emblazee vs Meross
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
emblazee
Control your HomeKit compatible lights from your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Organize your lights into homes, rooms, zones, and groups, and create custom scenes. Automate your lighting with time-based triggers and voice commands via Siri.
- HomeKit light control
- Create rooms, zones, and groups
- Custom scene creation
- Time-based scene triggers
- Siri voice commands
- Apple Watch support
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emblazee lets you control your HomeKit compatible lights on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. You can manage your homes and create rooms, zones, groups and scenes. In addition, you can create triggers that activate your scenes at defined times. You can control your Lights, Rooms, Groups or Scenes with Siri. For example you can turn on your Living Room if you say: "Hey Siri, turn on lights in the Living Room". Follow emblazee on social to stay updated. Facebook: www.facebook.com/emblazee Twitter: @emblazee
Meross
Control and manage a wide range of smart home devices remotely. Set schedules, create custom scenes, and integrate with voice assistants for automated control. Access troubleshooting guides, firmware updates, and community forums for support.
- Remote device control
- Custom schedules and scenes
- Voice assistant integration
- Firmware updates
- In-app hardware guides
- Consumer forum
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Meross app can help you set up and manage smart WiFi bulb, plug, switch, garage door opener, thermostat, air purifier, sensor, humidifier and so on. Meross app offers you special value that other platform apps can not offer such as in-app hardware guide and troubleshooting, in-app setup guide and dedicated troubleshooting, firmware update, cloud service maintenance notice, digital user manual, consumer forum, and new product release information. With Meross app, you can 1. Turn on and off your devices remotely from anywhere with internet. 2. Set schedules and scenes for your devices so that they can run automatically as you wish. 3. Link your devices to your voice assistant platform. 4. Check and update your devices to the latest firmware. 5. Share great product experience with others and discuss about how to use products in Forum. 6. Find information about special offer and new product release. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Meross at Free against emblazee's $0.99. Meross also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.9) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). emblazee's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and device support (5 vs 3). On review sentiment and ads 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
Meross is free to download; emblazee costs $0.99 up front. Meross sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. emblazee asks for nothing beyond the download.
Meross holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meross has 7.9K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of emblazee's written reviews are positive against 77% of Meross's.
emblazee ships an update every 7 months, Meross fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | emblazee | Meross |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (8 ratings) | 4.5 (7.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 77.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 7.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 232 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcel Dittmann | Chengdu Meross Technology Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
emblazee
Meross
Bugs and requests
emblazee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Meross
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unreliable garage door status reporting
- Compatibility issues with iOS 16 updates
- Inconsistent device discovery and pairing
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more smart home platforms
- Improve app interface and allow for more customization
- Enhance scheduling and automation features
- Provide more detailed energy consumption reporting
In-app purchases
emblazee
No in-app purchases
Meross
- 10 SMS for a month$0.991 Month
- 优惠测试-月$1.991 Month
- 优惠测试-年$1.991 Year
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- 优惠测试-周$1.997 Days
- 30 SMS for a month1 Month trial$2.491 Month
- 100 SMS for a month$6.991 Month
- 30 SMS$3.49
- 100 SMS$9.99
