Aqara Home vs Threshold Care App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aqara Home
Control and automate your smart home devices from anywhere. Manage accessories, monitor environmental conditions, and set up custom automations and scenes for a more convenient living space.
- Remote control of Aqara accessories
- Create homes and rooms
- Monitor appliance status and environmental data
- Automate home functions with custom rules
- Create scenes for multiple device control
- Siri integration for HomeKit accessories
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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.
Threshold Care App
This app offers real-time monitoring for loved ones' well-being, providing 24/7 motion data for up to two weeks. It allows for comparison of daily motion history and easy setup of residences, motion zones, and devices.
- Real-time well-being monitoring
- 24/7 motion data up to two weeks
- Day-to-day motion history comparison
- Residence, motion zone, and device management
- Intuitive user interface
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The Threshold Care App provides an intuitive interface for real-time monitoring, ensuring that caregivers can stay informed about their loved one’s well-being. View 24/7 motion data for up to two weeks. Compare day to day motion history. Easily set up and manage residences, motion zones, and devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Aqara Home at fortnightly against Threshold Care App's every 8 months. Aqara Home also leads on ratings volume (8K vs 4) and device support. Threshold Care App's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 41%). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Aqara Home against 4.8 for Threshold Care App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aqara Home has 8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Aqara Home's written reviews are positive against 50% of Threshold Care App's.
Aqara Home ships an update fortnightly, Threshold Care App every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aqara Home | Threshold Care App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (8K ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 539 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aqara Software Service Co.,Ltd. | Threshold Care, Inc. |
Customer experience
Aqara Home
Threshold Care App
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
Threshold Care App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Aqara Home
No in-app purchases
Threshold Care App
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Aqara Home free?
Is Threshold Care App free?
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