Comparison

BEST Kitchen vs MOD LIGHTING

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

MOD LIGHTING

Control your smart lighting with precision. Adjust brightness, color temperature, and create custom scenes for any mood or time of day. Manage multiple fixtures easily and even shop for new lighting within the app.

Highlights
  • Adjust brightness and color temperature
  • Create and save custom lighting scenes
  • Control lighting by room or time
  • Manage multiple fixtures simultaneously
  • Shop for luxury lighting
Features
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Your lights, wherever you are. MOD LIGHTING controls every smart fixture in your home from one place. Set the brightness, warm or cool the white, pick a color, and save the result so the room comes back the same way tomorrow. CONTROL Brightness and color temperature on one dial. Full color for RGB fixtures. Presets you save once and reach in a tap. SPACES Group the lights in a room into a space and set the whole room at once. Turn everything off on your way out, from the Home screen. SYNC Fixtures that should always match are linked into a single control. Change one and the rest follow. TIMERS AND SCHEDULES Give a light a countdown, or a schedule that repeats on the days you choose. PAIRING Adding a light takes Bluetooth and your 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network. The app walks you through it, and when something does not take, it tells you what actually went wrong. YOUR ACCOUNT Sign in with your email and a six digit code. There is no password to remember. Your orders, your addresses and your store credit sit in the app next to your lights. SHOP Browse the MOD LIGHTING collection and check out without leaving the app. COMPATIBILITY Works with MOD LIGHTING smart fixtures. A 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network is required. Remote-only fixtures are not app controlled.

Screenshots

BEST Kitchen4 screens
MOD LIGHTING4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MOD LIGHTING at 5.0 against BEST Kitchen's 1.4. MOD LIGHTING also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). BEST Kitchen's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MOD LIGHTING holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BEST Kitchen has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BEST Kitchen ships an update every 2 months, MOD LIGHTING daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BEST Kitchen versus MOD LIGHTING: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBEST KitchenMOD LIGHTING
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.4 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBroan-NuTone, LLC.11947907 Canada Inc

Customer experience

BEST Kitchen

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

MOD LIGHTING

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

BEST Kitchen

No in-app purchases

None

MOD LIGHTING

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BEST Kitchen free?
BEST Kitchen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MOD LIGHTING free?
MOD LIGHTING is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BEST Kitchen or MOD LIGHTING?
MOD LIGHTING is rated higher. BEST Kitchen averages 1.4 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while MOD LIGHTING averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BEST Kitchen or MOD LIGHTING have ads?
Neither BEST Kitchen nor MOD LIGHTING shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BEST Kitchen or MOD LIGHTING?
BEST Kitchen ships an update every 2 months, and MOD LIGHTING daily. Most recently, BEST Kitchen was updated on October 24, 2026 and MOD LIGHTING on October 24, 2026.

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