NuWave Connect vs UniFi Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NuWave Connect
Control your Wi-Fi enabled NuWave appliances remotely from your smartphone. Adjust settings, monitor activity, and access built-in recipes for convenient cooking.
- Remote appliance operation
- Wi-Fi connectivity
- Adjustable settings
- Activity monitoring
- Built-in recipe library
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Easily Operate Your Wi-Fi Enabled NuWave® Product from Your Smart Device! Now you can operate your Wi-Fi-enabled NuWave product with just a simple tap on your smart device. Pair your smart device with the NuWave product over your home Wi-Fi network to adjust the settings and monitor activity from anywhere in your home. You can even use and enjoy all the fine recipes built right into the app! Living well has never been this easy.
UniFi Connect
Manage and automate your organization's IT infrastructure, from lighting to EV chargers. Discover, configure, and monitor devices remotely, applying custom settings to groups with ease.
- Remote device discovery, adoption, configuration, and monitoring
- Automate IT solutions like lighting and EV chargers
- Apply custom settings to multiple devices simultaneously
- Enterprise-grade network management
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Build an enterprise-grade network that allows you to connect and automate your organization’s IT solutions - from conference room lighting to multimedia displays, EV chargers, and more! With UniFi Connect, you can: - Discover, adopt, configure, and monitor devices from anywhere. - Apply custom settings to multiple devices and groups with a single tap.
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Verdict
NuWave Connect and UniFi Connect both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of UniFi Connect's written reviews are positive against 13% of NuWave Connect's. UniFi Connect also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). NuWave Connect's advantage is ratings volume (607 vs 13) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for NuWave Connect against 4.4 for UniFi Connect. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NuWave Connect has 607 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 13% of NuWave Connect's written reviews are positive against 67% of UniFi Connect's.
NuWave Connect ships an update every 3 months, UniFi Connect monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NuWave Connect | UniFi Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (607 ratings) | 4.4 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 607 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nuwavenow.com | Ubiquiti Inc. |
Customer experience
NuWave Connect
UniFi Connect
Bugs and requests
NuWave Connect
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Devices randomly disconnecting
- Account and login issues
- Incompatibility with modern WiFi
Requested features
3 requests- Scheduling and timer options
- Fan speed control in app
- Improved device connectivity
UniFi Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NuWave Connect
No in-app purchases
UniFi Connect
No in-app purchases
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