Comparison

Sengled Home vs GeekSmart

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

Head to head
About

Sengled Home

Control and manage all your smart home devices from a single app. Adjust colors, set schedules, and automate actions based on sensor events. Integrate with voice assistants for seamless control.

Highlights
  • Remote control of smart devices
  • Customizable color and temperature settings
  • Room and device grouping
  • Sensor-triggered automation
  • Scheduling and scene creation
  • Wake-up and sleep routines
  • Integration with voice assistants
Features
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Sengled Home is the latest smart home control app that replaces the earlier version -- Element Home. Sengled Home is a residential smart-products management platform, which provides you with an integrated mobile app to control, manage and monitor your Sengled smart products. With easy set-up, Sengled Home is able to quickly connect your smart products to the Internet, implement real-time communication between your cell phone and household devices through the cloud platform, and achieve remote controlling and monitoring. Moreover, it is able to customize a fully automatic control system based on your personal habits. CONTROL YOUR LIGHTS FROM ANYWHERE ON THIS PLANET Either 1 foot away from your Sengled smart device, or 10,000 miles away from your home, as long as you have internet, you can control or check the status of your devices. COLOR, COLOR TEMPERATURE AND BEYOND Transform your mobile device into a color palette, and your bulbs, your canvas. Choose from 16 million colors—or choose from Warm White to Day Light—and change the colors of your bulbs to match any mood you have. ROOM ARRANGEMENT AND GROUPING Sengled Home App enables you to easily bundle your smart LED lightbulbs into pre-set rooms, or create your own user defined rooms for grouping purposes. FRONT PAGE OR WIDGET CONTROLS MOST OF YOUR DEVICES With a simplified and optimized UI design, you can access and control most of the functions from the front page of the Sengled Home App. Scene control and Mobile home page Widget control even makes this process easier. SMART LED GETS SMARTER WITH SENSORS Sengled smart LED lights with built-in motion sensor can not only push notifications for any motion event, but also setup actions after detecting motion events. For example, turn on the lights in your bedroom when motion is detected in your backyard in the middle of the night. Sengled smart door sensor can also be used to link with your smart LED lights for event triggered actions. SCHEDULES, SCENES AND ROUTINES Either setup daily routines, such as waking or sleeping routines, for the convenience, or setup automation routines, such as turning lights on/off when sensor events were detected. Scenes can be created for multi bulb or multi room control. WAKE UP & SLEEP Sengled smart LED bulbs can be programmed for gradual brightening and wake you up with lights naturally. Sleep schedule will control the Sengled smart LED bulbs in night light for delayed dimming. LIGHT EFFECTS Six light effects would help users to have more fun with their Sengled products during parties or holidays like Halloween and Christmas. 3rd PARTY PROGRAM: After configuring the Sengled Home App, all the settings can be easily ported over to 3rd party programs, like IFTTT. You can expand your home automation with many more capabilities. HELP WITH ALEXA, GOOGLE ASSISTANT, APPLE HOMEKIT AND MORE: In-app help page can walk you through the process of setting up Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple HomeKit, and more. SAVE ENERGY Every time you turn your Sengled smart device on or off, an event will be logged. You can check the performance page to see your cumulative power consumption for different devices. Contact us: Our development needs your support. Your opinions and suggestions will be appreciated. Want to know more about Sengled smart products? Follow us on: Official Site: sengled.com Facebook: @Sengled Twitter: @SengledUSA Instagram: sengled YouTube: Sengled WeChat: Sengled生迪

About

GeekSmart

Manage your smart home devices and family's connected health data. Seamlessly sync body fat scale metrics like BMI and weight to Apple Health for a comprehensive view of your well-being.

Highlights
  • Smart device management
  • Family smart home control
  • Healthkit integration
  • Body fat scale data sync
  • BMI and weight tracking
  • Apple Health data consolidation
Features
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GeekSmart is a smart home management platform that provides a variety of smart device management for the family, and makes our lives more convenient and smarter through it. GeekSmart has been connected to Healthkit, which will seamlessly connect your health records using the body fat scale to Apple Health, such as BMI, weight, height, fat percentage, etc. can be found in Apple Health's body measurement, allowing you to get a clear picture Comprehensive health data. You need to enable the health privacy permission for GeekSmart.

