Mi vs CloudyBay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mi
Control your smart lights with your phone. Adjust colors, brightness, and dynamic modes. Schedule lighting changes and sync with music for an immersive experience.
- Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity
- Color ring and gravity ball control
- Adjustable color temperature
- Dynamic lighting modes
- Musical color changing
- Timer function
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1. Bluetooth 4.0 2. Color Ring, Gravity Ball, Color Temperature Adjustable 3. Dynamic Modes 4. Musical Color Changing 5. Timer Function 6. Youtube Link: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XOTIwMjgyNzQ4.html
CloudyBay
Control your smart lighting devices with a mobile app. Customize colors, brightness, and scenes for any room. Manage your lights remotely and integrate with voice control systems for a seamless smart home experience.
- 16 million color options
- Precise color and brightness adjustment
- Customizable lighting scenes
- Remote control from anywhere
- Voice control integration
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CloudyBay smart lighting devices, give different intelligent settings for every room, providing a smart lighting experience. 1. 16 million colors, meets every kind of your needs. 2. Accurate and smooth setting of color, dimming, cool and warm light etc. 3. Various scenes. One-touch to change different lighting atmospheres, easily transform your living room into a dance floor.. 4. Control your smart light regardless of distance. As long as you have a network, you can use smart phone to control the lights anytime, anywhere. 5. It can easily access your existing intelligent voice control system, enjoy hands-free and intelligent life from now on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mi at every 9 days against CloudyBay's every 7 months. Mi also leads on rating (2.8 vs 2.5) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 14.0). CloudyBay's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 6). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Mi holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CloudyBay has 83 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 11% of Mi's written reviews are positive against 18% of CloudyBay's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mi ships an update every 9 days, CloudyBay every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mi | CloudyBay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (6 ratings) — better | 2.5 (83 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 18.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 203 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 明杰 蔺 | CloudyBay Inc. |
Customer experience
Mi
CloudyBay
In-app purchases
Mi
No in-app purchases
CloudyBay
No in-app purchases
