Oelo Evolution vs Our People
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oelo Evolution
Control your Oelo lighting system with this app. Organize lighting patterns by holiday, share them with friends, and explore over 55 pre-set themes. Create custom lighting programs with limitless color combinations and dynamic movement for year-round display.
- Holiday-themed pattern organization
- Pattern sharing with friends
- Over 55 pre-set patterns
- Customizable lighting programs
- Global remote control
- 12-month pattern scheduling
- Automatic on/off settings
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Introducing the Oelo Evolution app, the pinnacle of control for Oelo lighting systems. Revolutionize your lighting experience with features tailored for ultimate convenience and creativity. With Patterns organized by holidays, effortlessly navigate through your favorite themes. Share patterns seamlessly with friends and family, and explore over 55 pre-set patterns, including 2 patterns for each professional sports team, pre-set whites, and default colors. Oelo stands out as the premier lighting system offering limitless color combinations and dynamic movement, empowering you to craft custom lighting programs unlike any other permanent holiday lights. Our patented channel ensures durability and allows for year-round display. Save your preferred patterns for quick access and set your system to automatically turn on and off for added convenience. Control your lights from anywhere globally or schedule patterns up to 12 months in advance. Elevate your lighting experience with the Oelo Evolution app Must have Oelo Evolution controller
Our People
This app helps families dealing with memory loss by quickly displaying names and relationships associated with faces. It features a simple interface with large text and photos, allowing for easy access to information during conversations. Family members can share a common library through iCloud.
- Name and relationship lookup
- Large, clear photos and text
- Simple, intuitive interface
- Family sharing via iCloud
- Offline functionality
- Customizable relationship suggestions
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Our People helps families living with memory loss put names to faces. When someone comes up in conversation and the name won't come, open Our People, type a few letters or tap a face, and hold up the phone: a big photo, the person's name, and who they are — "Daughter", "Neighbor", "Friend from church" — in letters large enough to read across the room. That's the whole app. No menus to learn, no gestures to remember, nothing to get lost in. HOW IT WORKS • Add someone in three taps: choose a photo (or take one), frame the face, type a name and who they are. Relationships are suggested as you type. • Add many at once: pick several people from your iPhone's contacts, and their names and photos are already filled in. • Find them in a moment: a grid of faces on the home screen, and a search box that's always in reach. Searching "daughter" works when the name won't come. • Keep households together: put a family like "The Parks" behind one circle, so the faces you look for every day stay at the top. Tap the circle to see everyone in it. • See who it is: tap any face for a full-screen photo with the name and relationship underneath. SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILY One library on everyone's iPhone. Set it up once, then send a link by text — or just read someone the code on screen. Everyone who joins sees the same people and can add more, through a private family link, with no accounts to create and no passwords to remember. MADE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO USE IT • Big and clear: large type, high contrast, and photos that fill the screen. Works text sizes. • Nothing to learn: every screen does one job, and nothing hides behind a swipe or a long press. • Two ways to set it up: for yourself, or for someone you care for. Set up for your the way so a stray tap can't change anything. • Needs the internet only once, to get set up — after that, your people stay right on your phone. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos and names are stored privately for your family, not shared or sold. No collected beyond what you add. Contacts you don't add are never saved. Our People is free for up to 50 people and 3 phones per family. Our People Unlimite, lifts both for every family you're part of. It was built for one family — ahusband helping his wife's mother keep the people she loves in view — and shared in the hope it helps yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Our People at 5.0 against Oelo Evolution's 4.0. Oelo Evolution's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (20 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Our People sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Oelo Evolution asks for nothing beyond the download.
Our People holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oelo Evolution has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Oelo Evolution ships an update monthly, Our People every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oelo Evolution | Our People |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oelo LLC | Keenan Kaufman |
Customer experience
Oelo Evolution
Our People
In-app purchases
Oelo Evolution
No in-app purchases
Our People
- Our People Unlimited$9.99
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