Deako vs HAVEN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deako
Control your home's lighting from anywhere with this app. Set schedules, create custom scenes for any mood, and manage your entire home's lighting system with ease. Setup is simple, and integration with smart home platforms is seamless.
- Remote lighting control
- Customizable schedules and timers
- Create mood-setting scenes
- Manage lighting by room/zone
- Easy setup without hubs
- Smart home platform integration
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Smarter lighting, right at your fingertips. The Deako App makes smart lighting simple. Whether you’re setting the mood for movie night, waking up gently to a scheduled sunrise, or ensuring your home looks lived-in while you’re away, Deako adapts to the way you live. With the Deako App, you can: - CONTROL FROM ANYWHERE: Forgot to turn the lights off? No problem. The Deako App lets you control your lights from anywhere in the world using your smartphone. Whether you're upstairs or out of town, your lighting is always in your hands. - SET SCHEDULES & TIMERS: Create recurring schedules to automatically turn lights on or off at specific times. Wake up to a well-lit kitchen, or ensure the porch light is always on after sunset. - CREATE CUSTOM SCENES: Set the mood in seconds. With scenes, you can control multiple lights at once to match any activity or time of day — movie night, dinner, bedtime, and more. - MANAGE WHOLE-HOME LIGHTING: Organize your switches by room or zone for easier access. Turn off the whole house with a single tap or manage just the lights in one room or floor. - BREEZE THROUGH SETUP: Configure your Deako smart devices with just a few taps. The app walks you through every step, making installation fast and frustration-free — no hubs, no headaches. - INTEGRATE SEAMLESSLY: Connect to your preferred smart home platform for voice and home automation control. To learn more, visit deako.com.
HAVEN
Control a smart door lock using your smartphone's Bluetooth to lock and unlock your home. Grant scheduled guest access remotely and receive notifications for unauthorized entry attempts when paired with a gateway hub.
- Bluetooth lock/unlock
- Guest pass management
- Scheduled guest access
- Remote access (with hub)
- Attack detection notifications
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The HAVEN app is used to control HAVEN Connect, a preventative smart lock for doors. The HAVEN app uses BlueTooth in your smart phone to lock and unlock HAVEN Connect. Additionally, the app allows you to send guest passes to allow others to access your home. You can even schedule guest passes for certain days and times. Add the HavenLock Gateway Hub and have access remotely to your lock and receive attack detection notifications for any unwanted forced entry attempts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HAVEN at 4.8 against Deako's 2.5. Deako's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (35% vs 17%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
HAVEN holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 137 and 376 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of Deako's written reviews are positive against 17% of HAVEN's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Deako ships an update every 2 weeks, HAVEN every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deako | HAVEN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (137 ratings) | 4.8 (376 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.7% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 137 | 376 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Deako | Haven Lock, Inc. |
Customer experience
Deako
HAVEN
In-app purchases
Deako
No in-app purchases
HAVEN
No in-app purchases









