Bosso Lights vs Peaks 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.
Peaks Lighting
Control your permanent outdoor lighting system from your phone. Easily set colors, create dynamic effects, and schedule your lights for any occasion, from everyday elegance to holiday celebrations. Your lights stay connected and functional even without internet access.
- Full color wheel control
- Dynamic lighting effects
- Zone-based lighting customization
- Save and apply favorite scenes
- Pre-made scene library
- Automated scheduling
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Your home, lit your way — every night of the year. Peaks Lighting puts complete control of your permanent outdoor lighting right in your pocket. Set the perfect white for everyday curb appeal, pull up team colors for game night, or light up the whole roofline for the holidays — all in a few taps, no ladders, no taking anything down. Because your lights are permanently installed, they're always ready. And because the app talks to your system right over your home Wi-Fi, your lights keep working even if the internet goes down. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Pick any color with a full color wheel, or choose from quick-tap palettes - Run dynamic effects — twinkle, chase, fade, fire, comet, and more - Control your whole home or set different looks by zone - Save your favorites and apply them instantly A LOOK FOR EVERY OCCASION Start with a built-in library of ready-made scenes: - Holidays — Christmas, Halloween, July 4th, and more - Sports — team colors for the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL - Security — bold, attention-getting scenes for peace of mind - Exterior — warm and cool whites and accent washes for everyday elegance SET IT AND FORGET IT Schedule your lights to turn on at dusk and off at bedtime, so your home always looks its best — automatically. Peaks Lighting works with a professionally installed Peaks Lighting system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Peaks Lighting at 5.0 against Bosso Lights's 3.6. Peaks Lighting also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 weeks). Bosso Lights's advantage is ratings volume (140 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Peaks Lighting holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bosso Lights has 140 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bosso Lights ships an update every 3 weeks, Peaks Lighting every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bosso Lights | Peaks Lighting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (140 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 140 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bosso | Peaks Lighting, LLC |
Customer experience
Bosso Lights
Peaks Lighting
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
Peaks Lighting
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bosso Lights
No in-app purchases
Peaks Lighting
No in-app purchases
