itek Smart Home vs Globe Suite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
itek Smart Home
Manage all your smart home devices from a single application. Control devices individually or in groups, schedule their operation, and receive real-time safety alerts. Enjoy voice control integration with popular smart assistants.
- Unified device control
- Group device management
- Voice control integration
- Device sharing
- Real-time alerts
- Scheduling
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iTek Smart Home, Live Smart life with our Smart Devices • Control all iTek Smart Life Products using one App or Amazon Echo or Google Assistant • Add or control multiple devices at once with one App • Voice control via Amazon Echo and Google Home • Share Devices with your family members or friends and give them access to control your devices • Receive real-time alerts to ensure safety • Schedule when devices turn on or off to your convenience.
Globe Suite
This app provides a comprehensive smart home control system, allowing you to connect and manage various smart devices like bulbs, plugs, and cameras. It offers remote control, automation based on environmental factors, and voice assistant integration for effortless home management.
- Connects smart bulbs, plugs, cameras, and sensors
- No hub required
- Remote control from anywhere
- Voice control with Alexa/Google Home
- Automation based on temperature, weather, time
- Share device control with family
- Real-time alerts
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Globe Electric – The Creative Energy Company® since 1932. Having a Smart home has never been so easy! Simply download the Globe Suite™ APP to get started. The Globe Suite™ APP is a complete smart home control system that connects your Globe Suite™ smart LED bulbs, smart plugs, smart cameras, smart sensors, and much more all under one roof. (No Hub Required) Configure, monitor and control an infinite number of Globe smart devices in one user-friendly application, right from your phone, anywhere in the world. Paired with your Amazon Alexa or Google Home, our smart devices can be quickly programmed to respond to voice control. Through the Globe Suite™ application, instruct your Globe smart products to activate according to a variety of variables including temperature, weather and time of day. Share device control with your family members and receive real-time alerts to ensure the highest level of efficiency, interactivity, control and safety for your home.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Globe Suite at every 2 months against itek Smart Home's every 14 months. Globe Suite also leads on ratings volume (5.1K vs 161) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 — 4.5 for itek Smart Home against 4.4 for Globe Suite. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Globe Suite has 5.1K ratings behind it against 161, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 34% of itek Smart Home's written reviews are positive against 41% of Globe Suite's.
itek Smart Home ships an update every 14 months, Globe Suite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | itek Smart Home | Globe Suite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (161 ratings) — better | 4.4 (5.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.5% of reviews | 40.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 161 | 5.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 204 MB | 269 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Midwest Trading Group Inc | Globe Electric Company Inc. |
Customer experience
itek Smart Home
Globe Suite
User reviews
itek Smart Home
From 161 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great value for money
- 👍 Excellent picture quality
- 👍 Many features for the price
- 👍 Good HD picture
- 👍 Can record on mobile
Room to improve
- 🐛 Does not work with newer camera models
- 🐛 Camera goes offline without subscription
- 🐛 Movement detection issues
- 🐛 No option to buy cloud storage
- 🐛 App doesn't work with bulbs
Globe Suite
From 5.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient remote control
- 🌈 Customizable lighting
- ⏰ Scheduling and automation
- 🔌 Works with smart home integrations
- 💻 Intuitive app interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- ⏳ Slow app performance
- 🔍 Difficult setup process
- 🤖 Unreliable customer support
- 🔧 Compatibility problems with updates
Bugs and requests
itek Smart Home
Reported bugs
25 issues- App update not working
- Update logged user out
- Device will not connect with Google Home
- App does not let control lights
- App doesn't work with bulb
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- Light won't connect to app
- App is completely useless
- App update doesn't work
- Cleared all devices after update
- Cannot group and control devices
- All devices disappeared after update
- Unable to connect to app after update
- 1.0.4 version is screw up
- Scheduled times stopped working
- Cannot turn light bulb on/off
- Smart light bulb will NOT connect to the app
- App crashes when scheduling
- App crashes when sharing devices
- Cannot connect to Google Home anymore
- Firmware needs update
- Cannot connect to Wifi
- Difficult to connect to Wifi
- Cannot add to Google Home
- Does not take whole Wifi password
- Not able to connect to Amazon Alexa
Requested features
3 requests- Modes Function for motion detection
- More preset color options
- Ability to edit color options
Globe Suite
Reported bugs
4 issues- Lights randomly disconnecting
- App crashes on launch
- Scenes/routines not working as expected
- Inability to control multiple bulbs together
Requested features
5 requests- Bring back widget support
- Add more color/mood presets
- Improve Alexa/HomeKit integration
- Allow custom RGB color selection
- Implement sunrise/sunset automation
In-app purchases
itek Smart Home
No in-app purchases
Globe Suite
No in-app purchases
Questions
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