Aqara Home vs BlueLink Service Connect
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.
BlueLink Service Connect
Remotely manage multiple BlueLink thermostat accounts for customers. Monitor and adjust heating, cooling, schedules, and fan settings with their permission. Check connectivity and thermostat programming from anywhere.
- Remote thermostat account management
- Monitor and adjust heating/cooling
- Program schedule management
- Fan setting adjustments
- Connectivity checks
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Service dealer contractors can now remotely manage multiple BlueLink thermostat accounts from anywhere. With your customers permission, you can remotely monitor and adjust their heating, cooling, program schedule, fan and other thermostat settings. With permission, service dealer contractors can use the BlueLink Service Connect app to: * Check connectivity * View and adjust thermostat programming * View and adjust thermostat heating and cooling setpoints * View and adjust thermostat fan settings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Aqara Home at 7.3K against BlueLink Service Connect's 1. Aqara Home also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). BlueLink Service Connect's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
BlueLink Service Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aqara Home has 7.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Aqara Home ships an update every 2 weeks, BlueLink Service Connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aqara Home | BlueLink Service Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 539 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aqara Software Service Co.,Ltd. | Braeburn Systems LLC |
Customer experience
Aqara Home
BlueLink Service Connect
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
BlueLink Service Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Aqara Home
No in-app purchases
BlueLink Service Connect
No in-app purchases
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