Home Linking vs BRmesh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Home Linking
This application acts as a central hub for managing your smart home devices. Connect your phone to various smart hardware and control them all through a single, intuitive interface for a more connected living experience.
- Smart hardware hub
- Connect phone to devices
- Control smart gear
- Seamless device management
Read full descriptionHide full description
HomeLinking is your household's smart hardware hub. Connect your phone to devices via the app and control all your smart gear seamlessly.
BRmesh
Control your Bluetooth smart lights with an intuitive app. Manage individual lights, groups, or all lights simultaneously. Create custom lighting scenes and schedule automatic on/off times for daily use or ambiance.
- Area-based light control
- Individual and group control
- Customizable scenes
- Scheduled on/off timers
- Control up to 240 lights
Read full descriptionHide full description
Bluetooth smart light with APP control. Can be used for daily lighting and atmosphere lighting. Concise and practical control page: the lights can be divided into areas, the whole, individual or selective control of the light can be achieved through shortcut keys, which is very convenient and quick. Can control up to 240 lights. Built-in Newly Developed Timing Chips: You can set your favorite color to turn on and off on time everyday automatically. Scene: You can individually set the color or mode for each light, combine it into your favorite scene and save it, and one key to start when you need.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BRmesh at none against Home Linking's 10. BRmesh also leads on rating (2.4 vs 2.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Home Linking sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. BRmesh asks for nothing beyond the download.
BRmesh holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BRmesh has 296 ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Home Linking's written reviews are positive against 25% of BRmesh's.
Home Linking ships an update every 2 months, BRmesh fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home Linking | BRmesh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (45 ratings) | 2.4 (296 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.3% of reviews | 24.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 | 296 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | IDEALLUX INC. | 坤明 杨 |
Customer experience
Home Linking
BRmesh
Bugs and requests
Home Linking
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BRmesh
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when selecting individual lights
- Sharing and QR code functionality not working as expected
- Inconsistent performance after app updates
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to set custom colors for DIY modes
- More granular control over lighting effects and speed
- Integration with smart home platforms like Alexa and Google Home
- Improved music sync and rhythm modes
In-app purchases
Home Linking
- 7D STD PLAN （M1）$0.99
- 7D STD PLAN （M1）2 variants$2.99
- 7D STD PLAN （M1）$3.99
Show 6 moreShow fewer
- 30D STD PLAN （M1）$5.99
- 30D STD PLAN （M1）$6.99
- 30D STD PLAN(M6)$13.99
- 30D STD PLAN(Y1)$23.99
- 7D STD PLAN （Y1）$29.99
- 30D STD PLAN （Y1）$59.99
BRmesh
No in-app purchases
