FlashFiber Home vs Outdoorlink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlashFiber Home
Manage your home Wi-Fi network remotely. Easily set up guest access and implement parental controls. Monitor connected devices and manage your network settings from anywhere.
- Guest Wi-Fi setup
- Parental controls
- Remote network management
- Device management
- SSID management
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FlashFiber Home is a mobile application that allows you to easily enable Wi-Fi for your guests and set parental controls. Control your network from anywhere with device management, viewing connected devices, and SSID management.
Outdoorlink
Remotely manage and monitor illumination or reboot devices. Control schedules, turn devices on/off, view reports, and get directions to unit locations. Upload installation photos and tag unit locations with GPS.
- Remote device control
- Schedule management
- View reports and alarms
- Map unit locations
- Upload installation photos
- GPS tagging
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The OutdoorLink® App empowers the end user by providing the technology to control and monitor illumination or reboot devices remotely. The user can manage & view schedules, manually turn lights and other attached devices on or off, view reports and alarms, look up any registered unit on the map, and get turn-by-turn driving directions to the location of that unit! The OutdoorLink® Control app also allows you to upload photos of an installation directly from your device's camera, and even tag a unit’s location using your iPhone or iPad's built-in GPS! Please note that the OutdoorLink® App can only be used if you have an OutdoorLink® controller and also have access to the OutdoorLink® customer web portal. Additional Features of the OutdoorLink® Application: - Call/Email 24-hour Tech Support directly from the app - View and manage all of your assigned markets/plants/locations - View unit details, history and command logs - View and edit relay schedules - View and clear alarms - Turn relays on and off directly from the app - Upload photos of an installation or location using your device’s camera - Tag a unit in the system with the GPS coordinates of your device.
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Verdict
FlashFiber Home and Outdoorlink both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Outdoorlink's written reviews are positive against 64% of FlashFiber Home's. Outdoorlink also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). FlashFiber Home's advantage is ratings volume (169 vs 5) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for FlashFiber Home against 4.8 for Outdoorlink. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FlashFiber Home has 169 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of FlashFiber Home's written reviews are positive against 100% of Outdoorlink's.
FlashFiber Home ships an update every 3 months, Outdoorlink monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FlashFiber Home | Outdoorlink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (169 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 169 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JWEMC Communications, LLC | OutdoorLink, Inc. |
Customer experience
FlashFiber Home
Outdoorlink
In-app purchases
FlashFiber Home
No in-app purchases
Outdoorlink
No in-app purchases
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