GLOWRIUM vs WhaTo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GLOWRIUM
Control smart lighting devices via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Customize colors, set scenes, and simulate natural light changes throughout the day. Requires iOS 13.0+ and specific Bluetooth/Wi-Fi versions.
- Bluetooth and Wi-Fi control
- Intelligent multi-area control
- Spectrum setting and automatic operation
- Independent color channel customization
- Multi-scene preset lighting
- Phased ecological simulation
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Smarter Plant Assistant Starts with Better Light. GLOWRIUM APP is newly upgraded to deliver a smarter and more convenient lighting experience for indoor plants and modern homes. By connecting with GLOWRIUM smart grow lights, you can easily control brightness, timer schedules, Circadian Mode (Sunrise and Sunset mode), and multiple plant lighting types to create a better light environment for every plant. With the upgraded Plant Assistant feature, GLOWRIUM APP provides lighting suggestions and plant care references based on plant type, helping you care for indoor plants in a smarter and more scientific way. From a single plant to an entire room, and from daily routines to everyday well-being, GLOWRIUM APP brings smart lighting naturally into your life. GLOWRIUM—Where Innovation and Quality Shine.
WhaTo
This app simplifies group decision-making for activities like dining, watching movies, or streaming. Users swipe to match preferences, revealing collective choices and popular alternatives. It offers both group and solo decision modes without requiring an account.
- Group decision making
- Real-time matching
- Restaurant suggestions (Yelp)
- Movie/TV show browsing (TMDB)
- Solo decision mode
- No account required
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"What do you want to eat?" "I don't know, what do you want to eat?" Tired of this game? WhaTo helps you and your friends decide — fast. Pick a topic — Eat? Watch? Stream? — then swipe to match. WhaTo shows what everyone agreed on, as well as the runners up. Features: • Swipe through restaurants near you, powered by Yelp • Browse trending movies and TV shows from TMDB • Filter by cuisine, genre, rating, and more • Decide together: create a group, invite friends via SMS, and match in real time • Decide solo: swipe on your own when you just need a pick • No account needed — just open and swipe No ads. No data collection. No purchases. Just decisions, made easier.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WhaTo at 5.0 against GLOWRIUM's 2.4. WhaTo also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). GLOWRIUM's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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.
WhaTo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GLOWRIUM has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GLOWRIUM ships an update every 2 months, WhaTo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GLOWRIUM | WhaTo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (35 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xingyang Hicent Technology Co., Ltd. | Brian Hill |
Customer experience
GLOWRIUM
WhaTo
In-app purchases
GLOWRIUM
No in-app purchases
WhaTo
No in-app purchases
