Comparison

Smart Home Widgets vs Nexus AI Chat Assistant

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

Head to head
About

Smart Home Widgets

This app allows you to create custom widgets for your iOS devices to control and monitor your HomeKit accessories. Easily manage scenes, switch devices on/off, and view accessory status directly from your lock screen or home screen.

Highlights
  • Custom lock screen widgets for iOS 16
  • Glanceable accessory status widgets
  • Medium widgets with multiple attributes
  • Customizable icons and colors
  • Activate accessory identify function
  • Access and control HomeKit scenes
  • Switch accessories on/off via widgets
Features
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Smart Home Widgets for HomeKit allows you to access to all your HomeKit compatible accessories and: * Create custom Lock screen Widgets for iOS 16 * Create custom small Widgets which will allow you to glance the status of your favourite accessories * Create custom medium Widgets which take advantage of the extra space and show glanceable information about pair of attributes from your accessories * Customisable icons for widgets and complications * Customisable colours for widgets * Locate your accessories by activating their identify function * Get access to HomeKit scenes * Create configurable Widgets to execute your favourite HomeKit scene * Create configurable Widgets to switch on or off your HomeKit accessories * Watch complications are available only for Small Info widgets. Complications preview are only available on iPhone

About

Nexus AI Chat Assistant

Features
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Nexus AI Chat Assistant helps you get more done — faster and smarter. Boost your productivity with powerful AI tools at a fraction of the usual price. Be smart. Use Nexus to analyze your PDF documents and images, get web-grounded answers for any question you have. Whether you're studying, working, or organizing everyday tasks, Nexus adapts to your needs. What you can do with Nexus - Analyze PDFs and images for deeper insights - Get trusted, web-grounded results - Work in 20+ languages - Accelerate your productivity with fast, accurate answers - Access premium-level AI for a way lower price Nexus AI Chat Assistant is your smarter tool for study, work, and everyday tasks. Try it today and experience a more productive way to work. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Smart Home Widgets4 screens
Nexus AI Chat Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Smart Home Widgets at 4 against Nexus AI Chat Assistant's 2. On price, update cadence, 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. Smart Home Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nexus AI Chat Assistant sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Home Widgets ships an update every 2 months, Nexus AI Chat Assistant every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Smart Home Widgets versus Nexus AI Chat Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Home WidgetsNexus AI Chat Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB11 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPablo CaifCerebral Apps UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart Home Widgets

One-time1
  • Premium Access$4.99
2 purchases

Nexus AI Chat Assistant

Subscriptions2
  • Nexus AI Assistant Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Nexus AI Assistant Pro Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Smart Home Widgets free?
Smart Home Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nexus AI Chat Assistant free?
Nexus AI Chat Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Smart Home Widgets or Nexus AI Chat Assistant have ads?
Neither Smart Home Widgets nor Nexus AI Chat Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Home Widgets or Nexus AI Chat Assistant?
Smart Home Widgets ships an update every 2 months, and Nexus AI Chat Assistant every 5 weeks. Most recently, Smart Home Widgets was updated on November 3, 2026 and Nexus AI Chat Assistant on October 30, 2026.

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