Lightwave Link Plus vs Recaply
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/
Recaply
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You saved it for a reason. Ever save an interesting article, bookmark a video, screenshot something useful, or jot down an idea, only to completely forget about it? We all save more than we ever revisit. Recaply helps you actually use the things you save. FROM SAVED TO SPOKEN Save articles, links, notes and photos throughout your week. Recaply brings them together into a personalised audio recap, helping you rediscover the ideas, stories and insights you wanted to remember. It’s your own personal listening experience, built around what matters to you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Save what interests you. Add a link, write a note, capture a photo or use voice-to-text. 2. Let Recaply bring it together. AI transforms your saved content into a personalised audio recap. 3. Listen when it suits you. Catch up during your commute, on a walk, or whenever you have a moment. WHY RECAPLY? Actually use what you save. Turn forgotten bookmarks and scattered notes into something useful. Made for listening. Catch up with the content you care about without needing more screen time. Personal to you. Your audio recaps are shaped by the things you’ve chosen to save. Save in seconds. Capture interesting content whenever you find it, then get back to your day. FEATURES * Save links, notes and photos * Voice-to-text note capture * AI-powered personalised audio recaps * Built-in audio player * Light and dark mode Stop collecting content you’ll never revisit. Save it. Recap it. Remember it. Terms of Use: https://recaply.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Recaply at monthly against Lightwave Link Plus's every 2 months. Lightwave Link Plus's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Recaply sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lightwave Link Plus ships an update every 2 months, Recaply monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightwave Link Plus | Recaply |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (37 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LightwaveRF Technology Ltd | John Abercromby |
In-app purchases
Lightwave Link Plus
- Monthly Membership$8.991 Month
- Annual Membership1 Year trial$90.991 Year
Recaply
- Founding Member$4.991 Month
- Founding Member$49.991 Year









