Josh vs IQ WiFi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Josh
Control your smart home with AI-powered assistance. Personalize your interface, create automations, and manage connected devices from anywhere. Designed for intuitive control for all family members.
- AI-powered smart home control
- Personalize home intelligence experience
- Create automations and alerts
- Manage connected devices remotely
- Intuitive control via touch, text, voice
- Adjust floor plans and nickname devices
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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.
IQ WiFi
This app allows users to easily set up and manage their IQ WiFi 6 mesh network. It provides features like router enrollment, device management, network mapping, and speed testing to ensure seamless WiFi coverage.
- Router Enrollment
- Device List Management
- Network Map Visualization
- Router Information View
- Speed Test
- Multiple Network Creation
- Push Notifications
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Easily setup up and manage your IQ WiFi 6 network (sold separately). IQ WiFi 6 is a mesh capable router that covers every corner of every room with safe, seamless WiFi. Features: - Router Enrollment - Device List - Network Map - View Router Information (Controller) - Speed Test - Create and Manage Multiple Networks - Push Notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Josh at every 11 days against IQ WiFi's every 5 months. Josh also leads on ratings volume (115 vs 2). IQ WiFi's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18). 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.
IQ WiFi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Josh has 115 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Josh ships an update every 11 days, IQ WiFi every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Josh | IQ WiFi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (115 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh.ai Inc | Tyco Safety Products Canada, Ltd. |
Customer experience
Josh
IQ WiFi
Bugs and requests
Josh
Reported bugs
5 issues- App completely fails to load home
- Natural language processing fails to recognize simple commands
- App has zero memory
- Josh doesn't consistently communicate commands
- Music control is confusing and unintuitive
Requested features
6 requests- Improve music control interface
- Allow device name changes
- Enhance memory for device names
- Improve natural language processing for commands
- Better scene creation based on habits
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- Control all lights in a room at once
IQ WiFi
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Josh
No in-app purchases
IQ WiFi
No in-app purchases
