Aqara Home vs Creative
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.
Creative
Enhance your product's audio performance and personalize sound settings. Manage audio configurations, change sound modes, and set up speakers. Some features may vary by product.
- Manage Super X-Fi setup
- Change sound modes
- Configure custom buttons
- Speaker setup and calibration
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Creative app provides you with various configuration options to enhance the performance of your product and personalize your audio settings. With Creative app, you can: - Manage your Super X-Fi setup - Change sound modes - Configure the custom buttons - Perform speaker setup and calibration Note: - Some features may not be available for all products. Please check your manual for details. - To enjoy the complete experience of Super X-Fi, please download the SXFI App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Aqara Home at 4.7 against Creative's 2.2. Aqara Home also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (41% vs 12%). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aqara Home has 7.7K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Aqara Home's written reviews are positive against 12% of Creative's.
Aqara Home ships an update every 2 weeks, Creative every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aqara Home | Creative |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7.7K ratings) — better | 2.2 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.4% of reviews — better | 12.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.7K — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 539 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aqara Software Service Co.,Ltd. | Creative Labs Pte. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Aqara Home
Creative
User reviews
Aqara Home
From 7.7K 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
Creative
From 35 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great sound quality
- 🚀 Smooth app performance
- 💡 Customizable EQ and settings
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent connection issues
- 🔍 Poor device compatibility
- 🤔 Confusing or missing features
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
Creative
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes or freezes
- Firmware upgrade failures
- Settings not saving properly
Requested features
3 requests- Support for more Creative devices
- Improved Mac/iOS compatibility
- Enhanced EQ and sound customization options
In-app purchases
Aqara Home
No in-app purchases
Creative
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Aqara Home free?
Is Creative free?
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