Comparison

Spektrum+ Smart Lighting vs LUX Control

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

Head to head
About

Spektrum+ Smart Lighting

Control your smart lights with ease, from individual bulbs to entire rooms. Explore millions of color combinations, set personalized schedules, and even use voice commands for hands-free operation. Create the perfect ambiance for any occasion.

Highlights
  • Whole home lighting control
  • Millions of color combinations
  • Personalized automated schedules
  • Advanced color mixing
  • Voice control integration
Features
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Spektrum Smart Lighting For Whole Home Connected LightingCONTROL YOUR SPEKTRUM+ SMART LIGHTS WITH EASEControl individual lights or create groupings and dedicated rooms for whole home lighting control.OVER 16 MILLION COLOR COMBINATIONSTransform your space and set the mood with the capability of RGB+Tunable CCT lighting and more!AUTOMATE YOUR LIGHTING WITH JUST A TAPSet personalized automated schedules to control your lights any way you want. Set it for a specific time of day or any planned activity. You can even mimic being home by randomizing the routines and schedules.ADVANCED COLOR MIXING CAPABILITIESWant to dial in a custom color brightness? No problem. With the added color mixer function easily adjust color settings with a dash of color here or there to create the perfect color combination.VOICE CONTROLLED LIGHTINGAlready have an in-home voice assistant device and want to control your lighting hands free? No worries Spektrum+ has you covered. Simply pair your Spektrum+ account to your voice assistant to enable voice activated lighting commands.

About

LUX Control

Control GM Lighting's smart products to customize your home or workspace. Create preset scenes, set schedules, and adjust brightness and color for the perfect ambiance. Compatible with voice assistants.

Highlights
  • Control GM Lighting Smart Products
  • Create preset scenes
  • Set schedules
  • Adjust brightness and color
  • Voice assistant compatibility (Alexa, Google Home)
  • Control RGBW and V120 tape lights
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LUX Control™ App allows you to control all of your GM Lighting's Smart Products and Controls to fully experience the quality and beauty that GM Lighting offering brings to your home or workspace. With the LUX Control™ App, you can create preset scenes, set schedules for your GM Smart Products, switch lights ON/OFF and control the brightness and color of your lights to create the ideal mood or ambiance that you desire and to compliment your circadian rhythms all from the convenience of your phone or tablet. LUX Control™ App is compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Home voice assistants. The app allows you to control GM Lighting’s RGBW tape lights, line voltage V120 tape as well as our low voltage LED Tape and a variety of other GM Lighting’s Smart Products.

Screenshots

Spektrum+ Smart Lighting4 screens
LUX Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LUX Control at 100% against Spektrum+ Smart Lighting's 0%. LUX Control also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 16 months). Spektrum+ Smart Lighting's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

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

LUX Control holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Spektrum+ Smart Lighting's written reviews are positive against 100% of LUX Control's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spektrum+ Smart Lighting ships an update every 16 months, LUX Control every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Spektrum+ Smart Lighting versus LUX Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpektrum+ Smart LightingLUX Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (36 ratings)4.9 (73 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3673 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB211 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAmerican LightingGMLighting

Customer experience

Spektrum+ Smart Lighting

All ratings32 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

LUX Control

All ratings73 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral2.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Spektrum+ Smart Lighting

No in-app purchases

None

LUX Control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spektrum+ Smart Lighting free?
Spektrum+ Smart Lighting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LUX Control free?
LUX Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spektrum+ Smart Lighting or LUX Control?
LUX Control is rated higher. Spektrum+ Smart Lighting averages 3.9 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while LUX Control averages 4.9 from 73 ratings.
Do Spektrum+ Smart Lighting or LUX Control have ads?
Neither Spektrum+ Smart Lighting nor LUX Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spektrum+ Smart Lighting or LUX Control?
Spektrum+ Smart Lighting ships an update every 16 months, and LUX Control every 6 months. Most recently, Spektrum+ Smart Lighting was updated on October 24, 2026 and LUX Control on October 20, 2026.

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