Screenshots

Sengled Home4 screens
GeekSmart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Sengled Home at 8.9K against GeekSmart's 196. GeekSmart's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.7 for Sengled Home against 2.8 for GeekSmart. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sengled Home has 8.9K ratings behind it against 196, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 9% of Sengled Home's written reviews are positive against 11% of GeekSmart's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sengled Home ships an update monthly, GeekSmart every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sengled Home versus GeekSmart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSengled HomeGeekSmart
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (8.9K ratings)2.8 (196 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews11.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.9K — better196
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB222 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSengled Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.GEEK TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.

Customer experience

Sengled Home

All ratings6,825 ratings
Positive52.7%
Neutral3.4%
Negative43.8%
Written reviews1,489 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative88.7%

GeekSmart

All ratings185 ratings
Positive43.2%
Neutral10.3%
Negative46.5%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive11.1%
Neutral14.8%
Negative74.1%

User reviews

Sengled Home

From 8.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to set up
  • 👍 Convenient scheduling and automation
  • 👍 Good value for price
  • 👍 Reliable performance
  • 👍 Integrates well with smart home platforms

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity issues after updates
  • 🐛 Unreliable pairing and reconnection
  • 🐛 Limited color/brightness control
  • 🐛 Buggy app with frequent crashes
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns around location data

GeekSmart

From 196 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy physical installation
  • 🔒 Fingerprint recognition works reliably
  • 🔑 Multiple access methods (keys, fobs, fingerprint, passcodes)
  • 🎨 Attractive design and appearance
  • ⚡ Low battery consumption

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bluetooth connectivity issues and frequent disconnections
  • 🐛 App crashes and freezes regularly
  • 🐛 Devices disappear from app after updates
  • 🔐 Security vulnerability - fingerprint sensor too sensitive, unlocks with any touch
  • ⏱️ Slow Bluetooth connection (10+ seconds to connect)

Bugs and requests

Sengled Home

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent disconnection from WiFi
  • Inability to add or control new devices
  • Incorrect error messages and failed operations
  • Syncing issues between app and physical bulbs

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved app UI and UX
  • More granular control over lighting
  • Restore missing widget functionality
  • Better integration with third-party platforms
  • Reliable customer support

GeekSmart

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Bluetooth won't connect or reconnects intermittently
  • App login requires verification code that never arrives
  • White blank screen when adding device to app
  • App deletes device after updates requiring full re-setup
  • Fingerprint sensor accepts unauthorized touches
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  • Auto-lock activates when disabled
  • App freezes when trying to refresh or access devices
  • Cannot add gateway or enable remote access
  • Biometric reader stops accepting registered fingerprints
  • App logout/login loop requiring reinstall
  • iOS version incompatible with newer iOS versions (16.6+)
  • Automations tab non-functional, actions erase after saving
  • Device list scrolls uncontrollably preventing selection
  • Spelling errors throughout app (fingerprint misspelled)
  • Add Device button shows empty page
  • Support contact features non-functional in app
  • Request timeout errors during account creation
  • Cannot retrieve password reset codes

Requested features

10 requests
  • Complete mute option for unlock sounds
  • Wi-Fi connectivity option (instead of only Bluetooth)
  • Persistent lock status display without clicking
  • Swap red/green indicator colors (green for unlocked, red for locked)
  • Passage mode and security mode functionality in app
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  • Longer charging cable or wireless charging
  • Remove or relocate advertisements
  • Disable auto-login requirement
  • Support for older lock models in app
  • Ability to delete or modify user accounts in app

In-app purchases

None

Sengled Home

No in-app purchases

None

GeekSmart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sengled Home free?
Sengled Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GeekSmart free?
GeekSmart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sengled Home or GeekSmart?
GeekSmart is rated higher. Sengled Home averages 2.7 out of 5 from 8.9K ratings, while GeekSmart averages 2.8 from 196 ratings.
Do Sengled Home or GeekSmart have ads?
Neither Sengled Home nor GeekSmart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sengled Home or GeekSmart?
Sengled Home ships an update monthly, and GeekSmart every 4 weeks. Most recently, Sengled Home was updated on November 5, 2026 and GeekSmart on November 3, 2026.

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