Comparison

Lightwave Link Plus vs PATMobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

PATMobile

Easily record and manage your electrical appliance test results on your smartphone. Generate professional PDF reports instantly or display records on-site. Designed for seamless integration with specific testing equipment.

Highlights
  • Record PAT test results
  • Scan barcodes
  • Take photos
  • Store test results
  • Print labels
  • Generate PDF reports
Features
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Our PATMobile PAT testing app is the perfect answer for those who want a simple yet powerful record keeping solution for their PAT results. Never get caught out again when you turn up to site and are asked for a copy of your PAT records: PATMobile allows you to display your PAT records on your smartphone or create and share a professional pdf report on the spot. It is designed to be the perfect accompaniment to Seaward’s PrimeTest range of manual PAT testers. Used together, they give you the tools to scan barcodes, take photos, store your PAT results, print a label and generate a report - with just a few taps thanks to our simple and intuitive user interface design.

Screenshots

Lightwave Link Plus4 screens
PATMobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightwave Link Plus at 56% against PATMobile's 9%. Lightwave Link Plus also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 28 months) and device support (3 vs 1). PATMobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lightwave Link Plus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. PATMobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lightwave Link Plus ships an update every 2 months, PATMobile every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lightwave Link Plus versus PATMobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightwave Link PlusPATMobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (37 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.0% of reviews — better8.9% of reviews
Number of ratings37 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 28 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB134 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLightwaveRF Technology LtdSeaward Electronics Ltd.

Customer experience

Lightwave Link Plus

All ratings37 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive56.0%
Neutral14.0%
Negative30.0%

PATMobile

Written reviews45 reviews
Positive8.9%
Neutral8.9%
Negative82.2%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lightwave Link Plus

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership$8.991 Month
  • Annual Membership1 Year trial$90.991 Year
None

PATMobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lightwave Link Plus free?
Lightwave Link Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PATMobile free?
PATMobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lightwave Link Plus or PATMobile have ads?
Neither Lightwave Link Plus nor PATMobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lightwave Link Plus or PATMobile?
Lightwave Link Plus ships an update every 2 months, and PATMobile every 28 months. Most recently, Lightwave Link Plus was updated on October 24, 2026 and PATMobile on October 16, 2026.

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