Intermatic Connect vs ChromaBright
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Intermatic Connect
Manage multiple smart devices, including lighting and pool equipment, with custom schedules. This app offers intuitive control for homeowners and installers, enabling energy efficiency and convenience from anywhere, with or without Wi-Fi.
- Manage multiple smart devices
- Create and update schedules
- Control lighting, pool, and spa equipment
- Intuitive mobile interface
- Energy efficiency optimization
- Wi-Fi and non-Wi-Fi operation
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The Intermatic Connect app lets you manage multiple Intermatic Smart devices. Create and update schedules for lighting, pool and spa equipment, and more. It’s specially designed to help installers and homeowners save time and money. Our intuitive mobile app provides quick and easy access to a wide range of Intermatic Smart Timer functions, including ON/OFF, schedule updates, template selection and more! Create consistent schedules that boost energy efficiency while adding an extra layer of comfort to your home. From initial timer setup to simple tasks like turning off the lights, our mobile app ensures installers and homeowners are always in control. No Wi-Fi? No problem. Use this app to program your Intermatic smart timer with or without a Wi-Fi connection from anywhere inside your home. Gain access to all of the features you love from the palm of your hand, including ON/OFF status changes, template selection, Astronomic ON/OFF settings, Daylight Saving Time adjustments and standard schedule updates.
ChromaBright
Control your Philips ChromaBright lighting system with this intuitive app. Customize colors, create dynamic light shows, and even design your own patterns with millions of color options and pre-set functions.
- Millions of color options
- 132 pre-set function options
- Edit pre-set functions
- Create custom functions
- DIY light show design
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Group up to 5 light sets
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Illuminate your space, your way, using the Philips ChromaBright™ app and lighting system. Control your lights from your smart phone or tablet using the ChromaBright™ app. The easy-to-use app allows you to customize the interior and exterior of your home which includes many DIY capabilities. Simple Bluetooth connectivity allows for up to 5 sets to be grouped together, with over 16 million color and 132 pre-set function options. Customize your light show: Functions: Choose from 132 pre-set function options, edit any of the 132 pre-set function options by changing the colors, function, and function speed, or create your very own function. LED Colors: Choose from over 16 million customizable color options. DIY Capabilities: Create your own functions and color patterns, or create your own curtain light image using the “Scribble” feature.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ChromaBright at 5.0 against Intermatic Connect's 3.6. ChromaBright also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 18.0). Intermatic Connect's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (9 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ChromaBright holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Intermatic Connect has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Intermatic Connect's written reviews are positive against 20% of ChromaBright's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Intermatic Connect ships an update every 2 months, ChromaBright every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Intermatic Connect | ChromaBright |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 429 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intermatic LLC | Seasonal Specialties LLC |
Customer experience
Intermatic Connect
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In-app purchases
Intermatic Connect
No in-app purchases
ChromaBright
No in-app purchases
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