Click Smart vs Rako
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- Room control
- Scene management
- Channel customization
- Color temperature control
- Wireless and wired system support
- User-friendly interface
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Click Smart | Rako |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews β better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 β better | 14.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scolmore International Ltd | Rako Controls Ltd |
Customer experience
Click Smart
Rako
In-app purchases
Click Smart
No in-app purchases
Rako
No in-app purchases









