Salus Smart Connect vs BEST Kitchen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Salus Smart Connect
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Connect to your Salus home and building automation devices from virtually anywhere with your smart phone or tablet. Remotely monitor and adjust all devices, including • Thermostats • Zone Heating/Cooling Controls • Smart Plugs and Relays for Electrical Control • Water Shutoff Valves and Leak Monitors • Various Sensors for Temperature, Occupancy, and Home Monitoring Set up user profiles and schedules to personalize your home or building control. Create custom automations or alerts to always be in total control of your home or building, ensuring maximum comfort and energy efficiency.
BEST Kitchen
Remotely manage your smart range hood, controlling its functions and even integrating voice commands with smart home assistants. Shut down your hood without leaving your seat once cooking fumes dissipate.
- Remote range hood control
- Voice control integration (Alexa, Google Home)
- Smart home assistant compatibility
- Shut down hood remotely
- iOS 13.4+ compatibility
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Using this app with your BEST Kitchen range hood, you are able to remotely control the range hood. Shut it down once the fume is gone without having to leave the table. The app is the gateway to voice control over Alexa and Google Home. The BEST App is compatible with the following phones: iOS version 13.4 or higher. Please contact our customer support or follow the link to the help menu in your app if you experience any difficulties.
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Verdict
Salus Smart Connect and BEST Kitchen are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Salus Smart Connect ships an update monthly, BEST Kitchen every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Salus Smart Connect | BEST Kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 234 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Salus North America, Inc. | Broan-NuTone, LLC. |
In-app purchases
Salus Smart Connect
No in-app purchases
BEST Kitchen
No in-app purchases
Questions
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