Legrand Lighting Control vs Smartive App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Legrand Lighting Control
Effortlessly manage your home's lighting with custom scenes and scheduling. Automate lights for specific times or activities, and control them remotely from anywhere. Integrate with voice assistants for hands-free operation.
- Control radiant RF and adorne Wi-Fi devices
- Create custom lighting scenes
- Schedule lighting automation
- Remote control from anywhere
- Voice assistant integration (Alexa, Google Assistant)
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The Lighting Control app offers simple and convenient control of your radiant® RF Lighting Control and adorne® Wi-Fi Ready devices. Scenes allow you to customize, schedule, and automate groups of devices to enhance the comfort and convenience of your home. Create the perfect dimming level for movie time, or automate your outdoor lights to turn on at sunset and off at sunrise.
Smartive App
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With the Smartive app you are able to control your smart devices in one app. Note: To be able to use this app, you need to buy our smart mini server. For more info, please visit our website: https://smartive.hu
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Smartive App at every 3 weeks against Legrand Lighting Control's every 4 months. Legrand Lighting Control's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Legrand Lighting Control ships an update every 4 months, Smartive App every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Legrand Lighting Control | Smartive App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (279 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 279 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Legrand, Inc. | Apptive Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag |
Bugs and requests
Legrand Lighting Control
Reported bugs
21 issues- App fails to discover or connect to hub
- Remote access doesn't work outside home network
- App crashes on launch
- Scenes don't execute or execute partially
- Lights show incorrect on/off status in app
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- Three-way switches lose pairing randomly
- Hub locks up every 72 hours
- Firmware updates brick the device
- App stuck in update mode
- Controller unresponsive to scene commands
- Lights turn on/off randomly at night
- App repeatedly logs out of cloud service
- Devices appear duplicated in app
- Landscape lights turn off after exactly 15 minutes
- Interior lights turn off when outdoor lights activate
- System flashing as if being programmed
- App won't install updates
- Samsung Artik cloud transition broke functionality
- New Eliot cloud service unreliable
- Apple Watch app version never works
- Alexa integration shows switches as unresponsive
Requested features
14 requests- HomeKit and Siri integration
- Apple HomeKit compatibility
- Better remote access when away from home
- Edit button for scenes
- Longer dimming duration (up to 1 hour)
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- Seasonal/ambient light-based controls
- Vacation mode with temporary scene disabling
- Location-based automation
- Better app UI design (more intuitive interface)
- Static IP assignment for hub
- Automatic device addition via QR code scanning
- Unified single Legrand app
- Backward compatibility with older hubs (LC6001)
- Better integration with smart home platforms
Smartive App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Legrand Lighting Control
No in-app purchases
Smartive App
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Legrand Lighting Control free?
Is Smartive App free?
Do Legrand Lighting Control or Smartive App have ads?
Which is updated more often, Legrand Lighting Control or Smartive App?
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