Flux vs LUX Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flux
Control your smart home devices, monitor power consumption, and manage lighting, security, and entertainment systems. This app offers remote configuration and is optimized for Z-Wave technology.
- Smart home device control
- Power consumption monitoring
- Lighting and security management
- Remote configuration
- Z-Wave technology optimization
- Preset scene activation
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Flux makes your home even smarter and greener. Designed to control your smart home thru home automation devices, you can monitor power consumption and control lighting, doors, biometric readers, air conditioning, blinds, alarms, safety valves, smoke and gas sensors, security cameras, preset scenes, home theater, apple tv among many other possibilities. * Modern interface and easy to use. * Configure and store the installation settings remotely, more convenience and flexibility for installation specialist. * Approved in home automation and security equipment * 100% compatible with the Flex platform (http://www.flexautomation.com.br) and smart home specialized services. * Licenses of use, device installation and configuration by certified professionals. * Optimized for Z-Wave® technology Already have automation at home or office? - Please contact your dealer or nearest installer to acquire Flux. Do you wish to have a really smart home? - Learn more at http://www.flexautomation.com.br Are you a distributor, dealer or system integrator? - Contact us to acquire Flex system and learn about Flux Manager app and its unique Z-Wave network administrative tools.
LUX Control
Control GM Lighting's smart products to customize your home or workspace. Create preset scenes, set schedules, and adjust brightness and color for the perfect ambiance. Compatible with voice assistants.
- Control GM Lighting Smart Products
- Create preset scenes
- Set schedules
- Adjust brightness and color
- Voice assistant compatibility (Alexa, Google Home)
- Control RGBW and V120 tape lights
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LUX Control™ App allows you to control all of your GM Lighting's Smart Products and Controls to fully experience the quality and beauty that GM Lighting offering brings to your home or workspace. With the LUX Control™ App, you can create preset scenes, set schedules for your GM Smart Products, switch lights ON/OFF and control the brightness and color of your lights to create the ideal mood or ambiance that you desire and to compliment your circadian rhythms all from the convenience of your phone or tablet. LUX Control™ App is compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Home voice assistants. The app allows you to control GM Lighting’s RGBW tape lights, line voltage V120 tape as well as our low voltage LED Tape and a variety of other GM Lighting’s Smart Products.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LUX Control at 100% against Flux's 0%. LUX Control also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (73 vs 2). Flux's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). 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.
LUX Control holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LUX Control has 73 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Flux's written reviews are positive against 100% of LUX Control's.
Flux ships an update every 5 weeks, LUX Control every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flux | LUX Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (73 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 73 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 211 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Z - Wave Tecnologia e Representacao de Aparelhos Eletronicos LTDA. | GMLighting |
Customer experience
Flux
LUX Control
In-app purchases
Flux
No in-app purchases
LUX Control
No in-app purchases
