ORVIBO Home vs Smart Elfin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ORVIBO Home
Easily control, monitor, and secure your home from anywhere with this smart home platform. Manage various devices, create custom scenes, and set up automated scenarios to personalize your living space.
- Remote home control
- Device monitoring
- Home security
- Scene creation
- Automated scenarios
- Manage lights, curtains, AC, TV
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ORVIBO Home is a brand new smart home platform, lets you easily control, monitor, and secure your home from anywhere in the world. Start with connected ORVIBO Home Hub and add as many connected switches, sockets, locks, sensors and more to create a smart home that matches your unique personality. With smart home platform ORVIBO Home, you can many controls as follow. Control and manage all kinds of devices like curtains, air conditioners, TV, lights, switches, sockets and etc in one APP. Create different scenes to control multiple devices. Make ‘If this then that’ synchronizations scenario. Particular attention: ORVIBO Home support these products: Smart Socket, Magic Cube, Smart Camera, Smart in-wall Switch, Sensors ect. Our Smart Socket S20 is not supported by ORVIBO Home. You can operate S20 with WiWo APP. We feel sincerely sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.
Smart Elfin
Control smart home devices like lights and fans via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Manage power, brightness, color temperature, and fan speed. Schedule automatic turn-off times for convenience.
- Device power on/off
- Adjust light brightness
- Adjust color temperature
- Control fan speed
- Scheduled shutdown timers
- Quick device setup
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# Bluetooth 2.4G Devices For successful pairing, click the Pairing button within 5 seconds after powering on the device. Key Features: 1. Device Control: Turn on/off, adjust light brightness/color temperature & fan speed levels 2. Scheduled Shutdown: Set custom timers for automatic turn-off 3. Quick Setup: Add devices instantly in Settings or via "Add Device > Manual Setup" # WiFi+Bluetooth Dual-Mode Devices For successful pairing, go to "Add Device > Discover Devices" within 1 minute after power-on. Key Features: 1. Device Control: Turn on/off, adjust light brightness/color temperature & fan speed levels 2. Scheduled Shutdown: Set custom timers for automatic turn-off
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ORVIBO Home at 53% against Smart Elfin's 5%. ORVIBO Home also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.4) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 160). Smart Elfin's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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.
ORVIBO Home holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ORVIBO Home has 1.1K ratings behind it against 160, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of ORVIBO Home's written reviews are positive against 5% of Smart Elfin's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ORVIBO Home | Smart Elfin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.1K ratings) — better | 1.4 (160 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.1% of reviews — better | 4.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 160 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| 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 | 433 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen HomeMate 365 Co., Ltd. | Quspeed Future Artificial Intelligence Technology Guangzhou Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
ORVIBO Home
Smart Elfin
User reviews
ORVIBO Home
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Reliable and stable
- 🚀 Convenient remote control
- 👍 Integrates well with smart home
- 🚀 Responsive app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Buggy app updates
- 🐛 Inconsistent device behavior
- 🐛 Unreliable timers and schedules
- 🐛 Compatibility problems with newer devices
Smart Elfin
From 160 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Works sometimes
- 👍 Good for price (rarely)
Room to improve
- ❌ Does not work
- 🐛 Crashing frequently
- ❌ Connection issues
- ❌ Language barriers (Chinese/Japanese)
- ❌ Registration/Login problems
Bugs and requests
ORVIBO Home
Reported bugs
5 issues- Devices randomly going offline
- App crashes on login
- Inability to add new devices
- Timers not working as expected
- Scenes not triggering properly
Requested features
5 requests- Sunrise/sunset automation
- More customization options
- Expanded device compatibility
- Better integration with voice assistants
- Improved app UI/UX
Smart Elfin
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes on startup
- Bluetooth not detected or enabled
- App says update needed but none available
- Language changes to Chinese/Japanese unexpectedly
- Cannot register or log in
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- App loses connection to devices
- Buttons/controls unresponsive
- Device control functions backwards
- Fan on/off non-functional
- Lights blinking/changing colors on their own
- App doesn't sync with devices
- Privacy policy screen blank or buttons not working
- App requests excessive permissions
- Brightness reverts to full in pulsating mode
- Cannot control two lights independently
- Remount control mixes with TV functions
Requested features
6 requests- Adjust brightness in pulsating mode
- Lighter/darker color options
- Improve app for US market
- Provide clear instructions/tutorials
- Fix language issues (English support)
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- Allow control of multiple lights independently
In-app purchases
ORVIBO Home
No in-app purchases
Smart Elfin
No in-app purchases
