Comparison

Deako vs Hearthen

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Remote lighting control
  • Customizable schedules and timers
  • Create mood-setting scenes
  • Manage lighting by room/zone
  • Easy setup without hubs
  • Smart home platform integration
Features
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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.

About

Hearthen

Features
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What is Hearthen? Hearthen is an app created to get people talking to each other again. It encourages communication to strengthen personal relationships — a tool on your screen designed to get you out into the world and away from the screen. How does it work? It makes reaching out easy and fast. Every contact gets a profile detailed enough to be meaningful. A coach suggests a rhythm for each relationship, drawing on research into how closeness is kept (roughly — a compass, not a formula), and when the time comes, messages that sound like you are ready — send one as it is, or make it your own. When a message isn't enough, a card is a few taps away: send it by text or email, or have us print and mail it for you. Remembering to reach out stops being on you, and busy stops being the reason. You can go from reminder to message, or even to a custom card, in seconds. What makes Hearthen unique? You can call, text, WhatsApp or send a card to your people, and each one adds a piece to a canvas that shows how the relationship grows — something you can see, and share with that person and with your family. Each piece can carry a note and a picture (the movie, the dinner, the coffee), so the canvas becomes a scrapbook of the relationship, kept on your device. Put that canvas on the front of a custom greeting card, with your pictures and moments inside, and you have a gift only you could give — meaningful and special. Is it practical? Parents use it to keep the week organized (the game, the recital); professionals and sales reps use it to stay on top of key relationships — the calendar, the events, the next steps. And there's more in it for having fun with your friends, or with that special someone. Is your information safe? We couldn't access it if we wanted to. Everything you enter stays on your own device and, if you choose, in your own iCloud. Hearthen has no account and no sign-up, and no ads — ever. What does it cost? Everything is free for the first month. After that, keep the free version for as long as you like — five people, with the coach, the messages, the cards and the canvas — or go Premium for unlimited people, every message voice, every card cover, every canvas style, the calendar and Follow-ups. A Family plan is one subscription for the whole family: five people, all Premium, each on their own phone. The free month doesn't turn into a subscription on its own — you're only billed if you choose Premium. English and Spanish throughout. Hearthen Premium: $19.99/year or $2.49/month. Premium Family: $49.99/year, up to 5 people. Billed through your Apple account only if you subscribe; renews automatically unless cancelled 24+ hours before the period ends. Privacy Policy: https://hearthenapp.com/Privacy.dc.html Terms of Use: https://hearthenapp.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Deako4 screens
Hearthen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deako at none against Hearthen's 3. Hearthen's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hearthen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Deako asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deako ships an update every 2 weeks, Hearthen every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Deako versus Hearthen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeakoHearthen
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (137 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings137 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeakoMagic Grits LLC

In-app purchases

None

Deako

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hearthen

Subscriptions3
  • Hearthen Premium$2.491 Month
  • Hearthen Premium$19.991 Year
  • Hearthen Premium Family$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Deako free?
Deako is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hearthen free?
Hearthen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Deako or Hearthen have ads?
Neither Deako nor Hearthen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deako or Hearthen?
Deako ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hearthen every 6 days. Most recently, Deako was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hearthen on October 29, 2026.

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