Comparison

Click Smart vs Rako

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

Head to head
About

Click Smart

Control and automate your home's lighting, appliances, and blinds from your iPhone or iPad. Personalize your setup with custom names and icons for rooms and devices, and create scenes for single-press automation. Requires a Smart Box for connectivity.

Highlights
  • Remote control of lighting, appliances, blinds
  • Personalize rooms and devices with names/icons
  • Create custom scenes for automation
  • Schedule element activation
  • Backup and restore Smart Box data
  • Change app background theme
Features
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Enhance your Click Smart installation. Control and automate your lighting, appliances, blinds, curtains from your iPhone or iPad. Personalise your installation assigning names and icons for rooms/locations and elements/receivers. Easy setup guide: Enables easy pairing of the iPhone to the Smart Box. Add rooms and elements (receiver information) assigning name and icon to each. Create scenes, assigning the required elements and commands to undertake from a single press before completing the guide. In app settings: β€’ Add and amend the original data. β€’ Create time schedules for elements β€’ Backup and restore the Smart Box data β€’ Change the black background to white System requirements: To enable the iPhone to communicate with the network the Smart Box (CSB040) is required. The Smart Box connects to the Wi-Fi router using the Ethernet cable supplied. The iPhone must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network router as the Smart Box. To assist with the installation, the manual can be downloaded from www.click-smart.com/tech_specs/csb040. Installation requirements: The hexadecimal address for each receiver will be required. To assist in recording the information an installation sheet is provided with the Smart Box or alternatively it can be downloaded from www.click-smart.com/tech_specs/csb040.

About

Rako

Control lighting, curtains, and blinds in any room. Manage scenes and channels with custom names for easy identification. Supports advanced color features for enhanced ambiance.

Highlights
  • Room control
  • Scene management
  • Channel customization
  • Color temperature control
  • Wireless and wired system support
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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The App gives control of any room, whether it be lighting or curtain/blind control. Access to all available rooms, scenes and channels, all of which can be named for easy identification. This App also provides support for Rako's new colour features, enabling users to control colour temperature and also supports single channel colour commands within their rooms. The App can be used with existing wireless systems, the new wired network or combined systems. No configuration by the user is required, all information is stored within the Rako HUB. System requirements: To allow the iPhone to communicate with the network a RK-HUB (for use with wireless-only systems) or WK-HUB (for wired or hybrid wireless systems) needs to be installed along with a wireless router for the Wi-Fi link with the iPhoneβ„’. The HUB needs to be uploaded with the RASOFT programming file of the project. The file can either be an existing project file, if available, or created using the Rasoft programming software (included) which requires a PC running Windows XP or Vista.

Screenshots

Click Smart4 screens
Rako4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rako at 67% against Click Smart's 0%. Click Smart's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Click Smart ships an update every 4 months, Rako every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Click Smart versus Rako: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClick SmartRako
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 β€” better14.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size59 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScolmore International LtdRako Controls Ltd

Customer experience

Click Smart

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Rako

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Click Smart

No in-app purchases

None

Rako

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Click Smart free?
Click Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rako free?
Rako is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Click Smart or Rako have ads?
Neither Click Smart nor Rako shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Click Smart or Rako?
Click Smart ships an update every 4 months, and Rako every 2 months. Most recently, Click Smart was updated on June 1, 2026 and Rako on September 19, 2026.

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