Smarteefi vs HomeLab Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smarteefi
Control your home appliances and lighting remotely with this app. Manage devices connected to Wi-Fi switches and power strips from anywhere, anytime. Schedule operations, set timers, and monitor usage for enhanced convenience and energy efficiency.
- Remote appliance control
- Voice assistant integration (Alexa, Google Home)
- Weekly/Daily scheduling
- Countdown and loop timers
- Usage monitoring
- Push notifications
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Smarteefi is a home automation app that allows user to control home appliances/lightings connected to Smarteefi Wi-Fi switches and power strip. It connects to Smarteefi cloud using home/office Wi-Fi router and can be controlled from Internet anywhere anytime using Smarteefi App and Smarteefi web portal. Smarteefi Features: Anytime Anywhere Control of home appliances/lightings from Mobile App Works with Amazon Alexa Works With Google Home Weekly/Daily Scheduling Facility Countdown Timer Loop Timer Usgae Monitoring Configurable manual override Push Notifications on Manual On/Off Allows to control appliances/lighting from multiple phones
HomeLab Go
Monitor and manage your Proxmox, TrueNAS, and Proxmox Backup Server infrastructure from a single, native iOS dashboard. Control VMs, containers, storage, and backups, with features like noVNC console access and Home Screen widgets.
- Unified dashboard for Proxmox, TrueNAS, and PBS
- Monitor nodes, VMs, containers, and storage
- Start, stop, and reboot VMs/containers
- Access noVNC console for VMs
- Manage TrueNAS ZFS snapshots and shares
- Trigger and monitor backups
- Home Screen widgets and notifications
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Your Proxmox nodes, TrueNAS servers, and Proxmox Backup Server. One app, one dashboard. HomeLab Go is a native iOS app for monitoring and managing your homelab infrastructure. Instead of juggling separate tools or browser tabs for each platform, you get a single place to see what's running, what's healthy, and what needs attention. WHAT YOU CAN MONITOR • Proxmox VE: nodes, virtual machines, LXC containers, CPU/memory usage, and uptime • TrueNAS SCALE: storage pools, datasets, snapshots, shares, disks, SMART health, and alerts • Proxmox Backup Server: datastores, backup snapshots, verification status, and tasks WHAT YOU CAN DO • Start, stop, shutdown, reboot, and pause VMs and containers • Open a noVNC console to running VMs directly from your phone • Create and manage ZFS snapshots on TrueNAS • Manage SMB and NFS shares • Trigger and monitor backups • Start and stop TrueNAS apps • View firewall rules, task logs, and storage usage BUILT FOR HOMELABS • Self-signed certificate support with Trust-on-First-Use. No insecure SSL bypass. • Tailscale VPN support for managing your lab away from home • Home Screen widgets for Proxmox and TrueNAS status at a glance • Notifications when nodes go offline, pools degrade, or tasks complete • Biometric lock to keep your server credentials private • iPad support with split-view sidebar navigation • Credentials stored in the iOS Keychain, never in plain text One purchase. No subscriptions. No ads. No account required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Smarteefi at Free against HomeLab Go's $4.99. Smarteefi also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.4). HomeLab Go's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Smarteefi is free to download; HomeLab Go costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HomeLab Go holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Smarteefi ships an update every 3 weeks, HomeLab Go every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smarteefi | HomeLab Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | COREEMBEDDED TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED | Okay Apps LLC |
In-app purchases
Smarteefi
No in-app purchases
HomeLab Go
No in-app purchases









