Lightwave Link Plus vs Meridian Scheduler
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/
Meridian Scheduler
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Meridian Scheduler is a professional team scheduling and task management app designed for organisations that need clarity, coordination and control. Whether you're managing a superyacht crew, a construction team, a hospitality operation or any other industry, Meridian keeps your team organised with a clean, intuitive interface built for real-world work. SCHEDULE & TASKS - Day, month and year schedule views, with pinch-to-zoom on the day view (hourly, 30-minute or 15-minute detail) - Create, assign and track tasks across your team - Quick-add a task by tapping a time slot, or long-press any task for a fast time/duration edit - Multi-day tasks, start times, durations and due dates - Flexible reminders - set multiple alerts per task, from minutes to days ahead - Colour-coded categories with on/off filtering - Add detailed notes and instructions to every task - See who created and who last edited a task - Generate PDF reports for any week, month or custom date range (Admin/Manager) TEAM MANAGEMENT - Invite team members via secure invite links - Role-based permissions - Admin, Manager, Member - Assign tasks to one or multiple team members in a tap - View who is assigned to what at a glance - Add members from another planner without re-inviting them GROUP CHAT - Message your whole team in a shared group chat - Smart date/time detection - mention "Saturday at 3pm" and turn it into a task with one tap - Push notifications for new messages LOCATIONS - Pin task locations using GPS or an interactive map - Search by address or enter coordinates - Add named locations for indoor or site-specific areas - Tap to open directly in Maps STAYS ACCURATE ACROSS TIME ZONES - Every task time and reminder is shown correctly in each team member's own local time zone - Built for crews and teams that travel - no more missed reminders from time zone mix-ups CALENDAR SYNC - Optionally sync your assigned tasks straight into your phone's own calendar app COMMUNICATION - Comment on tasks to keep a running conversation with your team - Attach files and images to any task - Push notifications for assignments, reminders, updates and chat - tap one to jump straight to the relevant task or conversation PERSONAL & TEAM MODES - Use as a personal planner or a full team organisation - Switch between multiple workspaces instantly, and set a default workspace to open first - Personal tasks stay private, team tasks are shared SIGN IN YOUR WAY - Sign in with email and password or Apple BUILT FOR THE REAL WORLD - Full iPad support, with adaptive layouts in both portrait and landscape - Offline support with automatic sync - Fast, reliable and built for teams on the move Built by Openwater Digital - apps designed for people who work in the real world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Meridian Scheduler at none against Lightwave Link Plus's 2. Meridian Scheduler also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Lightwave Link Plus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Meridian Scheduler asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lightwave Link Plus ships an update every 2 months, Meridian Scheduler fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightwave Link Plus | Meridian Scheduler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (36 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LightwaveRF Technology Ltd | Scott Clayton |
In-app purchases
Lightwave Link Plus
- Monthly Membership$8.991 Month
- Annual Membership1 Year trial$90.991 Year
Meridian Scheduler
No in-app purchases
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