Comparison

Casambi vs Lightcloud

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Casambi

Effortlessly personalize your lighting with wireless control. Create custom scenes, animations, and automate your lights from a smartphone or tablet. Seamlessly manage multiple devices and share access with others.

Highlights
  • Wireless lighting control
  • Customizable scenes and animations
  • Daylight and timed control
  • Visual control from photos
  • Network sharing with access rights
  • Control up to 250 devices per network
Features
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People today want to personalize their lighting experience and to do so in an instant. Casambi’s simple wireless lighting control system opens up a whole new world of possibilities in this respect. This uncomplicated yet feature-rich application enables you to seamlessly control your lighting from a smartphone or tablet. From daylight control to timed scenes, animations, and more… everything can be configured in this app. It contains everything you need for intelligent, flexible, and fully automated lighting controls. At your fingertips. Easy Commissioning: All Casambi-enabled products are configured and used with the Casambi app. The app’s intuitive design makes commissioning tasks so simple that they can be easily handled by nearly anyone. The pairing process is quick: The app will search for all powered Casambi-enabled devices within Bluetooth range of your mobile device. Control your entire lighting system from one app: Casambi provides one platform from which to control multiple components from luminaires to sensors, blinds, and more. Within the Casambi app, it is possible to create luminaire groups within a network, and then create multiple networks that can all link together. A single Casambi network can contain up to 250 devices and an endless number of networks can be created in a single site. From a single room, it is easy to upscale to building-level functionality and even expand to outdoor lighting. Control your lights from a photo: The app allows you to control lighting visually from a photo. Simply take a photo of the room in which the lights you wish to control are, upload it to the Gallery, and drag the desired control commands over the lighting fixtures within the picture. No need to remember which luminaire is which, you have a visual guide for decision-making ease. Create scenes for different lighting situations: The Scenes tab allows you to create and recall personalized lighting set-ups. One scene can control any variation of luminaires in your network, and luminaires can be used in multiple scenes. From simple lighting scenarios (such as circadian or daylight scenes) to animated and timed scenes, virtually any set-up can be configured, saved, and recalled in the app. Share your network and allow other devices to control your lighting: It is possible to control access rights to your lighting network and to define who interacts with it. An assigned ‘administrator’ can make all network changes and give access rights to new users. A ‘manager’ can make changes to all lighting control functionalities but cannot get access to passwords or decide who can access the network. A ‘user’ can only use the network but not make any changes. If you have several users and devices using the same network, any changes made with one device will be automatically adopted across all other devices using Casambi’s cloud service.

About

Lightcloud

This app allows remote control of commercial lighting systems, offering features like dimming and scene creation. It aims to optimize energy usage and reduce costs. Free technical support is available for users.

Highlights
  • Remote light control
  • Adjustable dimming
  • Customizable scenes
  • Energy savings up to 68%
  • Unlimited technical support
Features
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Control your lights from anywhere in the world with the Lightcloud app from the experts at RAB Lighting. Lightcloud is a simple and affordable commercial lighting control system that requires no commissioning and comes with a best-in-class 10-year warranty. Features: Dimming Easily adjust light levels in any area of your building. Scenes Quickly create customizable scenes to control multiple lights and make sure your lighting suits your needs. Activate a scene with a single tap in the Lightcloud app. Energy Savings Lightcloud can save you up to 68% on energy costs from lighting. The Lightcloud app is the fastest, easiest way for building occupants to tune the lighting in their space to use only what they need. Support Lightcloud app users can call 844-LIGHTCLOUD for free, unlimited technical support with their Lightcloud system. Requires: Lightcloud Gateway device

Screenshots

Casambi4 screens
Lightcloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightcloud at 100% against Casambi's 47%. Lightcloud also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and ads (none vs shown). Casambi's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lightcloud holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Casambi's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lightcloud's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Casambi ships an update monthly, Lightcloud every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Casambi versus Lightcloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCasambiLightcloud
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (15 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better10
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCasambi Technologies OyRAB Lighting Inc

Customer experience

Casambi

All ratings14 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative40.0%

Lightcloud

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Casambi

No in-app purchases

None

Lightcloud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Casambi free?
Casambi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lightcloud free?
Lightcloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Casambi or Lightcloud?
Lightcloud is rated higher. Casambi averages 3.5 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Lightcloud averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Casambi or Lightcloud have ads?
Casambi shows ads; Lightcloud does not.
Which is updated more often, Casambi or Lightcloud?
Casambi ships an update monthly, and Lightcloud every 4 months. Most recently, Casambi was updated on September 24, 2026 and Lightcloud on September 28, 2026.

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