LinkControl vs LocalSites
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LinkControl
This utility app acts as an interface for controlling physical devices like lights and motors. It downloads button definitions from a server and sends button press identifiers back to the server, which then determines the action.
- Control lights, dimmers, and motors
- Button definition downloads
- Button press identification
- Server-based device control
- Customizable button layouts
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LinkControl is an automation application that can be used to control lights, dimmers, motors and other physical devices. This application is essentially a button processing application that needs to be paired with a server component that ultimately controls the physical devices. This application downloads button definitions from the server application and when a button is pressed a button identifier is returned to the server indicating which button was pressed. With that information the server decides the appropriate next step. LinkControl has no knowledge of the overall process as it just handles button definitions and button presses.
LocalSites
Discover and access websites hosted on your local network. This utility helps you quickly find configuration pages for devices like printers and IoT gadgets, opening them directly in your browser.
- Discover local network websites
- Uses Bonjour (DNS-SD) protocol
- Open URLs in Safari
- Access device configuration pages
- Open source on GitHub
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This app shows all websites in the local network which advertise themselves using the "bonjour" (DNS-SD) protocol. Clicking on an entry passes the URL to Safari for displaying the website. Note that the only purpose of this app is to quickly access configuration websites for example of local printers or IoT gadgets. The app does not list services other than http, and is not meant to be a full featured network services browser (there are already good apps for that). The app is in the AppStore for your convenience and as a way to support its development a bit, but it is open sourced on github, so you're welcome to get it from there and also to contribute enhancements!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LinkControl at 3.5 against LocalSites's 1.0. LocalSites's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
LinkControl holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
LinkControl ships an update every 18 months, LocalSites every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LinkControl | LocalSites |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | River Rock Logic | Lukas Zeller |
Customer experience
LinkControl
LocalSites
In-app purchases
LinkControl
No in-app purchases
LocalSites
No in-app purchases
