WordPress vs Lightning Beauty
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WordPress
Manage and create your WordPress blog or website directly from your iOS device. Edit posts and pages, upload media, track site statistics, and engage with your audience by replying to comments. This open-source tool empowers you to publish content on the go.
- Create and edit posts and pages
- Upload photos and videos
- View site statistics
- Reply to comments
- Supports WordPress.com and self-hosted sites
- Open Source project
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Manage or create your WordPress blog or website right from your iOS device: create and edit posts and pages, upload your favorite photos and videos, view stats and reply to comments. With WordPress for iOS, you have the power to publish in the palm of your hand. Draft a spontaneous haiku from the couch. Snap and post a photo on your lunch break. Respond to your latest comments, or check your stats to see what new countries today’s visitors are coming from. WordPress for iOS is an Open Source project, which means you too can contribute to its development. Learn more at https://apps.wordpress.com/contribute/. WordPress for iOS supports WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress.org sites running WordPress 4.0 or higher. Need help with the app? Visit the forums at https://wordpress.org/support/forum/mobile/ or tweet us @WordPressiOS. View the Privacy Notice for California Users at https://automattic.com/privacy/#california-consumer-privacy-act-ccpa.
Lightning Beauty
Manage client appointments and session history with customizable templates. This app helps you log appointments and track customer details efficiently, serving as a digital client session history book.
- Client session history tracking
- Customizable session templates
- Appointment logging
- Customer tracking
- Digital client book
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Use Lightning Beauty as your go to client session history book! Easily create a template for your personal and customized session and log appointments and keep track of you customers.
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Verdict
WordPress and Lightning Beauty both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Lightning Beauty's written reviews are positive against 37% of WordPress's. Lightning Beauty also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). WordPress's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (22K vs 2). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Lightning Beauty sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. WordPress asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for WordPress against 4.5 for Lightning Beauty. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WordPress has 22K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 37% of WordPress's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lightning Beauty's.
WordPress ships an update every 3 weeks, Lightning Beauty every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WordPress | Lightning Beauty |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (22K ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 36.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 239 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Automattic | KED, LLC |
Customer experience
WordPress
Lightning Beauty
Bugs and requests
WordPress
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to upload photos properly
- Drafts disappearing without warning
- Formatting issues with text, lists, and media
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
- Login and authentication problems
Requested features
5 requests- Integrate Gutenberg editor
- Add option to adjust uploaded photo sizes
- Improve offline editing capabilities
- Enhance integration with other apps and services
- Provide more customization options
Lightning Beauty
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WordPress
No in-app purchases
Lightning Beauty
- Lightning Beauty+7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Lightning Beauty Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Lightning Beauty+ Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
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- Lightning Beauty Premium7 Days trial$199.001 Year
Questions
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