Josh vs FX Wi
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.
FX Wi
Easily manage your Wi-Fi plugs with this app. Control devices manually, set custom timers and schedules, and create scenes for your lighting. Organize your home management for efficient outdoor lighting control.
- Manual ON/OFF control
- Custom timer settings
- Sunset/sunrise schedules
- Scene creation for multiple devices
- Home management setup
- Device management
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Using the FX Wi-Fi App, controlling your Wi-Fi Plug is simple. You can turn it on or off manually, set timers, create schedules, and even design custom scenes for your lighting. Let’s walk through the key features. HOME MANAGEMENT Setting up a home in the FX Wi-Fi App makes managing outdoor lighting more intuitive and efficient. DEVICE MANAGEMENT Manual turn ON or OFF directly from the FX Wi-Fi App SCHEDULE CREATION Create custom time and sunset/sunrise schedules SCENE CREATION Custom scene control to control multiple wi-fi plugs with a single tap
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Josh at 4.8 against FX Wi's 3.8. Josh also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 50%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 14 months). FX Wi's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 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.
Josh holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. 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. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Josh's written reviews are positive against 50% of FX Wi's.
Josh ships an update weekly, FX Wi every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Josh | FX Wi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (115 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 201 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh.ai Inc | Hunter Industries |
Customer experience
Josh
FX Wi
In-app purchases
Josh
No in-app purchases
FX Wi
No in-app purchases
