Bosso Lights vs So Brite Lighting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bosso Lights
Transform your home's exterior with customizable smart lighting. Create vibrant displays for holidays, game days, or everyday ambiance. Enjoy permanent, user-friendly accent and security lighting solutions.
- Accent lighting
- Security lighting
- Festive lighting
- Customizable displays
- Permanent home lighting
- User experience focused
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Enhance your home with accent, security, festive lighting, and more with Bosso Smart Lighting. Showcase your home with Bosso, the top choice for permanent home lighting. We've created a brand that puts your experience first and where every detail is carefully considered. Whether you want to show off on game day, celebrate the holidays, or provide an illuminating ambiance, you'll be able to customize your lights however you like, whenever you like.
So Brite Lighting
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So Brite is a Cloud Based app with multiple functions, you connect via Bluetooth or WIFI. It has hundreds patterns, effects, and many unique folders with numerous features. The app includes music control, voice control, Timers, individual LED Control, Access to Millions of combinations, IC types, device sharing, 4 outputs channels, 12 segments can be made for each channel etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: So Brite Lighting at 12.0 against Bosso Lights's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Bosso Lights ships an update every 3 weeks, So Brite Lighting monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and May 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bosso Lights | So Brite Lighting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (132 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 55.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 132 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bosso | So-Brite Inc |
Bugs and requests
Bosso Lights
Reported bugs
14 issues- Schedule settings fail to execute properly
- Lights turn on/off inconsistently or partially
- App requires re-entering WiFi credentials after updates
- Manual button presses require multiple attempts to register
- App freezes intermittently
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- End date validation allows invalid date ranges
- Lights malfunction after 2 months of use
- Rogue light programs run without user scheduling
- SSID entry screen causes login failures
- Save button cut off on phone screens
- Schedule presets not applying correctly across multiple systems
- App crashes or becomes unresponsive
- Lights display wrong preset than scheduled
- Default scene settings removed in recent update
Requested features
14 requests- Music synchronization feature
- Virtual linking of multiple controllers
- Face ID or biometric login option
- Save login credentials functionality
- Advanced effects similar to Light-O-Rama
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- More preset designs and patterns
- Default scene settings restoration
- Priority scheduling for overlapping events
- Lower brightness level settings
- Copy/paste functionality between zones
- Custom preset folder organization
- Ability to modify existing schedules
- Skip button for tutorial videos
- Automatic login persistence
So Brite Lighting
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bosso Lights
No in-app purchases
So Brite Lighting
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bosso Lights free?
Is So Brite Lighting free?
Do Bosso Lights or So Brite Lighting have ads?
Which is updated more often, Bosso Lights or So Brite Lighting?
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