NX Lighting Controls vs SmartLoop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NX Lighting Controls
Configure and manage NX lighting control devices wirelessly from your iPhone or iPad. This utility app simplifies the setup process for your smart lighting system.
- Wireless device setup
- Wireless device configuration
- iPhone and iPad compatibility
- Smart lighting management
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This application allows wireless setup and wireless configuration of NX lighting Control devices from an iPhone or iPad.
SmartLoop
Control your home lighting wirelessly with this intuitive app. Set up and manage your lighting ecosystem easily with a suite of controls and sensors for all your needs.
- Wireless lighting control
- Intuitive app interface
- Lighting ecosystem management
- Suite of controls and sensors
- Quick setup
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SmartLoop by Keystone is a simple wireless lighting control system that brings the convenience of lighting control to everyone. It has a suite of controls and sensors for all needs, and the intuitive SmartLoop app allows you to set up and manage your lighting ecosystem quickly and easily
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SmartLoop at 100% against NX Lighting Controls's 33%. SmartLoop also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.6). NX Lighting Controls's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 4). 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.
SmartLoop holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NX Lighting Controls has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of NX Lighting Controls's written reviews are positive against 100% of SmartLoop's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NX Lighting Controls | SmartLoop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (27 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Current Lighting Solutions, LLC | Keystone Technologies, LLC |
Customer experience
NX Lighting Controls
SmartLoop
In-app purchases
NX Lighting Controls
No in-app purchases
SmartLoop
No in-app purchases
Questions
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