Comparison

LIGHTIFY vs SYLVANIA Smart WiFi

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

Head to head
About

LIGHTIFY

Control your home and garden lighting from anywhere in the world with this mobile app. Customize colors, brightness, and create dynamic light effects to enhance your living space and improve safety, all while potentially reducing power consumption.

Highlights
  • Remote lighting control
  • Customizable colors and brightness
  • Create light effects
  • Control home and garden lighting
  • Remote access via internet
  • Energy saving features
Features
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Your mobile light control of the future The LIGHTIFY app is your mobile control center for the complete LIGHTIFY system. The app contains many exciting functions and settings, enabling you to customize your lighting. You can carry out a wide range of modifications to your home and garden lighting at any time, playfully with simple wiping movements on your mobile device: In a matter of seconds and via the Internet from anywhere in the world. LIGHTIFY: lighting has never been as much fun as this! And light has never been so individual, enriching and helpful. LIGHTIFY brings the future of lighting into your home and garden. Light controlled by a mobile app. Connected lighting that adapts at all times to your desires and lifestyle. More flexibility, color, excitement and emotion. A greater feeling of safety. And less power consumption. Let your creativity run free! Simply play around with your lighting. Try out new ideas. And surprise both yourself and your guests with really great light effects. It couldn´t be simpler: LIGHTIFY installation in 3 steps: 1. Download the free LIGHTIFY app on your smartphone or tablet PC 2. Insert the LIGHTIFY gateway into the socket and connect it to your WLAN router 3. Install your LIGHTIFY lamps and luminaires and follow the app instructions We’d appreciate it if you could review our privacy policy (https://www.osram.com/cb/lightify/lightify-privacy-policy/index.jsp) and terms of use (https://www.osram.com/cb/lightify/lightify-terms-of-use/index.jsp), which you need to accept before using the LIGHTIFY system.  It's important information about what you can and can't do with LIGHTIFY, and how we protect your privacy.

About

SYLVANIA Smart WiFi

Control your smart lighting devices remotely. Organize lights by room, customize colors and brightness, and set schedules. Integrate with voice assistants for hands-free operation.

Highlights
  • Quick device setup
  • Organize devices by groups/rooms
  • Remote control from anywhere
  • Voice control with Alexa/Google Assistant
  • Dynamic color presets and custom effects
  • Music sync lighting
  • Bio-Adaptive Lighting mode
  • Vacation Mode
  • Create automations and schedules
  • Share device controls
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Manage your SYLVANIA Smart WiFi devices with SYLVANIA Smart WiFi App. • Quick and Easy Setup – connect new devices in seconds. • Organize your devices by groups and rooms to control them with a simple touch. • Control your devices from anywhere – turn on/off, customize the brightness and color to match your mood, an occasion, or the time of day. You can use the app to control your devices wherever you have an internet connection. • Voice control – use Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant smart speaker to control your devices with just your voice. It’s as easy as, “Alexa, turn the lights to red,” or say, “Hey Google, dim the lights to 50%.” • Use default dynamic presets of color effects or customize your own. • Sync your compatible color lights to the sound of your music and have a party. • Regulate your circadian rhythm with Bio-Adaptive Lighting mode with compatible lighting devices. You can use the default setting or customize your own setting. The light will automatically change color and brightness based on the time of day. • When away from home, use the Vacation Mode to fool burglars. • Create automations to simplify your life. Never return home to a dark house. Set timer to turn on the lights to wake you up in the morning. You can even use it to indicate the weather – for example turning the light to blue if it’s raining outside. • Share controls with friends and family. Rethink, reimagine, and relive your home experience with SYLVANIA SMART+ devices. For more information about SYLVANIA SMART WiFi products, visit https://shop.ledvanceus.com

Screenshots

LIGHTIFY4 screens
SYLVANIA Smart WiFi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SYLVANIA Smart WiFi at 4.6 against LIGHTIFY's 4.0. SYLVANIA Smart WiFi also leads on ratings volume (7.4K vs 2.4K). On price, review sentiment, 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

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

SYLVANIA Smart WiFi holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.4K and 7.4K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of LIGHTIFY's written reviews are positive against 25% of SYLVANIA Smart WiFi's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
LIGHTIFY versus SYLVANIA Smart WiFi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLIGHTIFYSYLVANIA Smart WiFi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2.4K ratings)4.6 (7.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.7% of reviews — better24.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2.4K7.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB220 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOSRAM GmbHLEDVANCE LLC

Customer experience

LIGHTIFY

All ratings2,408 ratings
Positive74.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative20.3%
Written reviews338 reviews
Positive25.7%
Neutral10.4%
Negative63.9%

SYLVANIA Smart WiFi

All ratings7,374 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive24.5%
Neutral14.2%
Negative61.3%

User reviews

LIGHTIFY

From 2.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Great product
  • 🚀 Worked flawlessly
  • 👍 Awesome product
  • 👍 Very pleased

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Freezes on agree page
  • 🐛 No support to install app
  • 🐛 Completely abandoned
  • 🐛 Current update won't support lights
  • 🐛 Not intuitive

SYLVANIA Smart WiFi

From 7.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to set up
  • 🔒 Reliable connection
  • 👍 Convenient voice control
  • 👍 Affordable pricing
  • 👍 Customizable lighting effects

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent disconnections and offline issues
  • 🐛 Buggy app updates causing functionality loss
  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance and responsiveness
  • 👎 Lack of HomeKit/Apple Home integration
  • 👎 Confusing app UI and settings

Bugs and requests

LIGHTIFY

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Gateway firmware update breaks connectivity
  • Lights randomly turn on/off
  • Schedules disappear after bulb turns on
  • Lights default to cool white on power-on
  • Upgrade process disables all other features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sunset/sunrise scheduling
  • Integration with smart assistants
  • Ability to set dynamic presets
  • Fading between scenes
  • Ping-based scene triggers

SYLVANIA Smart WiFi

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Lights randomly turning on/off
  • Schedules and timers not working as expected
  • Inability to delete groups of devices
  • Bioadaptive lighting feature not functioning

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved scheduling and automation features
  • Better group/room management
  • More granular color and brightness controls
  • Integration with other smart home platforms

In-app purchases

None

LIGHTIFY

No in-app purchases

None

SYLVANIA Smart WiFi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LIGHTIFY free?
LIGHTIFY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SYLVANIA Smart WiFi free?
SYLVANIA Smart WiFi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LIGHTIFY or SYLVANIA Smart WiFi?
SYLVANIA Smart WiFi is rated higher. LIGHTIFY averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while SYLVANIA Smart WiFi averages 4.6 from 7.4K ratings.
Do LIGHTIFY or SYLVANIA Smart WiFi have ads?
Neither LIGHTIFY nor SYLVANIA Smart WiFi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LIGHTIFY or SYLVANIA Smart WiFi?
LIGHTIFY ships an update every 2 months, and SYLVANIA Smart WiFi every 2 months. Most recently, LIGHTIFY was updated on October 24, 2026 and SYLVANIA Smart WiFi on October 23, 2026.

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