NANLINK User Reviews

NANLINK
NANLINK
Guangdong Nanguang Photo&Video Systems Co., Ltd
🔧 Utilities
📷 Photo & Video

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of NANLINK. Based on 91 reviews and a 2.1/5 average, it highlights the 9 positives and 58 negatives reviewers mention most about this Utilities app.

Positive things

  • 👍Easy setup and connection (recent reviews)
  • 🚀Instant light control
  • 🎨Full color controls with multiple inputs
  • 🗂️Separate fixture groups are handy
  • 🗄️Presets save full HSL and intensity
  • 💡Nice-to-haves: diagrams, sorting, comments
  • ✨Works great for simple needs (single light)
  • 🚀More stable updates (recent reviews)
  • ✨App works fantastic (recent reviews)

Negative things

  • 🐛Lights spontaneously lose connection
  • 🐛Short delay before settings appear
  • 🐛UX overhaul needed, hard to find settings
  • 🐛Presets buried deep in menus
  • 🐛App doesn't have adaptive interface for iPads
  • 🐛Fixture groups not working (post-update)
  • 🐛Lose signal beyond 8ft
  • 🐛App lagging and poorly working
  • 🐛Constantly drops connection
  • 🐛App crashes frequently
  • 🐛Update erased presets
  • 🐛Grouping issues after update
  • 🐛Cannot add fixtures to groups
  • 🐛App won't work without personal info
  • 🐛Layout doesn't adapt well to iPad
  • 🐛Wasted screen space on iPad
  • 🐛Login difficult with password managers
  • 🐛No import of existing scenes on iPad
  • 🐛App not working with Pavotubes
  • 🐛Bluetooth not working for T8-7x
  • 🐛Inconsistent operation, won't pair
  • 🐛Locks up trying to re-pair
  • 🐛App asks for excessive permissions (photos, etc.)
  • 🐛Data mining concerns (China law)
  • 🐛New update killed presets and dropped connections
  • 🐛App doesn't work with new iPhones (dynamic island)
  • 🐛Cannot go back from settings screen
  • 🐛Settings don't seem to save
  • 🐛CCT mode doesn't work
  • 🐛Driving mode ambient dimming won't work
  • 🐛Poor Bluetooth connection, short range
  • 🐛Menu button placement issues
  • 🐛Never saves profiles or auto-connects
  • 🐛Broken with iOS updates
  • 🐛Effects not working
  • 🐛App can't find FS-150
  • 🐛Cannot complete registration (activation code)
  • 🐛Not user-friendly, organization makes no sense
  • 🐛Cannot connect to Forza 300b
  • 🐛Settings changes on iPhone don't affect light
  • 🐛Cannot control HSI & CCT simultaneously
  • 🐛Fail connection in groups
  • 🐛Slow app
  • 🐛Doesn't see most fixtures
  • 🐛Cannot get verification code for account
  • 🐛Horrible, crashes on login
  • 🐛Broken app, crashes on login
  • 🐛App crashes at login
  • 🐛App crashes upon login attempt
  • 🐛Worst app ever, crashes on sign in
  • 🐛Overrides light values on connect
  • 🐛Impossible to fine-tune light on set
  • 🐛Won't connect
  • 🐛Lose connection after connecting 2 lights
  • 🐛Totally useless, doesn't connect
  • 🐛Never responsive, struggles to keep up
  • 🐛Server down, cannot create account/login
  • 🐛Unusable app, requires account, server down

Top reviews

Most RecentHighest RatedLowest Rated

Best Lighting App I’ll actually use.

Many of these internet of things apps allow for such fine granular control, they forget to control the one thing they’re designed to do. This app skips complicated steps and is incredibly easy to use, so much so that’s it’s easier to control the light on the app vs physically. I can’t say that about any of the other well known lighting apps. This is my new favorite, and a brand that I’m extremely happy with.
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GravityMediaProGravityMediaPro

Response from developer

Thank you for your support and feedback. We'll keep working hard to provide you with a great experience.

