Josh vs VENTRIX by WAC Lighting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Josh
Control your smart home with an AI-powered platform. Personalize your experience by adjusting settings, creating automations, and accessing devices from anywhere. Enjoy intuitive control through touch, text, and voice commands for the whole family.
- AI-powered smart home control
- Personalize home intelligence
- Create automations and alerts
- Access property from anywhere
- Intuitive touch, text, and voice commands
- Customizable dashboards and interfaces
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Josh.ai: AI powered smart home control. Powered by Josh.ai's award winning software platform AI OS, the Josh App provides seamless access to your connected devices and dynamic tools to personalize your home intelligence experience to the fullest. Refine administrative settings, adjust a home's floor plan, nickname devices, create automations and alerts, and add custom photos to your bespoke interface. Access your property from anywhere and easily navigate to what's important. Simply swipe from the Interactive Home Page to access custom dashboards, areas, devices, and scenes. The Josh.ai platform is designed to empower every member of the family with intuitive control and intelligent assistance through touch, text, and natural voice commands. Note: The Josh App requires a valid software plan and accompanies Josh hardware, which is exclusively available through certified home technology professionals. Visit www.josh.ai for more information.
VENTRIX by WAC Lighting
Control your smart lighting system remotely from any location. Manage individual fixtures, group them for synchronized control, and create custom lighting scenes and schedules to set the perfect ambiance.
- Remote control from anywhere
- Individual fixture control
- Group fixture management
- Custom scene creation
- Automated scheduling
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Welcome to VENTRIX by WAC Lighting! With the VENTRIX App you can control your WAC Lighting VENTRIX lighting installation from anywhere in the world. Each fixture installed in the VENTRIX track can be controlled individually. Group fixtures and control all with a simple tap. Create automations to set the mood in any space. Schedule your lighting automations to have the lighting right any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Josh at 4.8 against VENTRIX by WAC Lighting's 3.7. Josh also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (115 vs 6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Josh holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Josh has 115 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Josh ships an update weekly, VENTRIX by WAC Lighting every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Josh | VENTRIX by WAC Lighting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (115 ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh.ai Inc | WAC Lighting |
Customer experience
Josh
VENTRIX by WAC Lighting
In-app purchases
Josh
No in-app purchases
VENTRIX by WAC Lighting
No in-app purchases
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