Fluent Home vs Sky Smart Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fluent Home
Monitor and control your home or business remotely in real-time. Manage security, view live video, automate lights and temperature, and receive instant notifications for important events.
- Real-time remote monitoring
- Arm/disarm security panel
- Live and recorded video streaming
- Home automation (lights, temperature)
- Door lock/unlock
- Event history search
- Customizable real-time notifications
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With Fluent Home security system, you can monitor and control your home or business in real-time and from anywhere - from your iPhone or iPad device. Fluent’s interactive security, video monitoring, energy management, and home automation solutions give you instant awareness and remote control for the places you care about most. Remote features: • See what’s happening at your property • Arm or disarm your security panel • Watch live video and recorded clips from your security cameras • Turn your lights on or off • Set the ideal temperature • Lock or unlock your doors • View images of important activity captured by Fluent image sensors • Search your complete system event history • And much more! With Fluent Home, you can also receive real-time email, text message, and push notifications for the specific events that matter to you. Beyond important emergency related events, you can also immediately know when: • Your kids get home from school • You left for work or vacation and forgot to arm your system • The housekeeper arrives or leaves • The garage door is left open • The dog walker or cat sitter arrives • There's flooding or a water leak in your basement • Your children open your medicine or liquor cabinets • Someone changes your thermostat settings • Your security system is disarmed (and who disarmed it) • Someone attempts to log into your account • And much more!
Sky Smart Home
Monitor your home remotely with live HD video feeds from your front door. Securely store video clips for 30 days and share important moments. The app offers easy setup with step-by-step guidance.
- Live HD video streaming
- Cloud video storage (30 days)
- Shareable video clips
- Remote doorbell answering
- Step-by-step setup guide
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Welcome to Sky Smart Home, where you can feel close to home while you’re away. Watch all the action from your front door, live, and get everything you need in one simple package. Your privacy? Protected. Your clips? Secured. Your questions? Answered. And you’ll be set up before you know it, with step-by-step instructions in the Sky Smart Home app. What can I do in the Sky Smart Home app? Quick hello: Answer the door, even when you’re out. See it live: See all the moments from your front door, in crystal-clear HD. Saved for later: Your videos stay in the Cloud for 30 days. Worth sharing: Save clips and share them with anyone. Don’t have Sky Smart Home yet? Head to Sky.com to find out more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fluent Home at 4.4 against Sky Smart Home's 4.0. Fluent Home also leads on ratings volume (819 vs 2) and review sentiment (32% vs 13%). Sky Smart Home's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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.
Fluent Home holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fluent Home has 819 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Fluent Home's written reviews are positive against 13% of Sky Smart Home's.
Fluent Home ships an update every 2 months, Sky Smart Home monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fluent Home | Sky Smart Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (819 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.0% of reviews — better | 12.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 819 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 382 MB | 184 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fluent Home | Sky UK Limited |
Customer experience
Fluent Home
Sky Smart Home
User reviews
Fluent Home
From 819 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly app
- 🚀 Smooth and reliable
- 🔒 Helpful monitoring and security features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent technical issues and glitches
- 🔋 Unreliable equipment and camera performance
- 👎 Poor customer service and support
Sky Smart Home
From 2 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy setup process for most users
- 💰 Good value for money/insurance bundling
- 📷 Decent video quality when working
- 🔋 Improved battery life compared to Ring (some users)
- 🌐 Works well on WiFi and remote 4G/5G connections
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent disconnection issues from network
- 🔋 Poor doorbell battery life (2-5 days)
- ⏱️ Significant lag when viewing live feed
- 📱 App constantly logs users out
- 🔌 Weak WiFi signal range and connectivity
Bugs and requests
Fluent Home
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cameras often fail to record or detect activity
- Alarm system triggers false alarms
- Billing and account management problems
Requested features
3 requests- Add option to delete all recordings at once
- Improve two-factor authentication prompt
- Enhance app responsiveness and stability
Sky Smart Home
Reported bugs
15 issues- Error 401 code preventing app access
- Login access denied without password entry option
- Firmware update failures rendering app unusable
- App won't open - constant error messages
- Camera stuck on pink screen during setup
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- Indoor camera won't connect to WiFi
- Doorbell won't update firmware
- Auto-arm function not working after updates
- Video playback shows black screen despite stored footage
- Motion detection alerts but no recording
- App loses connection and locks up during updates
- Sensors disconnect and become unresponsive
- Chime won't pair with doorbell
- App takes excessive time to connect to cameras
- Settings screen appears with no add device option
Requested features
15 requests- Landscape full-screen video viewing mode
- Separate notification types for doorbell vs motion detection
- Phone ring alert instead of beep for doorbell
- Customizable notification sounds
- Portable/wireless chime option
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- SD card support for continuous recording
- Ability to set recording duration (not just 15 seconds)
- Two-way audio that works smoothly
- Adjustable camera quality and IR settings
- Dark mode for app
- Alexa integration
- Ability to purchase additional sensors
- Auto-arm that works reliably without opening app
- Better battery charge indicator for doorbell
- Adjustable water sensor sensitivity
In-app purchases
Fluent Home
No in-app purchases
Sky Smart Home
No in-app purchases
