Comparison

Yeelight Classic vs Yore

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

Head to head
About

Yeelight Classic

Control a wide range of Yeelight smart home devices, including bulbs, strips, and lamps. Manage your lighting and fan lights remotely for a connected home experience.

Highlights
  • Control smart bulbs
  • Manage smart strips
  • Operate ceiling lights
  • Control fan lights
  • Use table lamps
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Yeelight consumer smart home products can be controlled with Yeelight App, including bulbs, strips, ceilling lights, fan lighst, table lamps etc.

About

Yore

Features
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Yore counts the days. Forward and back. Birthdays. Anniversaries. Deadlines. Sober streaks. Trips. Yore counts to them - and from them - with a clean, photo-first design that turns each event into something you actually want to look at. THE HERO NUMBER Every event becomes a giant, ultra-light number on your home screen. No clutter. No noise. Just the count. PHOTO BACKGROUNDS Tap once to add a photo. Yore finds the face or focal point and crops the image to sit beautifully behind your day count. WIDGETS EVERYWHERE • Home screen: Small, Medium, Large • Lock screen: Rectangular, Circular, Inline • Long-press any widget to pick exactly which event it tracks THEMES Five hand-tuned themes - Light, Dark, Sand, Ocean, Mono. Pick the one that fits your mood and Yore paints the entire app to match. iCLOUD SYNC Your events follow you across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Backed up automatically through your own iCloud account. POSTCARD SHARE Long-press any event and tap Share to generate a 4:5 editorial postcard - perfect for Instagram or sending to the person who shares the date. PREMIUM Free Yore tracks one event with the Light theme. Yore Premium unlocks unlimited events, every theme, photo backgrounds, and every widget size. Available as a weekly or annual subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Auto-renewable subscriptions renew at the end of each period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Lifetime is a one-time purchase with no recurring billing. Privacy Policy: https://yagl.app/yore/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Yeelight Classic4 screens
Yore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yeelight Classic at none against Yore's 3. Yeelight Classic also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Yore sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Yeelight Classic asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Yeelight Classic versus Yore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYeelight ClassicYore
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (351 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings351 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQingdao Yeelink Information Technology Co., Ltd.Hleb Rastsisheuski

Bugs and requests

Yeelight Classic

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Devices not showing up
  • Scenes not saving
  • Frequent log-outs
  • Inability to select Wi-Fi network
  • Incompatibility with new iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Better HomeKit integration
  • Improved scheduling options
  • Sunrise/sunset triggers
  • Siri/Alexa integration

Yore

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Yeelight Classic

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Yore

Subscriptions2
  • Premium access for a week$0.997 Days
  • Premium access for a year$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime premium access$14.99

Questions

Is Yeelight Classic free?
Yeelight Classic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yore free?
Yore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Yeelight Classic or Yore have ads?
Neither Yeelight Classic nor Yore shows ads.

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