Comparison

Thinknx UP vs Skywards Everyday

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Thinknx UP

This app enhances professional home automation supervision with a redesigned interface for improved usability and performance. It offers advanced control over lighting, climate, and security systems, with customizable layouts and multilingual support.

Highlights
  • Home and building automation management
  • Advanced lighting control (RGBW)
  • Customizable scenes and schedules
  • HVAC and thermostat management
  • Multilingual interface support
  • Integration with security systems
  • Video surveillance management
Features
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Thinknx UP uplifts the level of supervisions for professional home automation. Completely redesigned and distinguished by unique key features, this app allows a leap forward in terms of usability and appealing providing the building enhanced performances as well as much more power and flexibility. A new RGBW POP-UP simplifies the usage of colored and tunable white lamps permitting to save unlimited number of colors and to shuffle between them. SCENES can be modified as easily as during recording, allowing any single action to be changed or even removed to get the desired end result. In addition to the automatically generated list, CUSTOMIZABLE PORTRAIT can be designed as for landscape to accommodate your prefer graphic. Reinvented SCHEDULES permit to easily create time or event based actions repeating on any time base. It is also possible to switch from one THEME to another just choosing it from the settings. The management of HVAC and thermostats has been lead to an even higher level presenting much more info to the user without any additional configuration. Last but not least, to deploy the app globally, interfaces can be now created in ANY LANGUAGE thanks to the minimal usage of fixed texts and the support of unicode fonts. Features: - Fast and easy setup using the free ThinKnx Configurator - Unlimited number of KNX group addresses - Multiproject support - Secure connection thanks to encrypted stream - Comfortable and intuitive usage - Simple and attractive design - Advanced logical functions Check list of the main software functions: - Management of complete home and building automation systems based on KNX, Z-Wave, BTicino, Modbus - Lights (on/off command with % value, dimmer, new RGBW control with colors and sequences set by the user) - Awnings and any kind of motorized shutter/curtain - Climate and heating (manual or scheduled climate control) - Display weather data - Load control, water, gas, electricity - Create custom scenarios - HVAC control with desired thermal modality (comfort, standby, night) - Basic Logic - Boolean functions (AND, OR, NOT, NOR, NAND) and filters. - Timed controls thanks to calendars and a lot of kind of timers - KNX bus monitor via web page - Smart Irrigation system - Voice control function Integrated anti-intrusion systems: - Bentel: Kyo8, Kyo16, Kyo32, Kyo320, Absoluta - Tecnoalarm: Tecno Out protocol - Paradox - Elkron: MP508TG - Aritech Advisor Master and Advanced - Honeywell Galaxy - Inim - Urmet - Siemens SPC - Elmo / Iess Integrated management of video surveillance systems: - Mobotix Cameras - Axis Cameras - Network Cameras with MJPEG or RTSP H264 video flow Integration of installations of other type such as: - Interfacing with devices with MODBUS RTU communication protocol (thermal / special plants / fire / electrical meters) as the FCC-PLANTHERM, RDZ, Menerga - Integration with air conditioning systems by Sanyo - Integration with air conditioners by Mitsubishi - Gateway Function to and from MODBUS-RTU Integrated management of audio / video multi-room: - Audiofy - Tutondo - Audio Matrix / video AMX multiroom, Autopatch, Kramer, Atlona (via serial interface), Gefen - Video walls NEC, Projectors Sanyo, LG Monitor (via serial interface) - Receivers Denon, Onkyo, Cambridge Audio (via serial or network) - Monitoring of all devices via IR remote control IR 36kHz or 52kHz and Global Caché - Internet of Things gateway - Sonos - Ethernet gateway

About

Skywards Everyday

Automatically earn loyalty miles on everyday purchases across the UAE. Link your payment cards to shop, dine, and play with hundreds of partners. Discover exclusive offers and multiply your miles with special promotions.

Highlights
  • Automatic mile earning
  • Link multiple payment cards
  • Hundreds of partner merchants
  • Map view for nearby partners
  • Exclusive offers
  • Multiply miles with promotions
Features
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Earn Skywards Miles automatically when you shop, dine, play and unwind in the UAE. Simply download the Skywards Everyday app, log in, and link a payment card to your profile and you’re ready to earn Skywards Miles. Choose from hundreds of partners throughout the UAE. Link up to five Visa or Mastercard debit or credit cards to your profile to earn Skywards Miles automatically at checkout. Earn with hundreds of partners across fine and casual dining, luxury and high street shopping, grocery, services, leisure, entertainment, beauty and wellness. Find partner outlets and offers nearby quickly and easily using the map view. Access exclusive offers Multiply your Skywards Miles when you use an Emirates Skywards Credit Card or spend with our partners at Dubai Mall.

Screenshots

Thinknx UP4 screens
Skywards Everyday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Skywards Everyday at 4.5 against Thinknx UP's 1.0. Skywards Everyday also leads on ratings volume (241 vs 7) and review sentiment (27% vs 15%). Thinknx UP's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Skywards Everyday holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skywards Everyday has 241 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Thinknx UP's written reviews are positive against 27% of Skywards Everyday's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thinknx UP ships an update every 2 months, Skywards Everyday every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Thinknx UP versus Skywards Everyday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinknx UPSkywards Everyday
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (7 ratings)4.5 (241 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.0% of reviews26.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7241 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuForLuEmirates

Customer experience

Thinknx UP

All ratings7 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive15.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative70.0%

Skywards Everyday

All ratings241 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews94 reviews
Positive26.6%
Neutral6.4%
Negative67.0%

Bugs and requests

Thinknx UP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Skywards Everyday

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Miles not credited
  • Inconsistent point addition
  • App not loading or crashing
  • App freezes and hangs
  • Apple Pay not recognized for points
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  • Points not added after updates
  • Map functionality issues
  • Location services required
  • Support channels ineffective

Requested features

6 requests
  • Expand to the gulf region
  • Add more stores/participants
  • Allow scanning of invoices instead of manual entry
  • Allow members to scan codes on invoices
  • Replace manual steps with barcode or QR code
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  • Improve manual entry process for salespeople

In-app purchases

None

Thinknx UP

No in-app purchases

None

Skywards Everyday

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thinknx UP free?
Thinknx UP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skywards Everyday free?
Skywards Everyday is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thinknx UP or Skywards Everyday?
Skywards Everyday is rated higher. Thinknx UP averages 1.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Skywards Everyday averages 4.5 from 241 ratings.
Do Thinknx UP or Skywards Everyday have ads?
Neither Thinknx UP nor Skywards Everyday shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thinknx UP or Skywards Everyday?
Thinknx UP ships an update every 2 months, and Skywards Everyday every 3 weeks. Most recently, Thinknx UP was updated on November 2, 2026 and Skywards Everyday on November 3, 2026.

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