Westgate Smart vs LUX Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Westgate Smart
Control your home appliances remotely from anywhere. Manage multiple devices simultaneously, set timers for automated functions, and easily share access with family members. The app offers a quick and simple connection process to your devices.
- Remote appliance control
- Simultaneous multi-device management
- Automated timers
- Device sharing with family
- Easy device connection
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1. Remote control: control home appliances from anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one App 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: One tap to share devices among family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect App to devices
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: LUX Control at 73 against Westgate Smart's 7. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 — 5.0 for Westgate Smart against 4.9 for LUX Control. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LUX Control has 73 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Westgate Smart ships an update every 7 months, LUX Control every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Westgate Smart | LUX Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.9 (73 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 73 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 206 MB | 211 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Westgate Mfg INC | GMLighting |
Customer experience
Westgate Smart
LUX Control
In-app purchases
Westgate Smart
No in-app purchases
LUX Control
No in-app purchases
