SmartLife vs Smart Pets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartLife
Control your home appliances remotely from anywhere. Manage multiple devices simultaneously, set timers for automated functions, and easily share device access with family members. Connect your smart devices quickly and efficiently.
- Remote appliance control
- Simultaneous device management
- Automated timers
- Device sharing with family
- Easy device connection
- IPC control
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Smart life, smart living 1. Remote control: control home appliances from anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one App 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: One tap to share devices among family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect App to devices 6.IPC control:use the same App to control your T-Guardian and its IPC
Smart Pets
Monitor, interact with, and care for your pets remotely using your mobile device. Watch them with HD video, talk to them, dispense food, and play with a laser pointer. Receive alerts for motion and sound, and share precious moments with family and friends.
- HD remote video monitoring
- Two-way audio communication
- Remote food dispensing
- Laser pointer play
- Motion and voice detection alerts
- Account sharing with family
- Instant photo sharing
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This is a kind of pet interaction webcam with advanced functions. Now just pick up your mobile phone and open APP “Smart Pet”, you can accompany your pets at any time and any place. You can watch and talk to your pets, feed food and play with pets by controlling the laser dot. Create your own space with pets and keep it close to you at all times. Feature: 1.With 120 degree wide angle lens and 720P HD video monitoring remotely by mobile phone . 2.Built-in 5 music to call pets to eat. You can also record your own personalized voice. 3.Control the feeder to feed pets remotely by mobile phone for interacting with pets. 4.When detecting motion and voice, the feeder will record video and push message to your mobile phone. 5.Let pets chase the laser dot by controlling the laser dot up and down. Manual mode and automatic mode can be optional. 6.Share the account to your family and friends so that they can join the growth process of pets. 7.Photos can be shared to Facebook,Twitter and Instagram instantly. 8.With loop recording function. Record precious video for your pets in 24 hours incessantly and stored in TF card. You can review video as per the recording time on mobile phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartLife at 4.7 against Smart Pets's 1.5. SmartLife also leads on ratings volume (1.9K vs 51) and review sentiment (27% vs 11%). Smart Pets's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
SmartLife holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartLife has 1.9K ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of SmartLife's written reviews are positive against 11% of Smart Pets's.
SmartLife ships an update every 4 months, Smart Pets every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartLife | Smart Pets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better | 1.5 (51 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 51 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 206 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guangdong Wankezi Intelligent Control Technology Co.,Ltd. | GD Digital Limited |
Customer experience
SmartLife
Smart Pets
Bugs and requests
SmartLife
Reported bugs
5 issues- QR code scanning not working
- Login screen not functioning
- Devices not detected
- Frequent app crashes
- Settings not saving properly
Requested features
6 requests- Add indoor temperature display
- Integrate with Apple HomeKit
- Implement dark mode
- Add Apple Watch support
- Improve Alexa integration
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- Enhance automation and scheduling options
Smart Pets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SmartLife
No in-app purchases
Smart Pets
No in-app purchases









