Comparison

OPPLE Smart vs MessMate

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

Head to head
About

OPPLE Smart

Easily set up and manage your smart lighting system. Organize devices, create lighting scenes, and control your lights with simple taps. Manage users and define different areas within your smart lighting project.

Highlights
  • Create smart lighting projects
  • Define lighting areas
  • Discover and organize devices
  • Create and manage lighting scenes
  • Manage system users
  • One-touch lighting control
Features
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The OPPLE Smart Lighting app allows you to setup and control an OPPLE BLE Smart Lighting system in a very easy way. The following tasks can be done with just a few taps of your finger: - Create your smart lighting project and define various areas. - Discover and organise your OPPLE smart lighting devices, including luminaires, sensors and switches. - Create and manage your lighting scenes. - Manage the users of your smart lighting system. - Control your lighting with just one touch of your finger.

About

MessMate

Features
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MessMate is the ultimate smart mess and hostel management application designed for bachelor flats, students, hostels, and shared living communities. Say goodbye to messy paper calculations and complicated spreadsheets. MessMate keeps track of all your daily meals, grocery shopping, utility bills, individual expenses, and monthly reports in real time. KEY FEATURES: Daily Meal Tracking & Forecast: - Easily record daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner counts for every member. - View daily meal forecasts to plan cooking and grocery shopping efficiently. Expense & Bazar Management: - Track shared expenses such as groceries, rent, maid bills, and utilities. - Assign bazar schedules and view daily bazar duties with shopping note reminders. Automatic Monthly Reports & PDF Export: - Instant automated calculations for meal rates, total costs, individual deposits, and dues. - Download and share professional monthly calculation reports in PDF format with all roommates. Individual Expense & Payment Tracking: - Separate tracking for individual room rent, wifi, utilities, and other personal costs. - Transparent payment status (Paid, Partial, Unpaid) for every member. Role-based Access & Member Management: - Manager and member roles with seamless join codes. - Real-time cloud sync with instant push notifications for all mess activities. Multilingual & Multi-Currency Support: - Full support for English and Bengali. - Customizable currency symbols. Simplify your mess life today with MessMate!

Screenshots

OPPLE Smart4 screens
MessMate2 screens

Verdict

The call

OPPLE Smart and MessMate are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OPPLE Smart ships an update monthly, MessMate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
OPPLE Smart versus MessMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOPPLE SmartMessMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpple Lighting Co., Ltd.Softulas

In-app purchases

None

OPPLE Smart

No in-app purchases

None

MessMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OPPLE Smart free?
OPPLE Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MessMate free?
MessMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OPPLE Smart or MessMate have ads?
Neither OPPLE Smart nor MessMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OPPLE Smart or MessMate?
OPPLE Smart ships an update monthly, and MessMate every 3 weeks. Most recently, OPPLE Smart was updated on November 2, 2026 and MessMate on October 31, 2026.

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