ColorfulLight vs SF ESS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColorfulLight
Control your ColorfulLight series LED devices using Bluetooth 4.0. This application allows for seamless management of your lighting setup directly from your smartphone.
- Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity
- Control LED devices
- Manage ColorfulLight series
- Smartphone control
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This App helps you to control ColorfulLight series LED devices via Bluetooth 4.0.
SF ESS
Manage your work schedule, request time off, and view performance metrics. Receive important communication updates directly from your employer. Features may differ based on your specific retailer.
- Schedule management
- Time off requests
- Performance viewing
- Communication updates
- Retailer-specific options
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StoreForce ESS App allows employees of StoreForce Retailers to manage their schedules and time off requests, view their performance and receive communication updates. Options available will vary by Retailer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SF ESS at 4.7 against ColorfulLight's 2.0. SF ESS also leads on ratings volume (8.4K vs 119). ColorfulLight's advantage is review sentiment (13% vs 3%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). 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.
SF ESS holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SF ESS has 8.4K ratings behind it against 119, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of ColorfulLight's written reviews are positive against 3% of SF ESS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ColorfulLight ships an update every 5 weeks, SF ESS monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorfulLight | SF ESS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (119 ratings) | 4.7 (8.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.4% of reviews — better | 2.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 119 | 8.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Macrothings Technology Co., Ltd. | StoreForce Solutions Inc. |
Customer experience
ColorfulLight
SF ESS
User reviews
ColorfulLight
From 119 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Colors show well
- 💡 Basic functionality works
- 💡 Lamp is cool
- 💡 Lights look great
- 💡 Works great!
Room to improve
- 🐛 Music sync issues
- 🐛 Voice feature useless
- 🐛 Needs update badly
- 🐛 Weird sound at higher brightness
- 🐛 Limited color options
SF ESS
From 8.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient scheduling
- 💡 Ability to sync with calendar
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant glitches and crashes
- 💤 Slow and unresponsive
- 🤯 Confusing and unintuitive UI
- 🔒 Login issues and lack of security features
Bugs and requests
ColorfulLight
Reported bugs
64 issues- Cannot sync with music
- Voice feature is useless
- Weird sound at higher brightness
- Connectivity issues
- No instructions for pairing
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- App doesn't work
- Colors are dark, drab, and ugly
- Headlights stop matching colors
- No security, neighbor can change light color
- Cannot remember color presets
- Not integrated with HomeKit or automation
- Brightness turns white
- Music feature is unusable
- Color palate in 'light effects' is messed up
- Unreliable connection, 'No LED is connected'
- Cannot create new patterns with normal colors
- Music setting does nothing
- App stopped working, no information to work lights
- Not connecting
- No videos on how it works
- Cannot select colors using the wheel
- Only three colors available
- Preset customization has dull colors
- Music feature didn't work
- Options of colors are terrible
- Lack of custom presets that include color and brightness
- Goes to closest preprogrammed one each time
- Lights no longer connect
- Constantly have to restart app
- Takes forever just to change color
- Won't turn to landscape mode on iPad
- Cannot connect with Bluetooth
- No guide or instructions
- App doesn't connect to lights
- Doesn't scan QR code
- Music feature doesn't work
- App imports iTunes library but nothing plays
- App quit working after update, black screen, no Bluetooth connect
- App doesn't show QR code scanning page
- App not working, won't let me scan QR code
- Choppy with second light, won't connect with third
- Phone will not pair with lights
- App kept crashing
- Cannot connect at all
- App help not in English
- Music option doesn't work, gestures don't work, everything else unusable
- App won't cooperate
- Gray screen, nothing else
- Lights stuck at red
- App does not work
- Gray screen when opening app
- Some features do not work
- Color doesn't change
- Music feature is the only thing that doesn't work
- Only lets me play purchased songs
- Cannot control each headlight separately
- App needs overhaul
- It's not working suddenly
- Music player loads but will not play
- Crashes every time it's used
- App freezes constantly
- Group of lights only lasts one day
- Doesn't auto reconnect
- App instantly crashes with Bluetooth
Requested features
16 requests- Update for more adjustability and colors
- Open to bright setting
- Link to radio as music function
- More cool options for preset customization
- Ability to save presets
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- Second row of colors that can be customized
- Option to remember last setting
- Master color default option
- Wake up alarm feature
- Remember brightness setting
- Control each headlight separately
- More flash patterns
- Sync with Spotify
- Set on and off times
- Turn on and off lights with shake setting
- Turn to landscape mode on iPad
SF ESS
Reported bugs
4 issues- Can't log in or access schedule
- Shifts not updating or displaying correctly
- Constant crashing and freezing
- Notification issues
Requested features
4 requests- Bring back monthly calendar view
- Improve scheduling visibility and clarity
- Add ability to see coworker schedules
- Integrate with more calendar apps
In-app purchases
ColorfulLight
No in-app purchases
SF ESS
No in-app purchases