Doesn’t feel like an app for pros

For the love of God, why can I not adjust a single light in particular if it is part of a group? I have to remove it from the group before adjusting it individually. I should be able to override the group by making individual adjustments. It waste so much time to have to remove it from the group to do so.
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NealTechNealTech

Response from developer

Dear user, Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry to hear that you had issues with the app. We will record it and share to company. Please don't hesitate to email our dedicated service team at support@nanlink.com

5 Stars

I bought 3 FS 300c’s. The app does everything I needed it to do and was easy to set up with the help of GpT. All 3 are linked up to my phone and can be controlled separately in seconds.
John DickinsonJohn Dickinson

Response from developer

Thank you for your support and feedback. We'll keep working hard to provide you with a great experience.

Workflow game-changer

This app isn’t perfect, but it’s amazing.

• Pairing lights isn’t Apple-easy, but it’s straightforward
• Light control is instant—tap something onscreen and it’s live
• Full color controls, with multiple input methods (color wheels, HSL sliders with fine-grain control)
• Separate fixture groups is very handy if you shoot in different genres with different setups
• PRESETS! Saving full HSL, intensity, and on/off info for my whole design means I can make multiple color options for clients before they arrive, and try them all instantly
• A bunch of nice-to-haves: Light diagrams, sorting options, comments on fixture groups

My only complaints are small:

1. Sometimes lights spontaneously lose their connection. They always come back when I tap into them. It’d be great to make that more stable.
2. There’s a short delay between tapping into a light and the settings coming up. That should be instant. Slows me down thinking and changing settings in front of clients.
3. The app needs a UX overhaul. Hard to find a bunch of important settings, and the most useful feature—saving presets—is buried several levels deep. Please put that out front!
4. Tried to create an account eight times, and never got a confirmation email, even in spam.
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StoppedDownStoppedDown

Super Easy - Oct 2025

Yeah so I think the devs fixed a lot of issues, currently using my 60b’s and 300b and they straight up connected instantly like RODE go pro mics lol. Just one click and boom.
ShaaksterShaakster

Response from developer

Hi Shaakster, Thank you for your support and feedback. We'll keep working hard to provide you with a great experience.

Anti-iPad

Aside from all the general connectivity issues described by other users, I find it very unprofessional and frustrating that Nanlink does not have an adaptive interface for iPads. Almost every gaffer I know uses an iPad on set, but here I am having to scale up the phone version on my tablet. It looks terrible and wastes screen space. Although I love some of their lights, I cannot take this company seriously or choose them over Aputure until they fix this issue.
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ILoveHappySongsILoveHappySongs

Response from developer

Thank you for your feedback! NANLINK has an iPad version. Please search and download it from the App Store. If you have any questions about the app, feel free to contact our support team at support@nanlink.com.

Fixture Group Doesn’t Work on Nanlink 2.0

I have 8 Nanlite Pavotube II 15X and 4 Nanlite Pavotube II 30X, all on latest firmware. After upgrading from Nanlink 1.x to 2.0, I could not get fixture groups to work. I did all normal troubleshooting steps. Then at last I deleted the Nanlink 2.0 iOS app and re-installed it, then it worked. I suggest that procedure for anyone have problems after upgrading from Nanlink 1.x to 2.0. Everything works fine now.
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JoeMa2JoeMa2

Not great

I’m pairing with Nanlux Evoke 1200 and I loose signal if I’m further than 8ft from the unit.

App is lagging and poorly working. Unfortunately the app is not usable in a professional environment.

I like the Evoke more than Aputure but I can’t rely on the Nanlink app:(

Sidus I had never problems with:/
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ThadekThadek

Constantly Drops

Running with a pair of T8-7X, seems like one of them connects to the app perfectly, and the other one frequently drops connection, requiring me to change mode (HSI/pixel effect etc) and back in.
KaiRD1KaiRD1

Works great

The bad reviews are from over a year ago, let me tell you that now, the app works fantastic, connects to the lights super easy and easy to use 👍🏼
KeefikusKeefikus

