WiFi vs CloudyBay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WiFi
Control Ltech WiFi-104 series lighting controllers from your iPhone or iPad. Manage up to 12 zones with various lamp types, including static and dynamic color adjustments for RGB and RGBW lights. Save and load custom scenes for each zone.
- WiFi lighting control
- 12 zone management
- Multiple lamp types (DIM, CT, RGB, RGBW)
- Static brightness and color adjustment
- Dynamic color styles and scenes
- Scene saving and loading
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The software is used to control lighting through the iPhone or iPad by connecting the corresponding WiFi. The software only support Ltech WiFi-104 series controller products. The software support 12 zone control,Each zone can set to one of five kinds lamp: DIM(W),CT1(NW+WW), CT2(NW+WW+CW),RGB and RGBW. Each zone have four scenes to save or load. For DIM,CT1 and CT2 lamp, the software only support static bright adjust. For RGB and RGBW lamp, the software support static color adjust and many dynamic color styles.the user even can make any color jump,strobe gradual or fade dynamic styles.
CloudyBay
Control your smart lighting devices with a mobile app. Customize colors, brightness, and scenes for any room. Manage your lights remotely and integrate with voice control systems for a seamless smart home experience.
- 16 million color options
- Precise color and brightness adjustment
- Customizable lighting scenes
- Remote control from anywhere
- Voice control integration
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CloudyBay smart lighting devices, give different intelligent settings for every room, providing a smart lighting experience. 1. 16 million colors, meets every kind of your needs. 2. Accurate and smooth setting of color, dimming, cool and warm light etc. 3. Various scenes. One-touch to change different lighting atmospheres, easily transform your living room into a dance floor.. 4. Control your smart light regardless of distance. As long as you have a network, you can use smart phone to control the lights anytime, anywhere. 5. It can easily access your existing intelligent voice control system, enjoy hands-free and intelligent life from now on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WiFi at 8.0 against CloudyBay's 14.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.4 for WiFi against 2.5 for CloudyBay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 83 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 21% of WiFi's written reviews are positive against 18% of CloudyBay's.
WiFi ships an update every 4 months, CloudyBay every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | WiFi | CloudyBay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (34 ratings) | 2.5 (83 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews — better | 18.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 203 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Zhuhai Ltech Technology Co., Ltd. | CloudyBay Inc. |
Customer experience
WiFi
CloudyBay
Bugs and requests
WiFi
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CloudyBay
Reported bugs
15 issues- Lights stuck in pairing mode
- Lights disconnect and won't reconnect
- App only works a few days a week
- Lights disconnect every time
- App loses connection with lights, requires reset
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- Smart scenes don't work
- Group control portion of the app never works
- Connection times out during setup
- Lights randomly stop working
- Lights randomly lose connection
- Lights blink constantly
- Lights reset from warm light to bright white
- Lights go offline every single day
- Some lights don't connect to the app or are uncontrollable
- App doesn't remember custom settings after power on
Requested features
12 requests- More app options and customization for light patterns and colors
- Ability to change color on a schedule
- Add feature to group lights and modify them on the fly
- Rhythm feature should be available for groups of lights
- Anything set for individual lights should be available for groups
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- Add number value for white color adjustment
- Fix update issues where connection times out
- Make app intuitive and entertaining like Philips Hue
- Improve app/firmware to prevent lights from going offline
- Fix power on behavior so it remembers custom settings
- Provide an iPad version of the app
- Automate scenes again, don't require manual selection daily
In-app purchases
WiFi
No in-app purchases
CloudyBay
No in-app purchases
