Comparison

Lightwave Link Plus vs ControlPlus2

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
Read full description

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

ControlPlus2

Manage your Orisec intruder alarm system remotely from your smartphone or tablet. Gain complete visibility, receive real-time notifications, and control multiple sites with an intuitive interface. Secure login options ensure quick and safe access to your system's status and events.

Highlights
  • Remote system access
  • Biometric login
  • Multi-site control
  • Arm/disarm alarm
  • Real-time notifications
  • Zone status monitoring
  • Device control
Features
Read full description

The ControlPlus2 app gives users full access to their Orisec intruder alarm system, anytime, anywhere. ControlPlus2 is for people who want complete visibility of their system, allowing total operational control, system event notifications and monitoring from anywhere in the world. With the Orisec ControlPlus2 app you can: • Remotely and securely access your Orisec intruder alarm system from your phone or tablet. • Use biometric fingerprint and face recognition to login for quick and secure access to your app. • Access and control multiple protected sites, like your home and your office. • Arm, disarm or part arm any of your alarm systems through a simple intuitive interface. • Receive real time notifications from all your monitored sites directly to your phone or tablet. • View notification history from each monitored site. • View the real time status and recent activity of each monitored zone. • View all or selected event types from the system event log. • View zone activity history. • Turn on or off devices connected to the remote-controlled outputs. • Use the virtual remote keypad to operate your alarm system. • Get context sensitive help to guide you through the app features and functions. • Use the dedicated Density Fog screen for diagnostics and remote control of their fog machines. • Select dark or light colour themes with the option of full customisation.

Screenshots

Lightwave Link Plus4 screens
ControlPlus24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightwave Link Plus at 56% against ControlPlus2's 20%. ControlPlus2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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

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. ControlPlus2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lightwave Link Plus ships an update every 2 months, ControlPlus2 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lightwave Link Plus versus ControlPlus2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightwave Link PlusControlPlus2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (37 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.0% of reviews — better19.7% of reviews
Number of ratings37 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLightwaveRF Technology LtdColin Galbraith

Customer experience

Lightwave Link Plus

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

ControlPlus2

Written reviews61 reviews
Positive19.7%
Neutral8.2%
Negative72.1%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lightwave Link Plus

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

ControlPlus2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lightwave Link Plus free?
Lightwave Link Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ControlPlus2 free?
ControlPlus2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lightwave Link Plus or ControlPlus2 have ads?
Neither Lightwave Link Plus nor ControlPlus2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lightwave Link Plus or ControlPlus2?
Lightwave Link Plus ships an update every 2 months, and ControlPlus2 every 3 months. Most recently, Lightwave Link Plus was updated on October 15, 2026 and ControlPlus2 on October 16, 2026.

Other comparisons