Comparison

Kiot vs ST4U

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

Head to head
About

Kiot

Features
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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.

About

ST4U

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Kiot4 screens
ST4U4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Kiot versus ST4U: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKiotST4U
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better15.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size98 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKiot Communications LLPHePoJ

In-app purchases

None

Kiot

No in-app purchases

None

ST4U

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kiot free?
Kiot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ST4U free?
ST4U is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kiot or ST4U have ads?
Neither Kiot nor ST4U shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kiot or ST4U?
Kiot ships an update every 2 months, and ST4U every 3 weeks. Most recently, Kiot was updated on October 15, 2026 and ST4U on October 9, 2026.

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