Internet & SmartHome+ vs Avia Lighting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Internet & SmartHome+
Manage your smart home devices, monitor your network, and protect your family online. This app offers AI-assisted video monitoring, automation routines, and energy usage tracking.
- AI-assisted video monitoring
- Smart home automation
- Energy usage monitoring
- Wi-Fi management
- Network security
- Online family protection
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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.
Avia Lighting
Control and manage your smart lighting products with this app. It offers innovative and reliable solutions to enhance your living spaces with intelligent lighting that adapts to your needs.
- Smart lighting control
- Innovative products
- Reliable solutions
- Adaptive lighting
- Enhance living spaces
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At Avia Lighting, we pride ourselves on offering top-tier smart lighting products that are both innovative and reliable. Our mission is to enhance your living spaces with intelligent lighting that adapts to your needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Avia Lighting at 50% against Internet & SmartHome+'s 7%. Internet & SmartHome+'s advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Internet & SmartHome+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 7% of Internet & SmartHome+'s written reviews are positive against 50% of Avia Lighting's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Internet & SmartHome+ ships an update weekly, Avia Lighting every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Internet & SmartHome+ | Avia Lighting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 6.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TELUS Communications Inc. | Big Foot Forward LLC |
Customer experience
Internet & SmartHome+
Avia Lighting
In-app purchases
Internet & SmartHome+
No in-app purchases
Avia Lighting
No in-app purchases
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