Comparison

CloudyBay vs SUNVIE

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

SUNVIE

Control your smart home devices remotely for energy efficiency and convenience. Manage multiple devices from one app, set up custom tasks, and share access with family members for a seamless smart living experience.

Highlights
  • Remote device control
  • Energy-efficient performance
  • Centralized multi-device management
  • Flexible task configuration
  • Device sharing among family
  • Intelligent device interconnection
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1. Offers remote control capabilities, ensuring peace of mind with energy-efficient performance and the convenience of being activated anytime and anywhere at the user's discretion. 2. Supports simultaneous addition of multiple devices, enabling centralized control of all smart home devices through a single application. 3. Allows flexible task configuration and one-click operation of multiple devices and tasks. 4. Multi-device intelligent interconnection facilitates a seamless and effortless smart lifestyle. 5. Enables device sharing among family members, allowing the entire household to conveniently enjoy a smart living experience.

Screenshots

CloudyBay4 screens
SUNVIE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SUNVIE at 5.0 against CloudyBay's 2.5. CloudyBay's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

SUNVIE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CloudyBay has 83 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CloudyBay versus SUNVIE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudyBaySUNVIE
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (83 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings83 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB220 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperCloudyBay Inc.Shaanxi Shengwei Times Lighting Trading Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

CloudyBay

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

SUNVIE

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

SUNVIE

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CloudyBay

No in-app purchases

None

SUNVIE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CloudyBay free?
CloudyBay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SUNVIE free?
SUNVIE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CloudyBay or SUNVIE?
SUNVIE is rated higher. CloudyBay averages 2.5 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while SUNVIE averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CloudyBay or SUNVIE have ads?
Neither CloudyBay nor SUNVIE shows ads.

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