LazyBone BLE vs RidgeRelay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LazyBone BLE
Control electrical devices like lamps and routers remotely using your smartphone via Bluetooth. This app provides an easy-to-use interface for managing power on/off for various appliances.
- Remote device power control
- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connectivity
- Easy-to-use interface
- Control lamps, routers, fans, and more
- Stable performance
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Do you want to control any electrical device on/off by your smart phone? If you also have this idea, ok, this 'Lazy Bone' is exactly what you need. ‘Lazy Bone’ is a new product of TinySine Electronics, which has a good performance of stablity and it's very easy to use. It can control a lamp, router, fan and other electrical equipments on and off by your iphone or ipad.This is a bluetooth APP for BLE lazybone.
RidgeRelay
Control up to six relay outputs directly from your iPhone. Personalize relay names, icons, and colors. Monitor live hardware status via Bluetooth connection.
- Control six relay outputs
- Customize relay names
- Personalize icons and colors
- View live hardware status
- Bluetooth connectivity
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RidgeRelay lets you control six relay outputs from your iPhone. Customize relay names, icons, and colors while viewing live hardware-reported status over Bluetooth.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RidgeRelay at 5.0 against LazyBone BLE's 3.3. LazyBone BLE's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). 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.
RidgeRelay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
LazyBone BLE ships an update every 12 months, RidgeRelay every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LazyBone BLE | RidgeRelay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 飞 吴 | SWITCHED KINETIC IDEAS LLC |
Customer experience
LazyBone BLE
RidgeRelay
In-app purchases
LazyBone BLE
No in-app purchases
RidgeRelay
No in-app purchases
