Gemstone Lights vs Avia Lighting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gemstone Lights
Control your smart lights with an intuitive interface. Create custom patterns, set sunrise/sunset timers, and sync your settings to the cloud. Transform your home's ambiance effortlessly.
- Real-time pattern status
- Sunrise/sunset timers
- Offline timer support
- Cloud syncing for folders and patterns
- Intuitive interface
- Customizable lighting patterns
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Revolutionize your lighting experience with the new Gemstone Lights Hub2. Seamlessly control your lights, create patterns, and transform your home into a personalized haven of brilliance. Experience lighting control like never before. Enjoy a smoother, more intuitive interface for customizing and managing your Gemstone Lights. Key features include real-time pattern status, sunrise/sunset timers with offline support, and cloud syncing for your folders and patterns. Our new app ensures effortless lighting management anytime and anywhere.
Avia Lighting
Control and manage your smart lighting products with this app. It offers innovative and reliable solutions to enhance your living spaces with intelligent lighting that adapts to your needs.
- Smart lighting control
- Innovative products
- Reliable solutions
- Adaptive lighting
- Enhance living spaces
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At Avia Lighting, we pride ourselves on offering top-tier smart lighting products that are both innovative and reliable. Our mission is to enhance your living spaces with intelligent lighting that adapts to your needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gemstone Lights at 4.9 against Avia Lighting's 2.6. Gemstone Lights also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 50%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 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.
Gemstone Lights holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gemstone Lights has 4.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Gemstone Lights's written reviews are positive against 50% of Avia Lighting's.
Gemstone Lights ships an update fortnightly, Avia Lighting every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gemstone Lights | Avia Lighting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.6K ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 1995282 Alberta Ltd | Big Foot Forward LLC |
Customer experience
Gemstone Lights
Avia Lighting
Bugs and requests
Gemstone Lights
Reported bugs
2 issues- Missing folders and patterns
- Sway pattern not working the same as original hub
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Fireworks folder and ISO folder to be complete
- Adjusting speed should not start over, and most flow settings should have no pause
Avia Lighting
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gemstone Lights
No in-app purchases
Avia Lighting
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Gemstone Lights free?
Is Avia Lighting free?
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