Aqara Home vs Cloud Intelligence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aqara Home
Manage and automate your smart home devices remotely. Control lights, monitor sensors, and create custom scenes and automations for a more convenient living experience. Supports a wide range of smart home accessories.
- Remote control of smart accessories
- Create homes and rooms
- Monitor appliance status and environmental data
- Automate actions with timers and triggers
- Create scenes for multi-device control
- Siri integration for voice control
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Aqara Home is an app for smart home automation and control. With Aqara Home, you can: 1. control Aqara accessories anywhere and anytime where there is Internet access; 2. create homes and rooms and assign accessories to the rooms; 3. control your Aqara accessories and check the status of connected appliances. For example: *adjust the brightness of lights and check the power consumption of home appliances; *monitor the temperature, humidity and air pressure; *detect water leak, and human movement; 4. create Automations to automate your home. For example: *set a timer to turn on or off an appliance connected to a smart plug; *use a Door and Window Sensor to trigger lights: turn on lights automatically when the door opens; 5. create Scenes to control multiple accessories. For example, add a Scene to turn on multiple lights and fans; 6. ask Siri to control HomeKit supported Aqara accessories and user defined Scenes; Aqara Home app supports following Aqara accessories: Aqara Hub, Smart Plug, Wireless Remote Switch, LED Light Bulb, Door and Window Sensor, Motion Sensor, Temperature and Humidity Sensor, Vibration Sensor, and Water Leak Sensor. Please see www.aqara.com for more details.
Cloud Intelligence
Control your smart home devices remotely from anywhere. Integrate with voice assistants like Amazon Echo and Google Home for hands-free operation. Create custom scenes to manage multiple devices simultaneously and share access with family members.
- Remote appliance control
- Voice control (Amazon Echo, Google Home)
- Third-party account login
- Scene settings for multiple devices
- Device sharing with family
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Use the Cloud Intelligence app to control multiple home appliances Remotely control your appliances anytime, anywhere Support Amazon Echo and Google Home voice control Support login with third-party accounts, such as Gmail Use Scene Settings to control multiple devices by one key Share devices and enjoy smart life with your family
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cloud Intelligence at 59% against Aqara Home's 41%. Cloud Intelligence also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). Aqara Home's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Aqara Home holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.3K and 8.1K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Aqara Home's written reviews are positive against 59% of Cloud Intelligence's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Aqara Home ships an update every 2 weeks, Cloud Intelligence every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Aqara Home | Cloud Intelligence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7.3K ratings) — better | 4.5 (8.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.4% of reviews | 58.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.3K | 8.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 539 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aqara Software Service Co.,Ltd. | 浙江猫精人工智能科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
Aqara Home
Cloud Intelligence
User reviews
Aqara Home
From 7.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy setup
- 👍 User-friendly app
- 🔒 Reliable hardware
- 💡 Extensive automation capabilities
- 🚀 Seamless HomeKit integration
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app with crashes and glitches
- 👎 Confusing and unintuitive UI
- 🔋 Battery drain issues
- 🚫 Lack of dark mode
- 🚫 Unreliable notifications
Cloud Intelligence
From 8.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy setup
- 🚀 Works as advertised
- 💡 Convenient control via app
- 👍 User-friendly interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Unreliable scheduling/timers
- 🐛 Widgets/Alexa integration problems
- 🐛 Frequent disconnections
- 🐛 Buggy app updates
Bugs and requests
Aqara Home
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on opening
- Devices disappearing from app
- Incorrect temperature/humidity readings
- Delayed or missing doorbell notifications
- Inability to delete detection zones
Requested features
5 requests- Add sunset/sunrise automation
- Improve camera timeline scrubbing
- Enable 12-hour time format
- Provide more customization options
- Improve Alexa/Google Home integration
Cloud Intelligence
Reported bugs
4 issues- Devices randomly going offline
- Inability to reconnect devices
- Widgets not loading properly
- Inconsistent app behavior
Requested features
4 requests- Improved Alexa/Google Home integration
- More customization options
- Better scheduling/automation features
- Reliable firmware updates
In-app purchases
Aqara Home
No in-app purchases
Cloud Intelligence
No in-app purchases
Questions
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