ThermoLinx vs Internet & SmartHome+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ThermoLinx
Remotely control and monitor your HBX Wi-Fi zoning, snow melt, and geothermal systems. Manage comfort, energy savings, and system status from your smartphone or tablet.
- Remote control of Wi-Fi zoning systems
- Monitor snow melt systems
- Control geothermal systems
- Adjust heating and cooling modes
- Receive alarm notifications
- Manage up to 20 zones
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ThermoLinx Hydronic Network The ThermoLinx Hydronic Network mobile app allows you to remotely control and monitor your HBX Wi-Fi zoning, snow melt, and geothermal system from the palm of your hand. Wi-Fi Zoning System The Wi-Fi Zoning System offers the highest degree of comfort management, allowing you to control up to 20 zones remotely to maximize comfort and energy savings. The system incorporates multiple heating and cooling modes, DHW, and selectable priorities to accommodate for small to large systems. Unique to hydronics, each zone control provides outputs for forced air delivery systems. Each zone can be viewed and configured from smartphone or tablet devices, allowing you control your comfort anytime, anyplace. You must own an HBX ZON-0550 (zone control), THM-0300/THM-0500 (Thermostat) and TMX-0100 ThermoLinxTM Wi-Fi module to use the HBX Wi-Fi Zoning App. Snow Melt System Control The SNO-0550 Version 2.0+ is the latest control to be added to the ThermoLinx Hydronic Network with the ability to set snow fall rates, adjust/monitor targets, set slab demands and the ability to turn on/off your snow melt system anytime, anywhere. Geothermal System Control Introducing the simplest, most intuitive control available to the geothermal industry: the ECO-0550, now with the ThermoLinx Hydronic Network, allowing you to control your geothermal system remotely with built-in Wi-Fi control. No TMX-0100 module required. With the ThermoLinx mobile app, users can control their geothermal system remotely from there smartphone or tablet devices with the ability to adjust heat pump and backup heat source parameters, monitor tank temperatures, equipment operation status and receive alarm notifications.
Internet & SmartHome+
Manage your smart home devices, monitor your network, and protect your family online. This app offers AI-assisted video monitoring, automation routines, and energy usage tracking.
- AI-assisted video monitoring
- Smart home automation
- Energy usage monitoring
- Wi-Fi management
- Network security
- Online family protection
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TELUS is re-imagining your smart home management with SmartHome+. Control your home, your way. This intuitive app combines AI-assisted video monitoring, smart home automation, and energy savings with comprehensive Wi-Fi management, network monitoring, and online family protection. Stay connected with the Video subscription: AI-powered cameras detect people, pets and packages with 60-day event-triggered cloud storage. Manage everything with the Automation subscription: Simplify your home life by remotely controlling your smart home devices in one app, automating daily tasks with custom routines. Conserve and save with the SmartEnergy subscription: Connect energy-saving smart devices on one easy-to-use platform to monitor your home’s energy usage and estimated costs, automate routines, and earn TELUS Rewards. Take charge of your Internet: view connected devices, optimize your Wi-Fi, set parental controls and content filters, and keep your home network secure with built-in threat protection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Internet & SmartHome+ at 5.0 against ThermoLinx's 1.7. Internet & SmartHome+ also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). ThermoLinx's advantage is review sentiment (44% vs 7%) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Internet & SmartHome+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of ThermoLinx's written reviews are positive against 7% of Internet & SmartHome+'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ThermoLinx ships an update every 6 weeks, Internet & SmartHome+ weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThermoLinx | Internet & SmartHome+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better | 6.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HBX Controls | TELUS Communications Inc. |
Customer experience
ThermoLinx
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In-app purchases
ThermoLinx
No in-app purchases
Internet & SmartHome+
No in-app purchases
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