ZigBee智控 vs Aqara Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZigBee智控
Control your smart home devices remotely with ease. Add new devices quickly and monitor their status in real-time from anywhere. Share control with family and friends for a connected living experience.
- Easy device addition
- Remote device control
- Real-time status monitoring
- Share device control
- Smart home automation
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专业的智能家居应用,打造智能现代化生活: ·轻松几步添加智能设备,简单快速 ·没有时间和距离的影响,自由操控您的在线设备 ·设备状态实时查看,打开手机即可观看 ·家人、朋友一起控制设备,共享科技的快乐
Aqara Home
Manage and automate your smart home devices remotely. Control lights, monitor sensors, and create custom scenes and automations for a more convenient living experience. Supports a wide range of smart home accessories.
- Remote control of smart accessories
- Create homes and rooms
- Monitor appliance status and environmental data
- Automate actions with timers and triggers
- Create scenes for multi-device control
- Siri integration for voice control
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Aqara Home is an app for smart home automation and control. With Aqara Home, you can: 1. control Aqara accessories anywhere and anytime where there is Internet access; 2. create homes and rooms and assign accessories to the rooms; 3. control your Aqara accessories and check the status of connected appliances. For example: *adjust the brightness of lights and check the power consumption of home appliances; *monitor the temperature, humidity and air pressure; *detect water leak, and human movement; 4. create Automations to automate your home. For example: *set a timer to turn on or off an appliance connected to a smart plug; *use a Door and Window Sensor to trigger lights: turn on lights automatically when the door opens; 5. create Scenes to control multiple accessories. For example, add a Scene to turn on multiple lights and fans; 6. ask Siri to control HomeKit supported Aqara accessories and user defined Scenes; Aqara Home app supports following Aqara accessories: Aqara Hub, Smart Plug, Wireless Remote Switch, LED Light Bulb, Door and Window Sensor, Motion Sensor, Temperature and Humidity Sensor, Vibration Sensor, and Water Leak Sensor. Please see www.aqara.com for more details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Aqara Home at 4.7 against ZigBee智控's 1.0. Aqara Home also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 0%) and ratings volume (7.8K vs 3). ZigBee智控's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). 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.
Aqara Home holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aqara Home has 7.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ZigBee智控's written reviews are positive against 41% of Aqara Home's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZigBee智控 | Aqara Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (7.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 41.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 539 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 广州市威士丹利健康科技有限公司 | Aqara Software Service Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
ZigBee智控
Aqara Home
Bugs and requests
ZigBee智控
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Aqara Home
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on opening
- Devices disappearing from app
- Incorrect temperature/humidity readings
- Delayed or missing doorbell notifications
- Inability to delete detection zones
Requested features
5 requests- Add sunset/sunrise automation
- Improve camera timeline scrubbing
- Enable 12-hour time format
- Provide more customization options
- Improve Alexa/Google Home integration
In-app purchases
ZigBee智控
No in-app purchases
Aqara Home
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ZigBee智控 free?
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