Third Reality vs beestat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Third Reality
Control your home's lights and switches remotely with smart devices. This app allows you to configure hubs, add smart switches and bulbs, group devices for easy control, and set lighting schedules. Voice assistant integration is also supported.
- Remote control of lights and switches
- Configure smart home hubs
- Add and manage smart switches and bulbs
- Group devices for unified control
- Create lighting schedules
- Voice assistant integration (Alexa, Google Home)
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THE SIMPLIEST PATH TO A SMARTER HOME Take complete control of your home or apartment’s switches and lights from anywhere with the Reality Series of Smart Home devices. RealityAdapter connects all your Third Reality devices to your home network RealitySwitch turns any existing switch into a smart switch Set lights to reflect your mood with SmartBulbs Use RealityApp to configure and control your Smart Home RealityApp FEATURES Configure RealityAdapter hub to communicate with your home network and connect all Third Reality devices Add, name and configure RealitySwitches and RealityBulbs Group multiple devices to control from your smartphone with one button Create timers to control lighting schedules Connect Amazon Alexa or Google Home voice assistants to manage all your devices with voice commands Apple Notes: The app utilizes Location Services to record the location of your Remote Plus when you add it to your account and also when you ring it. Continue use of GPS or Bluetooth running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
beestat
Gain deeper insights into your home's energy consumption with advanced thermostat analytics. Visualize runtime, sensor data, and air quality history to understand and reduce your environmental impact.
- Current thermostat and sensor status
- Thermostat runtime chart
- Sensor runtime chart
- Aggregate historical runtime
- 3D sensor data visualizer
- Advanced thermostat profiling
- Comparisons to other homes
- Air quality history
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Use your thermostat data to help inform your decisions and see how the changes you make lower your energy footprint. Features: • Current thermostat and sensor status • Thermostat runtime chart • Sensor runtime chart • Aggregate historical runtime • 3D sensor data visualizer • Advanced thermostat profiling • Comparisons to other homes • Air quality history
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: beestat at 98% against Third Reality's 12%. beestat also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (159 vs 26). Third Reality's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). 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.
beestat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: beestat has 159 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Third Reality's written reviews are positive against 98% of beestat's.
Third Reality ships an update every 3 months, beestat every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Third Reality | beestat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (159 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.8% of reviews | 97.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 159 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Third Reality, Inc | beestat, LLC |
Customer experience
Third Reality
beestat
Bugs and requests
Third Reality
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
beestat
Requested features
2 requests- Humidifier data integration
- Floorplan/data visualizer improvements
In-app purchases
Third Reality
No in-app purchases
beestat
No in-app purchases
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