Comparison

Aqara Home vs Artificial Memory

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Artificial Memory

Features
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AM lets you save text, voice, and photos you add, then find and delete them. Records live on your device. You can edit the interpretation. It is separate from the original capture. You can delete a memory. Delete removes the source and the interpretation we stored. Interpretation is generated on your device from what you saved. It may not match what happened. Consumer personal app from Top Hacker Portal. This App Store build is local-only. There is no API key and no cloud AI in this build.

Screenshots

Aqara Home4 screens
Artificial Memory2 screens

Verdict

The call

Aqara Home and Artificial Memory are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aqara Home ships an update every 2 weeks, Artificial Memory weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Aqara Home versus Artificial Memory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAqara HomeArtificial Memory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size539 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAqara Software Service Co.,Ltd.Thet Hlaing Phyo

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

Artificial Memory

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Aqara Home

No in-app purchases

None

Artificial Memory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aqara Home free?
Aqara Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Artificial Memory free?
Artificial Memory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aqara Home or Artificial Memory have ads?
Neither Aqara Home nor Artificial Memory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aqara Home or Artificial Memory?
Aqara Home ships an update every 2 weeks, and Artificial Memory weekly. Most recently, Aqara Home was updated on November 3, 2026 and Artificial Memory on October 11, 2026.

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