Joinin Home vs Ylight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Joinin Home
Easily control your smart home appliances remotely. Turn devices on or off, adjust settings like brightness and color, and set timers directly from your smartphone. Setup is simple, connecting your smart devices to the app in a few quick steps.
- Remote appliance control
- Turn devices on/off
- Adjust brightness and color
- Set device timers
- Simple device configuration
- Rename smart devices
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Joinin Home products help you control home appliance.You can simply turn on or turn off your smart device. There’s no need to go to the switch to adjust your smart device - just use our app. After connecting Joinin Home to your smart device products in a few simple steps: (1). Download our "Joinin Home" app in App Store; (2). Register an account in our "Joinin Home" app; (3). You need to have some Joinin Home smart devices in hand; (4). Configure these devices in our "Joinin Home" app and change appropriate name for your devices which will be used in "Joinin Home Smart" skills; (5). Control the work of smart devices through the Joinin Home app, such as: brightness, color, timing (6). Now all setup is finished.
Ylight
This smart home app connects to your desk lamps via Bluetooth, offering enhanced color options and expanded functionality. It focuses on simplifying user interaction with your lighting.
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Extended color options
- Enhanced lamp functions
- Easy user interaction
- Smart home control
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Joinin Home at 3.3 against Ylight's 2.0. Joinin Home also leads on ratings volume (67 vs 6) and review sentiment (13% vs 0%). Ylight's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Joinin Home holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Joinin Home has 67 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Joinin Home's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ylight's.
Joinin Home ships an update every 8 months, Ylight every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Joinin Home | Ylight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (67 ratings) — better | 2.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Juxing Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. | Linhai Yixin Photoelectric Technology Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
Joinin Home
Ylight
In-app purchases
Joinin Home
No in-app purchases
Ylight
No in-app purchases
