HomeWizard Lite vs HomeDirect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HomeWizard Lite
Control your home's lights, heating, and curtains remotely. Adjust lighting to create the perfect ambiance, manage room temperatures, and automate window coverings based on sunset. Open garage doors and set schedules for ultimate convenience.
- Control lights remotely
- Dim lights for ambiance
- Automate curtain/blind closure
- Manage room heating
- Open garage doors
- Create scheduled tasks
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Download the app and try out the demo! With the Lite app you can control things in your home. Manage the heating in different rooms with radiator valves, turn of lights while in your bed, dim lights to the perfect atmosphere or close curtains automatically when the sun goes down. Lite gives you comfort at your fingertips. The app requires a ‘SmartSwitch’ plug (*device) by Smartwares. • Switch lights on and off even when you’re not at home • Dim lights to the perfect atmosphere • Close blinds or curtains an hour before sunset • Heat up individual rooms to a comfortable temperature • Open your garage door from your phone • Create scheduled tasks based on time, sunrise or sunset. The Lite app brings easy comfort to your home.
HomeDirect
Connect and manage your smart home appliances remotely. Customize appliance programs and receive personalized notifications to keep you informed about your home.
- Remote appliance control
- Appliance monitoring
- Program customization
- Personalized notifications
- Connects to robot vacuums and multicookers
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With HomeDirect smart home application you can connect your smart small domestic appliances like robot vacuum cleaner, multicooker etc. to your mobile device, allowing you to control and monitor them from anywhere. Control & monitor your smart home appliances from anywhere. Adjust and customize some programs in detail, according to your changing needs. Receive notifications on the topics you want and change your notification settings as you wish.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HomeDirect at 4.6 against HomeWizard Lite's 3.0. HomeDirect also leads on review sentiment (39% vs 16%) and ratings volume (21 vs 1). HomeWizard Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
HomeDirect holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HomeDirect has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of HomeWizard Lite's written reviews are positive against 39% of HomeDirect's.
HomeWizard Lite ships an update every 2 months, HomeDirect every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HomeWizard Lite | HomeDirect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.1% of reviews | 38.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 223 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HomeWizard B.V. | Arcelik A.S. |
Customer experience
HomeWizard Lite
HomeDirect
In-app purchases
HomeWizard Lite
No in-app purchases
HomeDirect
No in-app purchases
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