Firefly Permanent Lights vs CybVu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firefly Permanent Lights
Customize your home's accent lighting with millions of colors and over 100 preset patterns. Control individual lights and create schedules for holidays and daily routines. Showcase your home with unique, personalized light displays.
- Millions of color options
- 20+ movement and effect patterns
- 102 preset patterns
- Individual light control
- Customizable white hues
- Saveable timers and schedules
- Calendar event integration
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Choose from over 16 million colors to create custom patterns with 20+ movements and effects. Also select from 102 preset patterns. Control each light individually to create accent lighting that best showcases your home. Choose which lights to turn on and their colors, including any hue of white. You can save timers for nightly and weekly schedules, as well as calendar events for holidays and special occasions.
CybVu
This intelligent monitoring app allows real-time surveillance and device management for families and teams. It supports various camera systems, offers AI-driven scene recognition for automated alerts, and provides flexible sharing of device permissions.
- Real-time monitoring
- Video playback
- PTZ control
- Two-way audio
- AI-driven scene recognition
- Automated rule configuration
- Real-time notifications
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CybVu is an intelligent monitoring app designed for families and teams, compatible with DVRs, NVRs, and IP cameras. With a simple and intuitive interface, it enables real-time monitoring, video playback, PTZ control, and two-way audio for seamless device management. Users can add important devices to a favorites list for quick access and share device permissions flexibly with multi-level access control. Powered by AI-driven scene recognition and group management, CybVu offers advanced scenario-based settings, allowing users to configure automated rules such as nighttime surveillance or area intrusion alerts. The app also provides real-time notifications, instantly alerting users to abnormalities for timely responses. CybVu enhances efficiency and adapts to diverse scenarios, making it an ideal solution for modern smart security needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CybVu at 100% against Firefly Permanent Lights's 50%. CybVu also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
CybVu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Firefly Permanent Lights's written reviews are positive against 100% of CybVu's.
Firefly Permanent Lights ships an update every 3 weeks, CybVu monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firefly Permanent Lights | CybVu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 409 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Firefly Solar & Lights LLC | Zhuhai Glory Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Firefly Permanent Lights
CybVu
In-app purchases
Firefly Permanent Lights
No in-app purchases
CybVu
No in-app purchases
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