Geeklink Smart vs BroadLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Geeklink Smart
Control your smart home devices with this intuitive app. It offers seamless interaction with smart hardware for a comfortable and intelligent living experience. Manage security, scenes, and multi-host coordination with ease.
- Intuitive smart home control
- Family structure-based operation
- Multi-host coordination
- Home security modes
- Integrated scene management
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Geeklink Smart App is a simple and easy-to-use smart home phone app that brings you a comfortable, fun, and intelligent life experience through human interaction between apps and smart hardware. New APP Features: 1, based on the family's structure, the operation is simple and smooth, easy to use. 2, based on family control expansion, multi-host coordination, to achieve a wider area of smart coverage. 3, simple and effective home security, divided into four modes of going out, going home, night and disarming. 4, All scenes are integrated, support multiple start conditions, and support multiple restrictions.
BroadLink
Manage all your smart home devices from one place, anywhere in the world. Control lighting, appliances, security, and more with intelligent automation and one-button scene control. Features zero-configuration setup for compatible devices.
- Remote device management
- Intelligent power control
- Lighting control
- IR and RF remote control
- Security and sensor integration
- Scene creation
- Zero configuration device setup
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The new BroadLink super app lets you manage all BroadLink and compatible products in your home from anywhere in the world at any time, enjoying smart life style with intelligent power control, lighting control, IR and RF remote control, security protection, sensors, home appliances, etc. With BroadLink app, you can easily set triggers for interaction or scenes for one-button control of multiple devices. Also new FastCon technology is adopted in BroadLink app which enables you to add FastCon compatible devices without configuration process (Zero Configuration). If you have any questions, please click the "Feedback" Button in the "Help and Feedback" of the App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BroadLink at 4.3 against Geeklink Smart's 2.7. BroadLink also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 21%) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 19). Geeklink Smart's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
BroadLink holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BroadLink has 2.6K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Geeklink Smart's written reviews are positive against 58% of BroadLink's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Geeklink Smart | BroadLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (19 ratings) | 4.3 (2.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.4% of reviews | 57.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 2.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guangzhou Geeklink Intelligent Technology Co.,Ltd. | Broadlink Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
Geeklink Smart
BroadLink
Bugs and requests
Geeklink Smart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BroadLink
Reported bugs
4 issues- Scenes not working as expected
- Frequent app crashes
- Devices going offline randomly
- Alexa integration issues
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize button layouts
- Integration with more smart home platforms
- Improved scheduling and automation features
- Temperature display in Fahrenheit
- Backup and restore functionality
In-app purchases
Geeklink Smart
No in-app purchases
BroadLink
No in-app purchases
