Comparison

Lightwave Link Plus vs Knomad

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

Knomad

Features
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Knomad is an easy and quick to use tool that aids businesses and staff with a hybrid work approach. With a view of where your colleagues intend to be working, you can see who is going to be in the office with you and plan face to face collaboration. Knomad can provide data on office occupancy rates which is invaluable when assessing your organisations real estate requirements. App The Knomad app allows users to choose their work locations for the week and share them with colleagues. Portal The Knomad portal allows you to manage your organisations account, set up offices, business units, invite users and export your data. Benefits • Enhance collaborative hybrid working • Improve visibility of employees’ working locations • Report on office occupancy levels Features • Understand how busy your office is going to be • Set your default working pattern • Let colleagues know when you’re working from home • Share when you will be working from the office • Get notified when a colleague is planning to join you in the office • Follow the colleagues that suit you • Report on office occupancy • Export your data Knomad is designed to assist small to medium sized firms or individual departments with hybrid working. It provides an overview of when and where your colleagues are working at a glance. If you are assessing how much office space you need, Knomad will provide you with data on office occupancy levels, showing the peak and average occupancy rates for each office helping you review and reduce office space to suit your organisation’s needs. Knomad does not track or share users live locations.

Screenshots

Lightwave Link Plus4 screens
Knomad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Knomad at none against Lightwave Link Plus's 2. Knomad also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 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. Knomad asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lightwave Link Plus versus Knomad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightwave Link PlusKnomad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (36 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLightwaveRF Technology LtdClearSpace Group Limited

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lightwave Link Plus

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

Knomad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lightwave Link Plus free?
Lightwave Link Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Knomad free?
Knomad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lightwave Link Plus or Knomad have ads?
Neither Lightwave Link Plus nor Knomad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lightwave Link Plus or Knomad?
Lightwave Link Plus ships an update every 2 months, and Knomad every 2 months. Most recently, Lightwave Link Plus was updated on September 22, 2026 and Knomad on June 10, 2026.

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