ecobee by Generac vs Gemstone Lights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ecobee by Generac
This app integrates your home's comfort, security, and energy systems. It learns your patterns to automatically adjust settings for comfort, protection, and energy savings, all controllable remotely.
- Remote thermostat control
- Automatic energy savings
- Home security monitoring
- Energy production tracking
- Outage preparedness
- HVAC maintenance alerts
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The ecobee by Generac app connects your home’s comfort, security, and energy systems into one intelligent experience. Powerful on their own and brilliant together, ecobee and Generac products learn your home’s patterns, adapt automatically, and help keep you comfortable, protected, and prepared, wherever you are. Comfort and energy savings · Control your smart thermostat from anywhere. · Save energy automatically with devices that adapt to your schedule, occupancy, and comfort preferences. · Track energy use and savings with easy-to-read reports. · Get alerts for HVAC maintenance and air filter changes. · Lower utility bills with solar products that use stored energy when utility prices peak, saving you money automatically. Home security · Easily monitor and manage your Smart Doorbell Camera and SmartCamera. · See what’s happening in and around your home in real time. · Get real-time alerts for important activity, including people and packages with an ecobee Smart Security plan. Resilience and backup power · Manage your PWRcell 1 & 2 home battery systems, PWRmicro inverters and PWRManager load control systems directly in the app. · Monitor real-time and historical energy production and storage. · Stay prepared with Outage Guard, which tracks severe weather and automatically charges your battery ahead of potential outages. · Extend backup power during outages with intelligent coordination between your thermostat and battery system. Keep everything running smoothly, all in one place. Download the ecobee by Generac app today.
Gemstone Lights
Control your smart lights with an intuitive interface. Create custom patterns, set sunrise/sunset timers, and sync your settings to the cloud. Transform your home's ambiance effortlessly.
- Real-time pattern status
- Sunrise/sunset timers
- Offline timer support
- Cloud syncing for folders and patterns
- Intuitive interface
- Customizable lighting patterns
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Revolutionize your lighting experience with the new Gemstone Lights Hub2. Seamlessly control your lights, create patterns, and transform your home into a personalized haven of brilliance. Experience lighting control like never before. Enjoy a smoother, more intuitive interface for customizing and managing your Gemstone Lights. Key features include real-time pattern status, sunrise/sunset timers with offline support, and cloud syncing for your folders and patterns. Our new app ensures effortless lighting management anytime and anywhere.
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Verdict
ecobee by Generac and Gemstone Lights both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Gemstone Lights's written reviews are positive against 31% of ecobee by Generac's. Gemstone Lights also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). ecobee by Generac's advantage is ratings volume (226K vs 4.8K) and chart position (#86 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ecobee by Generac against 4.9 for Gemstone Lights. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ecobee by Generac has 226K ratings behind it against 4.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 31% of ecobee by Generac's written reviews are positive against 88% of Gemstone Lights's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ecobee by Generac | Gemstone Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (226K ratings) | 4.9 (4.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 226K — better | 4.8K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #86 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 564 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ecobee Ltd. | Gemstone Lights |
Customer experience
ecobee by Generac
Gemstone Lights
User reviews
ecobee by Generac
From 226K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient remote control
- 🔒 Secure connectivity
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 👍 Helpful scheduling features
- 👍 Reliable hardware
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app updates
- 🕰️ Slow app response times
- 🔀 Confusing UI changes
- 🔋 Frequent disconnections
- 🤖 Unreliable voice assistant integration
Gemstone Lights
From 4.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great app, even better than the first!
- 👍 Easier to use and more robust performance
- 👍 Extremely happy with my lights and the new features
- 👍 Fantastic!! Envy of the subdivision
- 👍 Absolutely best investment ever!
Room to improve
- 🐛 The app is really hard to use if you want to zone, support is terrible
- 🐛 This app is more awkward than the original and is missing key features, like dark mode
- 🐛 The sway pattern is not working the same way as it was with the original hub
- 🐛 Still missing folders and patterns, been out for a while and they still haven't been fixed
Bugs and requests
ecobee by Generac
Reported bugs
5 issues- Temperature settings not saving
- Sensor detection issues
- Frequent app crashes
- Broken widget functionality
- Account management problems
Requested features
5 requests- Multi-zone management options
- Customizable smart actions
- Flexible scheduling intervals
- Improved energy monitoring
- Seamless HomeKit integration
Gemstone Lights
Reported bugs
2 issues- Missing folders and patterns
- Sway pattern not working the same as original hub
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Fireworks folder and ISO folder to be complete
- Adjusting speed should not start over, and most flow settings should have no pause
In-app purchases
ecobee by Generac
No in-app purchases
Gemstone Lights
No in-app purchases
Questions
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