DG Smart Life vs ClickFree
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DG Smart Life
Transform your home into a smart living space. Control appliances remotely, customize your environment with timers and scenes, and manage multiple devices effortlessly. Share access with family for a connected home experience.
- Remote appliance control
- Customizable scenes and timers
- Multi-device management
- Family device sharing
- Easy setup
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DG Smart Life - make your home smart and connect your life. 1. Remotely control home appliances from anywhere. 2. Design your home environment to you, by setting timers, customizing scenes, and creating custom groups. 3. Simultaneously control multiple devices with one APP. 4. Share devices among family members with just one tap. 5. Easy set-up and intuitive user experience.
ClickFree
This app facilitates backing up photos and contacts, transferring files, and capturing media directly to an external device. It requires a specific external backup device to function, allowing users to expand storage and manage media across different devices.
- Backup photos and videos
- Backup contacts
- Capture media to external device
- Transfer files between devices
- Play media from external device
- Expand device storage
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This app will allow you to backup photos and contacts, transfer files, take pictures and videos without using internal storage, and more. This app will ONLY work with the external backup device it was designed for. If you do not have that device, this app will not do anything. With this app you can: • Backup all of your photos and videos with one tap, or select specific photos and videos to backup. • Backup all of your contacts. • Take pictures and record videos that save directly to your external device without using internal storage on your Apple device. • Transfer photos and videos from other devices, including non-Apple devices, to your Apple device. • Play movies and television shows saved on your external device. • Save files to the external device or transfer files on to your Apple device. If you are looking for a way to expand the storage of your apple device, save the pictures and videos on your apple device, or transfer between devices using different operating systems, this app is the perfect solution. Once you have the recommended external storage device, download this app and get started!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DG Smart Life at 4.7 against ClickFree's 4.1. DG Smart Life also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (40% vs 26%). ClickFree's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. ClickFree sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. DG Smart Life asks for nothing beyond the download.
DG Smart Life holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 1.8K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of DG Smart Life's written reviews are positive against 26% of ClickFree's.
DG Smart Life ships an update every 6 months, ClickFree every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DG Smart Life | ClickFree |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.3K ratings) — better | 4.1 (1.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 25.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digital Gadgets LLC | Me Too Software |
Customer experience
DG Smart Life
ClickFree
Bugs and requests
DG Smart Life
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ClickFree
Reported bugs
18 issues- Cannot create account
- Verification code not sent/recognized
- App crashes during backup
- Device not recognized by app
- Backup process freezes or stalls
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- Incomplete or corrupted backups
- App stops working after phone sleep
- Cannot access stored photos/videos after update
- Lost photos
- App requires contact access for photo backup
- Website flagged for security concerns
- App restarts and doesn't backup anything
- Photos stuck in Clickfree app
- Device not readable on laptop
- App closes when trying to open photos/videos
- Downloads only small amounts of photos randomly
- Customer service unresponsive or unhelpful
- Device no longer connects to newer iPhones
Requested features
3 requests- Option to backup other file types (downloads, app files)
- Improve photo enhancement features
- Allow access to contacts only when necessary
In-app purchases
DG Smart Life
No in-app purchases
ClickFree
- Package 1$2.99
- 200 Credits$19.99
- 600 Credits$49.99
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- 1250 Credits$99.99
