NX Lighting Controls vs NX Smart
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.
NX Smart
Control your intelligent home products with your smartphone. Easily pair devices, set schedules, and manage multiple scenes. Share control with family members and integrate with voice assistants.
- Smartphone control
- Voice assistant integration (Alexa, Google Home)
- Quick and easy setup
- Schedules and timers
- Multiple device control scenes
- Family member sharing
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Enhance your life with intelligent NX Smart Home products. - Use this app to pair your product and control it with your Smartphone and/or with Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. - Quick and easy set up. - Set schedules, timers and miltilple device control scenes easily. - Share device control between family members. - Australian based support office.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NX Lighting Controls at 3.6 against NX Smart's 1.0. NX Lighting Controls also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (27 vs 1). NX Smart's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
NX Lighting Controls holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NX Lighting Controls has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NX Lighting Controls ships an update every 2 months, NX Smart every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NX Lighting Controls | NX Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (27 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Current Lighting Solutions, LLC | Directed Electronics Australia |
Customer experience
NX Lighting Controls
NX Smart
In-app purchases
NX Lighting Controls
No in-app purchases
NX Smart
No in-app purchases
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