SmartCONTROL WiFi vs LIGHTIFY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartCONTROL WiFi
Manage your first-generation WiFi devices with this app. Create a free account to sync settings across devices and build a private, secure network. Your data is protected and used only to enhance your experience.
- First-generation WiFi product support
- Sync settings across devices
- Secure private network creation
- Free account creation
- Data protection and privacy
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Designed for the first generation of product. This app provides support exclusively for first-generation WiFi products. - About this app: Creating a free account allows you to: • Sync your settings across multiple devices. Your configuration remains available even if you change phones. • Build a private and secure network of devices. Data Protection: The data collected during account creation (email address) is used solely to provide you with the best possible user experience and service quality. It is never shared with third parties.
LIGHTIFY
Control your home and garden lighting from anywhere in the world with this mobile app. Customize colors, brightness, and create dynamic light effects to enhance your living space and improve safety, all while potentially reducing power consumption.
- Remote lighting control
- Customizable colors and brightness
- Create light effects
- Control home and garden lighting
- Remote access via internet
- Energy saving features
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Your mobile light control of the future The LIGHTIFY app is your mobile control center for the complete LIGHTIFY system. The app contains many exciting functions and settings, enabling you to customize your lighting. You can carry out a wide range of modifications to your home and garden lighting at any time, playfully with simple wiping movements on your mobile device: In a matter of seconds and via the Internet from anywhere in the world. LIGHTIFY: lighting has never been as much fun as this! And light has never been so individual, enriching and helpful. LIGHTIFY brings the future of lighting into your home and garden. Light controlled by a mobile app. Connected lighting that adapts at all times to your desires and lifestyle. More flexibility, color, excitement and emotion. A greater feeling of safety. And less power consumption. Let your creativity run free! Simply play around with your lighting. Try out new ideas. And surprise both yourself and your guests with really great light effects. It couldn´t be simpler: LIGHTIFY installation in 3 steps: 1. Download the free LIGHTIFY app on your smartphone or tablet PC 2. Insert the LIGHTIFY gateway into the socket and connect it to your WLAN router 3. Install your LIGHTIFY lamps and luminaires and follow the app instructions We’d appreciate it if you could review our privacy policy (https://www.osram.com/cb/lightify/lightify-privacy-policy/index.jsp) and terms of use (https://www.osram.com/cb/lightify/lightify-terms-of-use/index.jsp), which you need to accept before using the LIGHTIFY system. It's important information about what you can and can't do with LIGHTIFY, and how we protect your privacy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartCONTROL WiFi at 4.5 against LIGHTIFY's 4.0. SmartCONTROL WiFi also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 26%) and device support (4 vs 2). LIGHTIFY's advantage is ratings volume (2.4K vs 422). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SmartCONTROL WiFi holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LIGHTIFY has 2.4K ratings behind it against 422, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of SmartCONTROL WiFi's written reviews are positive against 26% of LIGHTIFY's.
SmartCONTROL WiFi ships an update every 3 months, LIGHTIFY every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartCONTROL WiFi | LIGHTIFY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (422 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.5% of reviews — better | 25.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 422 | 2.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AwoX | OSRAM GmbH |
Customer experience
SmartCONTROL WiFi
LIGHTIFY
User reviews
SmartCONTROL WiFi
From 422 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Easy setup and installation
- 💡 Good color shades and mood setting
- 💡 Long-lasting durability (outside for years)
- 👍 Simple app control
- 👍 Works well with standard light fittings
Room to improve
- 🐛 Setup issues (waiting forever)
- 🐛 Alexa integration problems
- 🐛 Lights don't link well in a room
- 🐛 App requires cloud account/online registration
- 🐛 Random and limited control of lights
LIGHTIFY
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Great product
- 🚀 Worked flawlessly
- 👍 Awesome product
- 👍 Very pleased
Room to improve
- 🐛 Freezes on agree page
- 🐛 No support to install app
- 🐛 Completely abandoned
- 🐛 Current update won't support lights
- 🐛 Not intuitive
Bugs and requests
SmartCONTROL WiFi
Reported bugs
28 issues- Waiting for device forever during setup
- Will not connect to Alexa
- Override button only does 1 of the two
- Grouping no longer works
- Unable to verify account (no confirmation email sent)
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- Can only control one light maximum, randomly
- Issues with the Bluetooth
- Music stops playing when using 'The lightning mood'
- Keeps forgetting itself
- Lights respond really slowly
- Newest version doesn't let you save a schedule
- Cannot get music to work on iPhone
- Loses connection between phone and bulbs
- App always loses connection
- Timers do not work
- Proximity option never works
- App is completely broken on iPhone 5s
- Cannot connect to light bulb after update
- Proximity sensor not working
- Watch support fails to connect frequently
- Won't let me sign in
- Cannot control the light anymore
- Cannot add light back after removing
- App doesn't work on iPhone 7 plus
- Cannot connect bulb to iPad app
- Disconnects every time phone is turned off
- Can control neighbor's bulbs
- Music disco mode not working
Requested features
12 requests- iOS widgets
- Apple Watch apps
- Better security
- Integration of other brand bulbs
- Customize naming of favorite colors
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- More nuance in themes
- Customizable color streams (duration, sequence)
- Hide room/global on/off buttons
- More flexibility in room naming
- Custom color cycles
- Gradual on/off for alarm feature
- Set different schedules for weekdays/multiple times a day
LIGHTIFY
Reported bugs
5 issues- Gateway firmware update breaks connectivity
- Lights randomly turn on/off
- Schedules disappear after bulb turns on
- Lights default to cool white on power-on
- Upgrade process disables all other features
Requested features
5 requests- Sunset/sunrise scheduling
- Integration with smart assistants
- Ability to set dynamic presets
- Fading between scenes
- Ping-based scene triggers
In-app purchases
SmartCONTROL WiFi
No in-app purchases
LIGHTIFY
No in-app purchases
Questions
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