Smart IoT CONTROLS vs IoT Plug and Play
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.
IoT Plug and Play
Transform your phone into an Internet of Things (IoT) device. Connect to Azure IoT cloud to send device telemetry, receive commands, and manage device twins. Upload media directly to Azure storage.
- Connect to Azure IoT cloud
- Send device telemetry (accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer)
- Send and receive commands
- Manage device twin updates
- Upload media to Azure storage
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Turn your phone into an Internet of Things (IoT) device and discover the simplicity of IoT Plug and Play by Microsoft Azure. This app supports connecting your device to the Azure IoT cloud, where you can: ▶ Send telemetry from your device like accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer to Azure IoT. ▶ Send and receive commands and device twin updates from Azure IoT. ▶ Upload media to Azure storage. This app requires an active Azure IoT Central application or Azure IoT Hub. Learn more at https://aka.ms/iot-paad
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Verdict
Smart IoT CONTROLS and IoT Plug and Play both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Smart IoT CONTROLS's written reviews are positive against 43% of IoT Plug and Play's. Smart IoT CONTROLS also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.1). IoT Plug and Play's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Smart IoT CONTROLS against 5.0 for IoT Plug and Play. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IoT Plug and Play has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Smart IoT CONTROLS's written reviews are positive against 43% of IoT Plug and Play's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart IoT CONTROLS | IoT Plug and Play |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smart IoT LLC | Microsoft Corporation |
Customer experience
Smart IoT CONTROLS
IoT Plug and Play
In-app purchases
Smart IoT CONTROLS
No in-app purchases
IoT Plug and Play
No in-app purchases
Questions
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