Comparison

RAB Lightcloud Blue vs Meeple Guild

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

Head to head
About

RAB Lightcloud Blue

Control your lighting devices with a Bluetooth mesh system. Easily commission and manage thousands of lamps and fixtures from your phone. Customize lighting with dimming, color control, and create custom scenes and schedules.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth mesh system
  • Quick commissioning
  • Control thousands of devices
  • Customizable scenes and schedules
  • Circadian lighting (SmartShift)
  • Occupancy sensor control
  • At-Home and Emergency modes
Features
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The Lightcloud Blue products use a Bluetooth mesh system to quickly commission and control lighting devices. Scale as you need, with RAB’s vast lighting portfolio of Lightcloud Blue enabled products. Control thousands of different lamps and fixtures from your phone, or for added convenience use RAB’s handheld Remote Control. QUICK AND SIMPLE COMMISSIONING RAB’s simple-to-use mobile app allows users to quickly pair and commission a residence or even large commercial project, in record time. Each device in our Bluetooth Mesh system can communicate with any other device, eliminating the need for a Gateway or Hub. Lightcloud Blue offers the ability to commission hundreds of devices simultaneously and begin controlling your space in minutes. SECURE Lightcloud Blue offers the industrial-grade security communications within the mesh network. All messages within RAB’s Lightcloud Blue network are encrypted and authenticated. SCALABLE Lightcloud Blue allows users to grow their system from a handful of devices to up-to 3,000 devices per app login. As devices are added, the system’s range increases – no Gateways or Hub required. Learn how to expand your system even further with Lightcloud Enterprise at www.lightcloud.com. CUSTOMIZABLE Personalize your space with a click of a button. The mobile app offers easy on/off, dimming, and color control. Group lamps and fixtures into Areas for the ability to control multiple devices at once. Create Scenes and Schedules and assign them to individual devices or Areas to quickly configure the lighting for your space. LUMINAIRE LEVEL LIGHTING CONTROL (LLLC) Qualifies for LLLC utility incentive programs. Wireless, integrated Lightcloud Blue controls enable fast commissioning and simple management. Make quick adjustments to sensor settings directly from the mobile app, including occupancy/vacancy, sensitivity levels, and manual settings for occupancy timeout. Reduce energy costs and improve occupant experience with granular or Area control using occupancy, dimming, high-end trim and more. SMARTSHIFT SmartShift is a circadian lighting system that matches the natural patterns of daylight and helps our bodies get back in sync with the sun. When enabled, it automatically tunes the color and intensity of lamps and fixtures throughout the day, mimicking the sun's changing light as it rises and sets. We’ve already created some SmartShift Presets for you in the app or create your own for customizable control. SPECIALTY Lightcloud Blue offers unique embedded features such as At-Home and Emergency Mode. At-Home creates the appearance that the space is occupied, by automatically scheduling lamps and fixtures to randomly turn on, dim, and turn off throughout the day. Emergency Mode serves as a visual notification that, when enabled, will randomly flash the lights to deter trespassers or signal there is an emergency. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS iOS 13 or higher Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 4.0 or higher

About

Meeple Guild

Organize board game nights, manage your game collection, and connect with local players. This app helps you plan events, suggest games based on attendee counts, and track your game sleeves. It also offers play logging and rulebook assistance for a smoother gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Plan game nights and collect RSVPs
  • Suggest games based on attendee count
  • Import board game collections from BoardGameGeek
  • Track game sleeves and create shopping lists
  • Log game plays at the table
  • Rulebook answers with citations (Pro feature)
Features
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Plan the night. Pick the game everyone can play. Find your people. Meeple Guild is one app for board-game nights, collections, and the local play community. Confirm who's coming, and your group's combined shelves are narrowed to the games that actually fit the head-count — no more twenty-minute stand-off in front of the shelf. — Game nights: create a night, invite your group, collect RSVPs. Guests can RSVP without an account. — Suggestions: the confirmed head-count filters everyone's libraries to what you can actually play, with voting when the group wants a say. — Your shelf: import from BoardGameGeek, scan a barcode, or add by hand. Meeple Guild sits beside BGG, never replaces it. — Sleeves: the record nobody else keeps — which sleeves fit every game you own, and one shopping list across your whole collection. — Play logging: who played what, logged at the table in one step. Never metered. — Rulebook answers (Pro): ask a rule question in plain language and get a cited answer from the actual rulebook — and an honest "the rulebook doesn't cover that" when it doesn't. Free to use for your shelf, your nights, and your plays. Meeple Guild Pro ($4.99/month or $39.99/year) adds sleeve tracking beyond 10 games, multiple upcoming nights, advanced stats, and rulebook answers. The price is always visible, and there's no pressure — upgrade when it's worth it to you. Terms of use: https://meepleguild.app/terms Privacy policy: https://meepleguild.app/privacy

Screenshots

RAB Lightcloud Blue4 screens
Meeple Guild4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Meeple Guild at 100% against RAB Lightcloud Blue's 43%. Meeple Guild also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). RAB Lightcloud Blue's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (21 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Meeple Guild sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. RAB Lightcloud Blue asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Meeple Guild holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RAB Lightcloud Blue has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of RAB Lightcloud Blue's written reviews are positive against 100% of Meeple Guild's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RAB Lightcloud Blue ships an update every 3 months, Meeple Guild every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
RAB Lightcloud Blue versus Meeple Guild: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRAB Lightcloud BlueMeeple Guild
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (21 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRAB Lighting IncTyler Miller

Customer experience

RAB Lightcloud Blue

All ratings19 ratings
Positive47.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative42.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

Meeple Guild

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RAB Lightcloud Blue

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Meeple Guild

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is RAB Lightcloud Blue free?
RAB Lightcloud Blue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meeple Guild free?
Meeple Guild is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RAB Lightcloud Blue or Meeple Guild?
Meeple Guild is rated higher. RAB Lightcloud Blue averages 3.2 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Meeple Guild averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RAB Lightcloud Blue or Meeple Guild have ads?
Neither RAB Lightcloud Blue nor Meeple Guild shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RAB Lightcloud Blue or Meeple Guild?
RAB Lightcloud Blue ships an update every 3 months, and Meeple Guild every 5 days. Most recently, RAB Lightcloud Blue was updated on October 22, 2026 and Meeple Guild on October 24, 2026.

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