WiZ Connected vs OpenCARWINGS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WiZ Connected
Effortlessly manage your smart lighting by organizing lights into rooms and groups. Control your ambiance remotely and explore various light modes to enhance your environment for work, relaxation, or fun. Securely store and share your settings with others.
- Organize lights by rooms and groups
- Remote control via cloud
- Variety of light modes
- Secure cloud storage
- Share settings with family and guests
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Smart lighting made simple. Organize and control your lights by groups within rooms over Wi-Fi or remotely through the cloud. Improve the way you work, feel and simply enjoy the environment you're in with our wide variety of different light modes that cover the range from fun to functional. All your settings are securely stored on the cloud and can be shared with your family, friends and even your guests if you like.
OpenCARWINGS
This app provides remote control for electric vehicles, allowing users to monitor battery status, driving range, and vehicle location. Users can also remotely manage climate control, initiate charging, and set timers for these functions.
- View battery charge and range
- Track vehicle location
- Send destinations to navigation
- Remote A/C control
- Remote charging control
- Set remote timers
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OpenCARWINGS brings back remote control functions to cars like Nissan LEAF, e-NV200. With the mobile app you can conveniently control the application. With the app you can: - View battery charge and driving range - View vehicle's location and send destinations to car's navigation system - Turn on and off the air conditioning remotely - Start charging the car - Set remote timers for charge start and A/C - More functionality coming later! OpenCARWINGS is an open source project, its repository can be found here: https://github.com/developerfromjokela/opencarwings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OpenCARWINGS at 5.0 against WiZ Connected's 4.5. OpenCARWINGS also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). WiZ Connected's advantage is ratings volume (42K vs 1) and chart position (#86 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. WiZ Connected sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. OpenCARWINGS asks for nothing beyond the download.
OpenCARWINGS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WiZ Connected has 42K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
WiZ Connected ships an update every 6 weeks, OpenCARWINGS fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WiZ Connected | OpenCARWINGS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (42K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 42K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #86 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 270 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Signify Netherlands B.V. | Ruben Mkrtumyan |
Customer experience
WiZ Connected
OpenCARWINGS
Bugs and requests
WiZ Connected
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes frequently
- Inability to add or delete lights/rooms
- Automation schedules not working as expected
- Inconsistent app behavior across devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to control individual lights in a group
- Improve Siri/Google Assistant integration
- Implement dark mode option
- Allow custom color palettes and dynamic lighting effects
OpenCARWINGS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WiZ Connected
- Heads-Up Monthly Single Home1 Month trial$3.991 Month
OpenCARWINGS
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is WiZ Connected free?
Is OpenCARWINGS free?
Which has better reviews, WiZ Connected or OpenCARWINGS?
Do WiZ Connected or OpenCARWINGS have ads?
Which is updated more often, WiZ Connected or OpenCARWINGS?
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