JellyFish Designer Cloud vs TruLight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JellyFish Designer Cloud
Control and design your exterior accent and holiday lights with cloud connectivity. Create custom light shows with various effects and schedules for any occasion, or choose from pre-made holiday programs.
- Cloud connectivity for remote control
- Pre-made holiday light programs
- Customizable light sequences (Chase, Paint, etc.)
- Lightning and twinkle effects
- Scheduled and event-based lighting
- Multi-zone lighting control
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Introducing JellyFish Designer Cloud, the latest generation of the JellyFish Lighting app that brings your exterior accent and holiday lights to life with cloud connectivity, giving you the power to transform your home's ambiance with a simple touch on your mobile device. -Allows control and design of JellyFish Exterior Accent and Holiday Lights. -Includes programs for Christmas, Easter, Fall, Spring, Halloween, and Fourth of July. -Create your own programs with sequences such as Chase, Paint, Color, Stacker, Multi Paint, and Fireworks. -Add lightning and twinkle effect. -Easily modify patterns to progress from one color to another. -Start scheduled lights daily -Start lights on special events such as Holidays and Birthdays. -Different patterns or colors can be displayed at the same time on different parts of a house or business.
TruLight
Control smart lighting devices with a wide range of patterns and customization options. Connect via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to manage music and voice control, set schedules, and share devices with others.
- 160 standard patterns
- 52 holiday patterns
- Music and voice control
- Scheduling
- Multi-group management
- Device sharing
- Wi-Fi reset
- Firmware updates
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Trulight is an intelligent app offering various features that connect through Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. It includes 160 standard patterns and 52 holiday-themed patterns. Key functions of the app include music and voice control, scheduling, multi-group management, device sharing, Wi-Fi reset, firmware updates, and more.
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Verdict
JellyFish Designer Cloud and TruLight both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 90% of TruLight's written reviews are positive against 32% of JellyFish Designer Cloud's. TruLight also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). JellyFish Designer Cloud's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 17). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for JellyFish Designer Cloud against 4.5 for TruLight. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JellyFish Designer Cloud has 4.6K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 32% of JellyFish Designer Cloud's written reviews are positive against 90% of TruLight's.
JellyFish Designer Cloud ships an update every 2 months, TruLight every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JellyFish Designer Cloud | TruLight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better | 4.5 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.4% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — 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 | 77 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Big Fish Automation | The TruLight Solutions LLP |
Customer experience
JellyFish Designer Cloud
TruLight
Bugs and requests
JellyFish Designer Cloud
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
TruLight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
JellyFish Designer Cloud
No in-app purchases
TruLight
No in-app purchases
Questions
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