Gemstone Lights vs Internet & SmartHome+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gemstone Lights
Control your smart lights with an intuitive interface. Create custom patterns, set sunrise/sunset timers, and sync your settings to the cloud. Transform your home's ambiance effortlessly.
- Real-time pattern status
- Sunrise/sunset timers
- Offline timer support
- Cloud syncing for folders and patterns
- Intuitive interface
- Customizable lighting patterns
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Revolutionize your lighting experience with the new Gemstone Lights Hub2. Seamlessly control your lights, create patterns, and transform your home into a personalized haven of brilliance. Experience lighting control like never before. Enjoy a smoother, more intuitive interface for customizing and managing your Gemstone Lights. Key features include real-time pattern status, sunrise/sunset timers with offline support, and cloud syncing for your folders and patterns. Our new app ensures effortless lighting management anytime and anywhere.
Internet & SmartHome+
Manage your smart home devices remotely with AI-powered video monitoring, automation, and energy-saving features. Control routines, track energy usage, and earn rewards all from one intuitive platform.
- AI-assisted video monitoring
- Remote device control
- Customizable automation routines
- Energy usage monitoring
- 60-day cloud storage
- TELUS Rewards integration
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TELUS is re-imagining your smart home management with SmartHome+. Control your home, your way. This intuitive app combines AI-assisted video monitoring, smart home automation, and energy savings with comprehensive Wi-Fi management, network monitoring, and online family protection. Stay connected with the Video subscription: AI-powered cameras detect people, pets and packages with 60-day event-triggered cloud storage. Manage everything with the Automation subscription: Simplify your home life by remotely controlling your smart home devices in one app, automating daily tasks with custom routines. Conserve and save with the SmartEnergy subscription: Connect energy-saving smart devices on one easy-to-use platform to monitor your home’s energy usage and estimated costs, automate routines, and earn TELUS Rewards. Take charge of your Internet: view connected devices, optimize your Wi-Fi, set parental controls and content filters, and keep your home network secure with built-in threat protection.
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Verdict
Gemstone Lights and Internet & SmartHome+ both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Gemstone Lights's written reviews are positive against 7% of Internet & SmartHome+'s. Gemstone Lights also leads on ratings volume (4.7K vs 7). Internet & SmartHome+'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). 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 — 4.9 for Gemstone Lights against 5.0 for Internet & SmartHome+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gemstone Lights has 4.7K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Gemstone Lights's written reviews are positive against 7% of Internet & SmartHome+'s.
Gemstone Lights ships an update fortnightly, Internet & SmartHome+ weekly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Gemstone Lights | Internet & SmartHome+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.7K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better | 7.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.7K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gemstone Lights | TELUS Communications Inc. |
Customer experience
Gemstone Lights
Internet & SmartHome+
Bugs and requests
Gemstone Lights
Reported bugs
2 issues- Missing folders and patterns
- Sway pattern not working the same as original hub
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Fireworks folder and ISO folder to be complete
- Adjusting speed should not start over, and most flow settings should have no pause
Internet & SmartHome+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gemstone Lights
No in-app purchases
Internet & SmartHome+
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Gemstone Lights free?
Is Internet & SmartHome+ free?
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Do Gemstone Lights or Internet & SmartHome+ have ads?
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