Lights App vs Connect IQ™ Store
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lights App
Control your home lighting with this app. Personalize light sets, create groups for simultaneous control, and utilize timer functions for automated operation. Choose from eight distinct controller functions and adjust brightness.
- Personalize light sets with custom names and pictures
- Control multiple light sets simultaneously with groups
- Three timer functions for automated lighting schedules
- Eight controller functions (e.g., Stay on, Twinkling, Fade away)
- Adjustable dimming for light sets
- Supports 7 languages
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- - 7 languages can be selected (Dutch, German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Polish) - - Light sets can be personalized by creating your own name and picture - - Multiple light sets can be controlled simultaneously by creating groups - - The App has three timer functions, to let the lights operate at different times - - The App has 8 controller function (Stay on, Fast twinkling, Twinkling in phase, Fade away, Fade away in phase, Phasing, Wave and combination) - - Light set can be dimmed
Connect IQ™ Store
Discover and download free apps, music streaming services, widgets, data fields, and custom watch faces to enhance your compatible smart devices. Manage all your downloaded content directly within the store.
- Download free apps
- Music streaming integration
- Personalize with widgets
- Custom data fields
- Custom watch faces
- Manage downloads
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Your device with your apps — all in one place. The Connect IQ Store is where you can download free apps, such as Uber and SmartThings, for more functionality. Put music streaming services right on your watch for music on the go. Personalize your devices with widgets, data fields and even custom watch faces. Then, manage all your downloads in the store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Connect IQ™ Store at 4.6 against Lights App's 1.7. Connect IQ™ Store also leads on review sentiment (51% vs 19%) and ratings volume (8.6K vs 13). Lights App's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Connect IQ™ Store holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Connect IQ™ Store has 8.6K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Lights App's written reviews are positive against 51% of Connect IQ™ Store's.
Lights App ships an update every 6 weeks, Connect IQ™ Store every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lights App | Connect IQ™ Store |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (13 ratings) | 4.6 (8.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.1% of reviews | 50.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 8.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #91 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 181 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lights App | Garmin |
Customer experience
Lights App
Connect IQ™ Store
Bugs and requests
Lights App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Connect IQ™ Store
Reported bugs
5 issues- Bluetooth connectivity issues
- Watch faces not installing properly
- Syncing and download problems
- Crashing and freezing on launch
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
8 requests- Smoother integration with MyFitnessPal
- Ability to save progress pics with weigh-ins
- Filter by device compatibility in app store
- Separate free and paid watch face sections
- Ability to remove unwanted watch faces/apps
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- Habit/goal setting app integration
- Enlarged digital time display option
- Custom watch face hand color display
In-app purchases
Lights App
No in-app purchases
Connect IQ™ Store
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Lights App free?
Is Connect IQ™ Store free?
Which has better reviews, Lights App or Connect IQ™ Store?
Do Lights App or Connect IQ™ Store have ads?
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