Deako vs Barks and Recreation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deako
Control your home's smart lighting from anywhere in the world. Set custom scenes, create schedules, and manage your lights by room or zone for ultimate convenience. Setup is simple, with no hubs required.
- Remote lighting control
- Custom scene creation
- Scheduling and timers
- Whole-home lighting management
- Simple setup
- 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.
Barks and Recreation
Manage your pet's care with ease. Schedule appointments, receive real-time updates including photos, communicate directly with staff, and handle payments conveniently. Experience top-tier pet services designed for your peace of mind.
- Schedule appointments
- Receive pet status updates
- View pet pictures
- Chat with staff
- Contactless payments
- Pet care management
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Barks and Recreation offers the very best in pet care! Use our app to schedule appointments, receive status updates & pet pictures, chat with us, make contactless payments, and much more! Come see us at Barks and Recreation where we delight you and your pets!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Barks and Recreation at 100% against Deako's 32%. Barks and Recreation also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5). Deako's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (137 vs 20). 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.
Barks and Recreation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deako has 137 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Deako's written reviews are positive against 100% of Barks and Recreation's.
Deako ships an update fortnightly, Barks and Recreation every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deako | Barks and Recreation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (137 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 137 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Deako | iTrust Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Deako
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In-app purchases
Deako
No in-app purchases
Barks and Recreation
No in-app purchases
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