Smart IoT CONTROLS vs UNpkl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart IoT CONTROLS
Control your home's lighting, climate, appliances, security, and entertainment systems from a single app. Manage multiple aspects of your property remotely for convenience and energy savings.
- Lighting control
- AC and appliance management
- Curtain and blind automation
- Multiroom audio control
- Security and surveillance
- Energy saving features
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The Smart IoT CONTROLS is a groundbreaking mobile, wearable, embedded web app that allows seamless control over all property aspects, including (but not limited to) lighting, AC, appliances, curtains, blinds, multiroom audio, security, digital surveillance, entertainment and energy saving.
UNpkl
Manage your home network and Wi-Fi routers with real-time insights into connected devices and their activity. Control access, change passwords, and explore future features like cloud access and IoT integration.
- Real-time network insights
- Device access control
- Wi-Fi password management
- Text message commands
- Future cloud and IoT features
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UNpkl (unpickle) App and Wi-Fi routers humanize network control. The app shows a live insight into who is doing what in real time. Don't like what you see? Control access via simple text messages like "block iPhone from website for 2 hours". Want to add a Wi-Fi network or change a Wi-Fi password? simply type what you need into the prompt. The app doesn't end there. We are actively working on features like sharing tags, private tags, cloud access, and IoT making the platform feature a lot more and with blazing fast speeds. Learn more at: https://www.unpkl.io Terms of Use. Payment of UNpkl Cloud will be applied to your iTunes account on confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smart IoT CONTROLS at none against UNpkl's 3. Smart IoT CONTROLS also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. UNpkl sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Smart IoT CONTROLS asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Smart IoT CONTROLS against 5.0 for UNpkl. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart IoT CONTROLS | UNpkl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smart IoT LLC | YesHog LLC |
Customer experience
Smart IoT CONTROLS
UNpkl
In-app purchases
Smart IoT CONTROLS
No in-app purchases
UNpkl
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Cloud - Monthly3 Months trial$5.993 Months
- Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
