Comparison

Jolly Lights vs Yule Beam

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

Head to head
About

Jolly Lights

Add festive holiday lights to your photos or create original illuminated art. Customize bulb size, color, and placement, and enhance your creations with frames and text. Share your animated light designs as videos or GIFs.

Highlights
  • Holiday light decoration
  • Customizable bulb editor
  • Themed photo frames
  • Text overlays
  • Light animation timers
  • Video and GIF export
Features
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Decorate your favorite photos with strands of holiday lights, or create free-form lighted works of art! * Change bulb sizes, colors, spacing, placement, and more with our innovative Jolly Lights editor. * Enhance your photo or drawing with a holiday themed frame. * Add text overlays to communicate your message. * Choose one of two timers to animate your lights. * Share 10-second videos, animated GIFs, and single frame photos with friends and family. [Some frames require an In-App Purchase.] [Text mode requires an In-App Purchase.] Jolly Lights and Wrinkle-free Games are trademarks of Wrinkle-free Games, LLC.

About

Yule Beam

This app helps professional holiday light installers visualize and plan their projects. It offers tools for mock-ups, including various bulb colors, greenery backdrops, and overlay options for decorations. The app also includes features for time management and customer information organization.

Highlights
  • Customizable bulb colors
  • Greenery backdrops for garlands
  • Overlay mode for decorations
  • Scene saving and editing
  • Folder-based file system
  • Time management and event planning
  • Pro frames with alpha slider
Features
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Yule Beam Increase your productivity and boost the quality of lighting mock-up. Yule Beam is Designed specifically for professional holiday light installers. There's few features that helps user to navigate into our App. • Warm white, cool white, and sun warm white bulb colors • Greenery backdrops on strands to create free-form garlands • Overlay mode to add wreaths, bows, and your own custom images • Button to quickly save a scene and continue editing • Folder-based file system to better organize and locate scenes • Shrub nets, pillar wraps, and lit strand loops • Searchable, displayable text notes in each scene • Calendas, help with time management,add Note, Notiffy you about the appointment or future appointment or events , planning, and keeping track of significant dates ,events or customers information. • Pro frames with edge darkening borders and alpha slider • Support for All iPad & IPhone UNLIMITED ACCESS MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION * Subscribe to enjoy unlimited access to all features of the Yule Beam app. * Subscriptions are billed on a Monthly, 6 Months & Annual, depending on the plan you choose. * Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account upon confirmation of purchase. * Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. * Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. The cost depends on the plan selected. * You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. * Any unused portion of the free trial will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Service : https://yulebeam.com/terms-condition Privacy Policy : https://yulebeam.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Yule Beam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Yule Beam at 5.0 against Jolly Lights's 4.4. Yule Beam also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Jolly Lights's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Jolly Lights sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Yule Beam sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $69.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yule Beam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jolly Lights has 55 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Jolly Lights's written reviews are positive against 100% of Yule Beam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jolly Lights ships an update every 9 months, Yule Beam weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Jolly Lights versus Yule Beam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJolly LightsYule Beam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (55 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings55 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB344 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWrinkle-free Games, LLCAmuri Msafiri

Customer experience

Jolly Lights

All ratings49 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative16.7%

Yule Beam

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Jolly Lights

One-time4
  • Holiday Pack #1$1.99
  • Unlock Text Mode$1.99
  • Holiday Pack #2$1.99
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  • Holiday Pack #3$1.99
4 purchases

Yule Beam

Subscriptions3
  • Silver Plan7 Days trial$69.997 Days
  • Gold Plan7 Days trial$99.996 Months
  • Platinum Plan7 Days trial$169.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$299.99

Questions

Is Jolly Lights free?
Jolly Lights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yule Beam free?
Yule Beam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Jolly Lights or Yule Beam?
Yule Beam is rated higher. Jolly Lights averages 4.4 out of 5 from 55 ratings, while Yule Beam averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Jolly Lights or Yule Beam have ads?
Neither Jolly Lights nor Yule Beam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jolly Lights or Yule Beam?
Jolly Lights ships an update every 9 months, and Yule Beam weekly. Most recently, Jolly Lights was updated on November 6, 2026 and Yule Beam on October 30, 2026.

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