Comparison

Yeelight Classic vs MathBell

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

MathBell

This app uses math puzzles to ensure you wake up. Solve arithmetic, missing numbers, or running totals to silence your alarm. It offers follow-up alerts and a wake-up check to keep you alert.

Highlights
  • Math puzzles to stop alarms
  • Multiple puzzle types and difficulties
  • Follow-up alarms until solved
  • Limited snooze functionality
  • Customizable alarm repeats
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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MathBell is a math alarm clock. Your alarm rings through Silent and Focus, and it only stops when you solve a short puzzle. Solve to stop Each alarm asks for a few quick sums before it goes quiet. Pick the puzzle type and difficulty: arithmetic, running totals, missing numbers and more. Follow-ups until you solve it If you dismiss the alarm without solving, MathBell rings again every minute until the puzzle is solved. Snooze is limited, so you cannot keep putting it off. Built for mornings - Alarms ring through Silent and Focus with the system alarm sound - Weekday, weekend and custom repeats - Choose from six alarm sounds - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that show your next alarm - A wake-up check a few minutes after you solve, so you know you are really up Made for iPhone Duo MathBell works in portrait and landscape on both displays, so you can set alarms on the outer display or spread out on the inner one. Free and Pro Start with 3 alarms for free. MathBell Pro unlocks unlimited alarms, every puzzle type and difficulty, all sounds and widget styles. Choose a yearly or monthly subscription, or pay once for lifetime access. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled; manage them in Settings. No account, no ads, no tracking. MathBell stores your alarms on your device. Questions or feedback: mathbell@curatolabs.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mathbell.curatolabs.app/privacy/

Screenshots

Yeelight Classic4 screens
MathBell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MathBell at 3.0 against Yeelight Classic's 2.3. MathBell also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Yeelight Classic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (351 vs 1). 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. MathBell sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Yeelight Classic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MathBell holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yeelight Classic has 351 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yeelight Classic ships an update every 2 months, MathBell every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Yeelight Classic versus MathBell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYeelight ClassicMathBell
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (351 ratings)3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings351 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQingdao Yeelink Information Technology Co., Ltd.Tien Dat Nguyen

Customer experience

Yeelight Classic

All ratings326 ratings
Positive31.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative60.4%
Written reviews286 reviews
Positive14.0%
Neutral9.8%
Negative76.2%

MathBell

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

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

MathBell

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Yeelight Classic

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MathBell

Subscriptions2
  • MathBell Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • MathBell Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • MathBell Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Yeelight Classic free?
Yeelight Classic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MathBell free?
MathBell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yeelight Classic or MathBell?
MathBell is rated higher. Yeelight Classic averages 2.3 out of 5 from 351 ratings, while MathBell averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Yeelight Classic or MathBell have ads?
Neither Yeelight Classic nor MathBell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yeelight Classic or MathBell?
Yeelight Classic ships an update every 2 months, and MathBell every 4 days. Most recently, Yeelight Classic was updated on November 1, 2026 and MathBell on November 9, 2026.

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