NX Smart vs NX Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NX Smart
Control your intelligent home products with your smartphone. Easily pair devices, set schedules, and manage multiple scenes. Share control with family members and integrate with voice assistants.
- Smartphone control
- Voice assistant integration (Alexa, Google Home)
- Quick and easy setup
- Schedules and timers
- Multiple device control scenes
- Family member sharing
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Enhance your life with intelligent NX Smart Home products. - Use this app to pair your product and control it with your Smartphone and/or with Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. - Quick and easy set up. - Set schedules, timers and miltilple device control scenes easily. - Share device control between family members. - Australian based support office.
NX Connect
This app offers a wireless controls system for distributed room-based lighting. It simplifies installation and commissioning of lighting systems by allowing users to zone fixtures via a mobile app and wireless devices.
- Distributed room-based lighting controls
- Wireless controls system
- Zonal control of lighting fixtures
- Simplified installation
- Code compliant solution
- App-based commissioning
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NX Connect is a distributed room-based lighting controls solution. For application spaces in need of a system that is simple, easy to install and code complaint, NX Connect is our mobile, app-based wireless controls system. NX Connect provides zonal control and commissioning of lighting systems. The NX Connect mobile app and wireless devices allow customers to zone lighting fixtures, saving installation time and expertise required to commission room-based lighting systems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NX Connect at 2.0 against NX Smart's 1.0. NX Smart's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
NX Connect holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
NX Smart ships an update every 13 months, NX Connect every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NX Smart | NX Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 2.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 12 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Directed Electronics Australia | Current Lighting Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
NX Smart
NX Connect
In-app purchases
NX Smart
No in-app purchases
NX Connect
No in-app purchases
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