Comparison

Magic Home Pro vs nymea

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Magic Home Pro

Control your smart LED lighting with this Wi-Fi controller app. Easily set up lights to your router, group devices, and manage them locally or remotely. View light status and color at a glance with a refreshed user interface.

Highlights
  • Faster start without scanning
  • Easier router setup
  • Group different device types
  • Add devices to multiple groups
  • Local and remote control
  • Light status and color display
  • New UI design
Features
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Magic Home Pro is a wifi controller APP for smart led lighting. New feature: 1. Faster Start without scanning 2. Easier to set light to router 3. Different type of device can be added to same group 4. One device can be added to multi-group 5. Local and remote control can be displayed automatically 6. List shows the light status and color 7. New UI design

About

nymea

This application connects and controls smart devices and services within a smart home ecosystem. It allows users to configure and manage various connected products, create custom scenes, and automate behaviors for their environment. The platform supports integration with a wide range of smart devices and services.

Highlights
  • Connect smart devices and services
  • Configure and control IoT functionality
  • Create custom scenes and behaviors
  • Supports Raspberry Pi and GNU/Linux
  • Open-source with developer documentation
  • Remote access via optional cloud feature
Features
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nymea is a professional IoT platform that allows to link smart devices and services together. The nymea software is used for smart products like smart home gateways, intelligent and connective home appliances, energy control services, asset management applications, sensor data collectors and more. nymea is open source, written in Qt and offers the tools & step-by-step guides for your own device/service integration. nymea consists of 3 parts, nymea:core, nymea:app and nymea:cloud. nymea is running on embedded devices like a Raspberry Pi, or any other GNU/Linux based system, works like a translator for devices and services and allows them to interact with each other. The powerful rule engine allows to connect any available thing in the system and create individual scenes and behaviors for your environment. nymea:app is a frontend application for nymea:core. It allows to configure and control all functionality of nymea:core. nymea:cloud is an optional feature to enable remote access to nymea:core from anywhere, allows sending Push Notifications to mobile devices and other services requiring online connectivity. The open-source community image comes with plugins like: - Philips Hue - Elgato Smart Lights - Netatmo - Pushbullet - Kodi - LG Smart TV - Open Weather Map - Serial Port devices - and more Get the nymea image, install instructions, user guides, source code and developer documentation on https://nymea.io

Screenshots

Magic Home Pro3 screens
nymea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: nymea at 5.0 against Magic Home Pro's 2.8. nymea also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Magic Home Pro's advantage is ratings volume (933 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Magic Home Pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. nymea asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

nymea holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Home Pro has 933 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Magic Home Pro versus nymea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic Home Pronymea
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (933 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings933 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size274 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer明长 周chargebyte austria GmbH

Customer experience

Magic Home Pro

All ratings933 ratings
Positive40.7%
Neutral10.6%
Negative48.7%
Written reviews576 reviews
Positive26.0%
Neutral12.7%
Negative61.3%

nymea

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Magic Home Pro

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes or freezes frequently
  • Lights won't connect to WiFi
  • Timers and schedules not working as expected
  • Incorrect color representation in the app
  • Lights randomly changing colors or turning on/off

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add sunrise/sunset timer functionality
  • Allow custom programming of lighting effects
  • Improve Alexa and Google Home integration
  • Add Spotify music sync support
  • Provide better troubleshooting and support

nymea

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Magic Home Pro

One-time2
  • Subscribe IFTTT for one month$1.99
  • Subscribe IFTTT for one year$9.99
None

nymea

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magic Home Pro free?
Magic Home Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is nymea free?
nymea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Magic Home Pro or nymea?
nymea is rated higher. Magic Home Pro averages 2.8 out of 5 from 933 ratings, while nymea averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Magic Home Pro or nymea have ads?
Neither Magic Home Pro nor nymea shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic Home Pro or nymea?
Magic Home Pro ships an update every 2 months, and nymea every 2 months. Most recently, Magic Home Pro was updated on October 29, 2026 and nymea on October 5, 2026.

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