AppLights vs illumibot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AppLights
Create and control stunning holiday light displays directly from your smartphone. This app offers a wide range of effects, colors, and themes for both indoor and outdoor decorating, making custom holiday lighting easy to manage.
- Smartphone control
- Dozens of effects and colors
- Multiple holiday themes
- Customizable color options
- Easy setup and management
- Indoor and outdoor use
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Put on a dazzling holiday light display–and control it all from your smartphone. The AppLights® app works exclusively with AppLights® holiday lighting products to control dozens of effects and colors directly from your smartphone. It’s super easy to set up and manage. Choose from multiple holiday themes, lighting technologies and color options for each lighting product. Perfect for outdoor or indoor holiday decorating, AppLights® delivers the latest in holiday decorating technology for a custom look that’s a breeze to manage.
illumibot
Transform any surface into a dynamic digital art display using your smartphone and a projector. Control lighting, shadows, and details with voice commands and share your creations with a community. Experience limitless creativity and illuminate your world.
- Smartphone to projector connection
- Voice-controlled art creation
- Precise lighting and shadow control
- Community sharing platform
- Multi-projector synchronization
- Transforming ordinary surfaces
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Transform any space into a visual spectacle with Illumibot! This app connects your smartphone to projectors, turning ordinary surfaces into extraordinary displays of digital art. Speak your vision and see it come alive quickly, with precise lighting, shadows, and details—all without the need for technical skills. Join our community to share and explore creations, or use multiple projectors for synchronized displays. With Illumibot, creativity is limitless, and sharing your masterpieces is as easy as a voice command. Dive into a world where your imagination lights up the world around you! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Terms of service: https://illumibot.ai/tos Privacy Policy: https://illumibot.ai/privacypolicy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AppLights at none against illumibot's 12. AppLights also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). illumibot's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 29%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. illumibot sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $8.00 per month. AppLights asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for AppLights against 4.0 for illumibot. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: illumibot has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of AppLights's written reviews are positive against 57% of illumibot's.
AppLights ships an update every 2 months, illumibot every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AppLights | illumibot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 166 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gemmy Industries Corporation | Ross Arroyo |
Customer experience
AppLights
illumibot
Bugs and requests
AppLights
Reported bugs
4 issues- Lights not responding to app commands
- Lights stuck in demo/default mode
- Bluetooth connectivity problems
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Custom color/pattern creation
- Ability to sync multiple strings
- Timer/scheduling functionality
- More lighting effects/modes
- Improved app UI/UX
illumibot
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AppLights
No in-app purchases
illumibot
- Supporter - Monthly$8.001 Month
- 1 illumibot$14.991 Month
- 2 illumibots$29.991 Month
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- Professional - Monthly$30.001 Month
- 3 illumibots$44.991 Month
- 4 illumibots$59.991 Month
- Supporter - Yearly$60.001 Year
- 5 illumibots$74.991 Month
- Professional - Yearly$239.001 Year
- Tokens - Pack 1$15.00
- Tokens - Pack 2$65.00
- Tokens - Pack 3$119.00
