Comparison

Lights2 vs Brizlabs Life

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

Head to head
About

Lights2

Customize your WS2811 light strings with this Bluetooth controller. Personalize your lighting for any holiday or event, creating unique visual displays.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth control
  • WS2811 light string compatibility
  • Holiday and occasion customization
  • Personalized lighting displays
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Control your bluetooth enabled WS2811 light strings. Connect a generic WS2811 string of lights to Erik's controller box and customize for any holiday or occasion.

About

Brizlabs Life

Control and personalize your smart lighting system to enhance any occasion. Create custom automations, adjust colors and brightness remotely, and even use voice commands for hands-free operation. Transform your home's ambiance for holidays, parties, or everyday life.

Highlights
  • Personalize lighting effects
  • Organize smart lights by room/zone
  • Remote control of brightness, color temperature, and color
  • Customizable automations for daily routines
  • Hands-free voice control with Alexa/Google Assistant
  • Control multiple lights simultaneously
Features
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BrizLabs goes beyond traditional holiday lights and lighting products to deliver products that entertain and connect people's lives. At BrizLabs, we combine the latest innovations with our products, to enable consumers an easy way to experience the connected home. We feature a smart design that gives you the ability to personalize your lighting effects and lives for an even greater experience. The BrizLabs app, the smart light decoration and lighting system make your Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Wedding, Party and more events unforgettable. Organize your smart lights your way Whether you use just a few lights or have completely outfitted your home in BrizLabs app, you can organize your smart lights with ease. Easily control your lights - from anywhere Adjust your lights' brightness, color temperature, color and control multiple lights across Rooms or Zones all from the BrizLabs app. Personalize with automations Make your smart lights work around your daily routine. Whether you want your lights to gently wake you up in the morning or greet you when you get home, setting up customisable automations in the BrizLabs app is effortless and fun! Hands-free voice control Use Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant to control your smart lights with just your voice. Simple voice commands let you turn lights on and off, dim and brighten or even change colors without you ever lifting a finger. Find out more about the official BrizLabs app: www.brizlabs.com/app

Screenshots

Lights24 screens
Brizlabs Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lights2 at 75% against Brizlabs Life's 17%. Lights2 also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.9) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 14 months). Brizlabs Life's advantage is ratings volume (57 vs 7). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lights2 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brizlabs Life has 57 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Lights2's written reviews are positive against 17% of Brizlabs Life's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lights2 ships an update every 3 months, Brizlabs Life every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lights2 versus Brizlabs Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLights2Brizlabs Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings) — better1.9 (57 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better17.1% of reviews
Number of ratings757 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB201 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik TorresShenzhen LinkTop Iot Co.,Ltd

Customer experience

Lights2

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Brizlabs Life

All ratings48 ratings
Positive14.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive17.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative80.5%

Bugs and requests

Lights2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Brizlabs Life

Reported bugs

45 issues
  • App doesn't let user connect to lights
  • Cannot set color patterns for some lights
  • Lights won't connect to WiFi
  • Failed to connect to router error
  • Incorrect password error
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  • Cannot get app to find lights
  • Music sync won't work
  • Device stopped working
  • App rarely works correctly
  • Color changes every couple days
  • On/off timer is not correct
  • Takes a while to turn lights off
  • Won't send verification code
  • Cannot find out how to do 90% of pictures
  • App falls apart at times
  • Failing to send commands
  • Cannot choose exact colors of patterns
  • Cannot save custom colors
  • Lights default back to a color when app is re-entered
  • App does not look like preview
  • Connecting to lights can be tricky
  • Dimmer doesn't work until slider is released
  • Dimmer bar disappears on certain color combinations
  • Unable to choose custom bi- and tri-color schema
  • Lights don't turn on
  • Cannot change created scenes
  • Scene always reverts to the first created holiday
  • Says not connected to WiFi when user is connected
  • Won't connect to router
  • Strand reprogrammed to a random setting after WiFi outage
  • Another strand is unresponsive and changed to a different setting
  • App will not pair
  • Each time app is opened, it says not able to pair, no device found
  • App is nothing like what is described on download page
  • App is very limited
  • Cannot play one customized scheme after the other
  • App doesn't work
  • Step-by-step process does not work
  • App thinks user isn't connected to Wi-Fi when they are
  • Lights could be decent but app is terrible
  • Lights will not connect to this app
  • Prompted to download an update immediately after installing
  • Way too buggy
  • App keeps crashing after simplest commands
  • App has selectable scenes, but scenes with options other than speed are limited to 6 basic colors

Requested features

19 requests
  • Ability to pick personal choice color in motion
  • Add Scenes (e.g., Christmas)
  • Improve app to match App Store preview
  • Fix music sync
  • Allow saving custom color presets
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  • Add ability to fade colors instead of blink
  • Allow custom bi- and tri-color schemas
  • Real-time dimmer adjustment
  • Dimmer to work on all color combinations
  • Allow saving more than 7 custom settings
  • Allow playing customized schemes sequentially
  • Allow choosing own colors for patterns
  • Improve app interface
  • Fix timer function
  • Fix ability to turn lights off easily
  • Allow choosing exact colors for patterns
  • Allow saving custom presets
  • Allow custom color selection for patterns
  • Improve app features to match preview

In-app purchases

None

Lights2

No in-app purchases

None

Brizlabs Life

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lights2 free?
Lights2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brizlabs Life free?
Brizlabs Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lights2 or Brizlabs Life?
Lights2 is rated higher. Lights2 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Brizlabs Life averages 1.9 from 57 ratings.
Do Lights2 or Brizlabs Life have ads?
Neither Lights2 nor Brizlabs Life shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lights2 or Brizlabs Life?
Lights2 ships an update every 3 months, and Brizlabs Life every 14 months. Most recently, Lights2 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Brizlabs Life on October 22, 2026.

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