Comparison

Novex Lighting vs Daora LED

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

Head to head
About

Novex Lighting

Control your Novalux smart lighting system to create custom scenes for any occasion. Adjust brightness, effects, and colors, or set schedules for automatic illumination. Manage multiple systems locally or remotely.

Highlights
  • Customizable themes
  • Zone lighting control
  • Automated scheduling
  • Brightness and effects adjustment
  • Multi-system management
  • Local and remote access
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Novex Lighting is the official control app for Novex permanent smart lighting systems — designed for homeowners with Novex-equipped properties to set the perfect scene for any moment, season, or special occasion. Whether you want to celebrate a holiday with vibrant color, light a path for guests, or simply illuminate your home in classic warm white, Novex Lighting puts every fixture at your fingertips. FEATURES • Custom Themes — Choose from a library of preset themes or design your own • Zone Control — Light the front of your house, just the eaves, or every fixture at once • Schedules — Automatically apply new themes or change the brightness of your system at pre-selected times, on certain days of the week, or specific days of the calendar year • Brightness & Effects — Smooth dimming, animated effects, full color picker • Multi-System — Manage multiple Novex systems from one account • Local & Remote — Instant control on your home Wi-Fi, plus remote access from anywhere FOR NOVEX CUSTOMERS This app is intended for homeowners and businesses with Novex smart permanent lighting installed by an authorized Novex dealer. If you're considering Novex for your property, visit novaluxsmartlighting.com to find a dealer near you. SETUP Your dealer will set up your system personally. You will have immediate access to your device following the set-up process. SUPPORT Need help? Contact your dealer directly through the in-app Contact Dealer screen, or reach our team at support@novaluxsmartlighting.com.

About

Daora LED

Features
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Daora LED is compatible with Daora Lighting and also other WLED-based systems to provide full control of your lights remotely, simply, securely and from anywhere. Daora LED is also incredibly simple to use as you can download the Daora iPhone app instantly and start controlling all your Daora LED Lights. Daora allows you to Switch On/OFF, Change Power, Alter Brightness and Change Color. All of your favorite settings can be saved as a preset so you can re-use time after time for occasions such as parties, other special events and for holiday functions. Setting up your own favorite setting and saving it with your own favorite name is simple, and then you can use that setting time after time with the press of a button. Daora also has scheduling features so you can use your favorite lighting presets at any time of day, week or year. So whether it’s to turn on your lights at 8am every day, to change up the color of your lights for your birthday or Christmas, or to have your lights change up in a random pattern every night then Daora can help you control all your lighting. Daora LED is a remote control for your lights and is designed to be used with Daora Lighting and other WLED-based systems. As most typical solutions need to open up a router port to achieve remote access or even worse to change the firewall settings of a router, Daora’s LED solution uses a cloud-based method to connect the Daora app with the controller. As long as you have a Daora account which has been approved, you have a compatible controller which has been set up correctly, you have remote access turned on, you can access and control your lights from anywhere in the world. Even if you are not on the same local network as your lights. Daora LED can be used with a Daora remote control and approved Daora account for lighting installations (current or previous) as well as for WLED-based installations that require to be remotely controlled. For full lighting installations, visit daoralighting.com. If you have installed WLED based installations which you would like to access remotely, contact us: info@sqip.ninja

Screenshots

Novex Lighting4 screens
Daora LED4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Novex Lighting at 15.1 against Daora LED's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Novex Lighting ships an update monthly, Daora LED every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Novex Lighting versus Daora LED: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNovex LightingDaora LED
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNovalux LLCSQIP LLC

In-app purchases

None

Novex Lighting

No in-app purchases

None

Daora LED

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Novex Lighting free?
Novex Lighting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daora LED free?
Daora LED is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Novex Lighting or Daora LED have ads?
Neither Novex Lighting nor Daora LED shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Novex Lighting or Daora LED?
Novex Lighting ships an update monthly, and Daora LED every 2 months. Most recently, Novex Lighting was updated on October 31, 2026 and Daora LED on October 31, 2026.

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