Used To Work - Switching to Aputure

The app constantly crashes now. A recent update erased my presets. It’s bad enough that I recommend using Aputure and moving away from NANLINK. They used to be good!
Jameso5000Jameso5000

Update with ws-tb-1

Before the update I could group 4 of my Pavotube 30c Gen 1, now it won’t allow me too. Please fix this nanlite
XTREMEARTSXTREMEARTS

Fixture Groups

When I’m creating a new Fixture Group I can’t add any of my fixtures to it, all greyed out.
SkorotoneSkorotone

App won’t work without supplying personal info

What a load of junk. I never got it to work because I won’t setup another email account just to remotely control a light. Developer arrogantly believes this software is worth giving up my email. Deleted after all of 5 minutes.
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Layout doesn’t adapt very well to iPad

This app doesn’t use responsive design so you get this strange phone emulated experience with lots us wasted space. Also logging in was very difficult because the fields wouldn’t allow me to paste values in from a password manager like last pass. When I was able to log in I was expecting it to import the scenes I already had from my phone but it just started over from an empty state. I think they need to walk this through some user flows again from the point of installation.
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InfinitySpiralInfinitySpiral

Response from developer

Dear user, thanks for supporting Nanlink, and also sorry for any inconvenience caused by. In order to protect the security of the user's account, the password needs to be entered again each time when the user log-in,but the account will remain logged in as long as they do not log out. The issue of pasting values from the password manager, we will give feedback to R&D team to improve the user experience.In addition, Nanlink APP can set up scene presets to save previously set content.Wish you all the best!

Still don’t work

I have six pavotubes and I was hoping this app would work and of course still doesn’t.
HateforumHateforum

Pavotube T8-7x Bluetooth Not Working :(

I don’t know what’s going on but I cannot connect to either of my lights in the app via Bluetooth, they simply don’t pop up in the app when the lights are turned on. This severely limits what features I can use on the lights.
GhostForestJoshGhostForestJosh

Love it!

Ok, so after leaving a pretty scathing review previously, I’m back to report that the app is now everything I hoped it would be. Whatever updates have been done now have the app running smoothly, presets and fixture names saving as they should, login is working correctly and it’s just a sold app. Everything is working exactly as it should be and I’m now more than happy to use and trust the NANLINK app with my PavoTubes.

Great work on the updates Nanlite!
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BradHalsteadBradHalstead

Response from developer

Hi BradHalstead, thanks for supporting Nanlink, and also sorry for any inconvenience caused by. Actually, all the settings of CCT, HSI, Effects can be retained in your Presets. So pls make sure that you have downloaded the latest verson of the App and the latest firmware of PavoTube II 6C, to see whether the problem still exists or not. The Firmware can be downloaded from: https://en.nanlite.com/services/downloads?cid=16 If the problems still exists, you could send a video to support@nanlink.com, and we will try our best to help you solve this. Tks in advance.

Basic but effective

I use the Nanlink app with my Nanlite Forza 60B II, and the app does everything I need. I have only one Forza, so my needs are pretty simple. I followed a YT tutorial by @TheHyphenate to get up and running. Very straightforward and simple. Bluetooth connectivity was easy. Dimming, temperature, on/off, and fan control. That’s all I need.
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GoocherZGoocherZ

Great hardware light. App privacy questionable.

Why does the app require user contact and access to the content on my device? Photos, emails, text this has zero to do with light control. Privacy policy is that the developer can access (copy) your data and use it how they decide. Other manufactures that provide remote light control do request any of this access and those apps work fine. You can claim that you don’t use our data but nothing stops you as long as you are granted permission though the App.
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TextjasonTextjason

Response from developer

Dear Textjason, Nanlink will never infringe any rights and interests of our users. The reason why we request permission to access photos and cameras is to enable the color picking feature in our App. Additionally, our Bluetooth connection method occasionally requires users to enable location and Bluetooth permissions. We want to assure you that before accessing any of these permissions, we always ask for the user's consent through a pop-up window, and they can choose to either agree or disagree. This is a standard practice that is followed by many other Apps. So, there is no need to worry about this matter. Thank you for your support of Nanlink.

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