Smart vs Room Heat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart
Control your home thermostat and gateway remotely or directly. Manage basic functions like power, energy saving, and temperature. Specific features adapt to your thermostat model.
- Direct thermostat control
- Remote thermostat control
- Gateway control
- Power management
- Energy conservation settings
- Temperature adjustment
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For Smart-E, you can easy control your thermostat or gateway in your house or other place. Smart-E supports direct or remote control thermostat or gateway. Smart-E can operate different functions for different thermostats,the basic functions include power control, energy conservation and temperature control.Other specific features vary according to the type of thermostat.
Room Heat
Control your room's heating remotely. This application allows you to manage your heating system from your smartphone, ensuring comfort and potentially saving energy.
- Remote heating control
- Smartphone management
- Comfort optimization
- Energy saving potential
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Smart at every 2 months against Room Heat's every 9 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
Smart holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Smart's written reviews are positive against 22% of Room Heat's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Smart ships an update every 2 months, Room Heat every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart | Room Heat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) — better | 1.8 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | saswell | 海梅 陈 |
Customer experience
Smart
Room Heat
In-app purchases
Smart
No in-app purchases
Room Heat
No in-app purchases
