaining like Philips Hue
  • Improve app/firmware to prevent lights from going offline
  • Fix power on behavior so it remembers custom settings
  • Provide an iPad version of the app
  • Automate scenes again, don't require manual selection daily

BRmesh

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when selecting individual lights
  • Sharing and QR code functionality not working as expected
  • Inconsistent performance after app updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to set custom colors for DIY modes
  • More granular control over lighting effects and speed
  • Integration with smart home platforms like Alexa and Google Home
  • Improved music sync and rhythm modes

In-app purchases

None

CloudyBay

No in-app purchases

None

BRmesh

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CloudyBay free?
CloudyBay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BRmesh free?
BRmesh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CloudyBay or BRmesh?
CloudyBay is rated higher. CloudyBay averages 2.5 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while BRmesh averages 2.4 from 299 ratings.
Do CloudyBay or BRmesh have ads?
Neither CloudyBay nor BRmesh shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CloudyBay or BRmesh?
CloudyBay ships an update every 7 months, and BRmesh fortnightly. Most recently, CloudyBay was updated on November 3, 2026 and BRmesh on November 3, 2026.

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