Lightwave Link Plus vs FireAngel Connected
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightwave Link Plus
Control your home's lighting, power, and heating remotely. Automate daily tasks, set moods, and monitor energy usage from your smartphone or tablet.
- Remote monitoring and control
- Lighting, power, and heating management
- Room and device customization
- Mood setting for lighting
- Complex event creation
- Scheduling and automation
- Energy usage monitoring
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This is the new official Lightwave Link Plus app to manage the amazing Lightwave Smart Home Platform with your iPhone, iPod or iPad.* The Lightwave Smart Home Platform allows you to monitor and control lighting, power and heating whether you are in the home, or out and about, using a smart-phone, tablet or PC. The product range consists of attractive and affordable dimmer switches, power sockets and thermostatic radiator valves, plus a large range of other innovative products, some of which are simple plug ‘n’ play and others that can be easily retrofitted by any competent DIYer. All devices communicate wirelessly eliminating the need for any additional wiring. The Lightwave Smart Home Platform is: • Affordable • Simple to Fit • Easy to use The Lightwave Smart Home Platform can: • Save you money through reduced energy usage! • Help keep your home and family more safe and secure • Make your life more comfortable – no arriving home to a cold, dark house • Save you time by automating many of the daily processes in your home The Lightwave Smart Home app allows you to: • Setup your WiFiLink and products in minutes. • Monitor, control and schedule lighting, power and heating requirements by individual room • Define and name Rooms that reflect the layout of your own home • Allocate and name devices within each room • Set Moods by room for lighting and power – for example, fully on for cleaning, some lights dimmed and the TV off for reading, and nice and cosy dimmed lights when watching TV • Build complex events to turn on or off multiple devices across many rooms with one button • Schedule single devices or events to activate at certain times by day, week and month • Automatically link schedules to sunrise and sunset times • Add random delays to events to create that genuine “look like you’re at home when you’re not at home” • Schedule heating programmes by individual room • Add our energy monitor to see your electricity usage real-time, and totals so far today and yesterday And you can do all of these things even if you were on the other side of the world! * Note that this app requires a Lightwave Link Plus and the appropriate Lightwave devices being fitted. Read more about app's terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ and privacy policy: https://lightwaverf.com/privacy-policy/
FireAngel Connected
Enhance your home's fire and CO safety with instant mobile alerts. Easily test alarms and monitor the safety networks of your household and loved ones.
- Instant mobile alerts
- Remote alarm testing
- Home safety network monitoring
- Family safety network monitoring
- CO safety updates
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FireAngel Connected - Peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Add the FireAngel Connected solution in to your smart home and benefit from instant alerts to your mobile or smart device; test your alarms easily and receive updates for your home's fire & CO safety network as well as the networks of your family members or dependants.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightwave Link Plus at 56% against FireAngel Connected's 18%. FireAngel Connected's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Lightwave Link Plus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. FireAngel Connected asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightwave Link Plus | FireAngel Connected |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (37 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.0% of reviews — better | 17.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LightwaveRF Technology Ltd | Sprue |
Customer experience
Lightwave Link Plus
FireAngel Connected
In-app purchases
Lightwave Link Plus
- Monthly Membership$8.991 Month
- Annual Membership1 Year trial$90.991 Year
FireAngel Connected
No in-app purchases
Questions
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