Comparison

Kichler Connects vs Haven Lighting

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

Head to head
About

Kichler Connects

Effortlessly manage your outdoor landscape lighting from your smartphone or tablet. Create custom schedules, use preset options that adjust to daylight savings, or control your lights with your voice. Enjoy seamless integration with smart home devices and easy sharing with family members.

Highlights
  • Smartphone and tablet control
  • Customizable and preset schedules
  • Location-based and dusk-to-dawn scheduling
  • Daylight savings time adjustment
  • Voice control integration
  • Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity
  • On-board memory for offline control
Features
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Kichler Connects Digitally control your landscape lighting from your smartphone or tablet in minutes with the Kichler Connects ™ app. Designed to work with our Kichler® Smart Control Timer, this app allows you to utilize one of our preset lighting schedules, or create custom schedules of your own. Preset schedules can align with your location, dusk-to-dawn, and adjust to daylight savings time– allowing you to be in control of the beauty of your outdoors. Easy to use and install, the Kichler Connects App: - Connects to your Smart Control Timer via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth - Create customizable or select easy preset on/off schedules - Select cloud and location-based control, including astronomical scheduling, to align with the daylight savings hours and the changing seasons - Voice control via smart home devices for whole-home integration - Easily share and control among family members - For use with low-voltage landscape lighting transformers (compatible with most styles) - On-board memory to control your lights even if your Wi-Fi connection is interrupted - Can be set up by installers or homeowners quickly– just plug your timer into your transformer and set-up the app.

About

Haven Lighting

Control your smart lighting system remotely. Adjust brightness, color, and warmth to enhance your home or landscape's architectural beauty. Connect and manage multiple controllers via WiFi.

Highlights
  • Remote lighting control
  • Brightness adjustment
  • Color and warmth settings
  • Add and manage controllers
  • WiFi connectivity
Features
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Haven PRO iOS Application is for end-users who have installed the Haven Lighting at their location of choice (home, office, outdoor, Landscape, etc.). Using this application users can log in and add a controller (Lighting) using WiFi. A controller can connect to the home network. Users can operate all Controllers using the iOS application. Users can control the lights in terms of their operation such as light ON/OFF, unparalleled brightness, rich color, and warm white temperature adjustments to best highlight the architectural beauty of that location.

Screenshots

Kichler Connects4 screens
Haven Lighting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kichler Connects at 4.7 against Haven Lighting's 3.1. Kichler Connects also leads on ratings volume (705 vs 35) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Haven Lighting's advantage is review sentiment (35% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 16 months). 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

Kichler Connects holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kichler Connects has 705 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Kichler Connects's written reviews are positive against 35% of Haven Lighting's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kichler Connects ships an update every 16 months, Haven Lighting every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Kichler Connects versus Haven Lighting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKichler ConnectsHaven Lighting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (705 ratings) — better3.1 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews35.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings705 — better35
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size243 MB49 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperL.D. Kichler CO..THEJonathan Fazekas

Customer experience

Kichler Connects

All ratings698 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative85.7%

Haven Lighting

All ratings31 ratings
Positive45.2%
Neutral12.9%
Negative41.9%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive35.3%
Neutral17.6%
Negative47.1%

Bugs and requests

Kichler Connects

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Schedules and presets not working as expected
  • Inability to control lighting system through app or voice assistants
  • Inconsistent performance, with lights not turning on/off as scheduled

Requested features

2 requests
  • Integration with Apple HomeKit
  • Simpler and more intuitive app design

Haven Lighting

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Kichler Connects

No in-app purchases

None

Haven Lighting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kichler Connects free?
Kichler Connects is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Haven Lighting free?
Haven Lighting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kichler Connects or Haven Lighting?
Kichler Connects is rated higher. Kichler Connects averages 4.7 out of 5 from 705 ratings, while Haven Lighting averages 3.1 from 35 ratings.
Do Kichler Connects or Haven Lighting have ads?
Neither Kichler Connects nor Haven Lighting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kichler Connects or Haven Lighting?
Kichler Connects ships an update every 16 months, and Haven Lighting every 2 weeks. Most recently, Kichler Connects was updated on November 7, 2026 and Haven Lighting on November 3, 2026.

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