Comparison

Lightwave Link Plus vs ENVY Remote

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

ENVY Remote

Features
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ENVY Remote solves collaboration end to end by bringing everyone working on the project together in one place, giving clients the complete post production experience wherever they are. You don’t have to worry about communication between distributed teams as it’s all available on one platform. This mobile companion app brings you the following features: > Storyboards Create storyboards, add notes, add ratings, change the order, text, colour and get organised. > Tasks Add categories and tasks, then assign them to any team member. Team members get notified in their app and on the web with progress tracked throughout. > Notes Notes allow the whole team to see all edit and production notes in one place. From edit guidelines to filming and production notes, everyone on the team can stay in the know. > Frame.io Review Links Our Frame.io integration provides access to all Frame.io Review Links from within the app. Now you have a centralized place for review and approval workflows. > Calendar Your shared project calendar makes sure everyone on the project stays up to date with milestones, shoots, viewings and events. > Discussions Hold discussions on any topic with the whole team. > Live Chat Send live messages to the whole project or individual users.

Screenshots

Lightwave Link Plus4 screens
ENVY Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ENVY Remote at none against Lightwave Link Plus's 2. ENVY Remote also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). On price, 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

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. ENVY Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lightwave Link Plus ships an update every 2 months, ENVY Remote monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lightwave Link Plus versus ENVY Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightwave Link PlusENVY Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (37 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLightwaveRF Technology LtdENVY Post Production Ltd

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lightwave Link Plus

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

ENVY Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lightwave Link Plus free?
Lightwave Link Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ENVY Remote free?
ENVY Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lightwave Link Plus or ENVY Remote have ads?
Neither Lightwave Link Plus nor ENVY Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lightwave Link Plus or ENVY Remote?
Lightwave Link Plus ships an update every 2 months, and ENVY Remote monthly. Most recently, Lightwave Link Plus was updated on October 26, 2026 and ENVY Remote on October 25, 2026.

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