Kiot vs ST4U
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Kiot
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1. Control and Schedule all the appliances from the mobile anywhere, anytime. 2. Manage Access to other users by joining them into your home. 3. Control all your IR appliances like TV, Set Top Box, Air Conditioner, Projector etc. 4. Get a personalised and elaborate Entertainment Program Guide, to keep track of what's playing on your TV. 5. Schedule all your appliances using Routines and Scenes. 6. Create Workflows to do a set of actions based on room temperature, motion etc. 7. View real-time power consumption and energy stats of the appliances. 8. Control All your appliances using voice with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.
ST4U
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With the ST4U App we offer you the possibility to control and manage your Smart Home via your Smartphone. Brands such as Velbus, Niko, Philips, Sonos, etc. are supported. Our mission, vision and goal is to bring various brands together under 1 platform in order to arrive at 1 total concept. In addition, we also want to integrate devices or parts that are not yet 'Smart' in our platform, this can be done via home automation (e.g. Velbus) or a tailor-made solution. To ensure that you as a customer can use these devices optimally 'Smart', we have created our own platform for this, we call this platform ST4U, Smart things for you! We offer our own Cloud Service and hereby offer you an Application that you can use on Laptop, Tablet or Smartphone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ST4U at every 3 weeks against Kiot's every 2 months. Kiot's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kiot ships an update every 2 months, ST4U every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kiot | ST4U |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 โ better | 15.1 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kiot Communications LLP | HePoJ |
In-app purchases
Kiot
No in-app purchases
ST4U
No in-app purchases









