Home vs Lydsto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Home
Control your home appliances remotely via Wi-Fi. Manage multiple devices simultaneously, set timers for automated functions, and easily share access with family members. The app offers a simple and quick connection process to your smart devices.
- Remote appliance control
- Simultaneous device management
- Customizable timers
- Family device sharing
- Easy device connection
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App to command through a Wi-Fi connection several home appliances. 1. Remote control: control home appliances from anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one App 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: One tap to share devices among family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect App to devices
Lydsto
Control your Lydsto robot cleaner remotely. Monitor cleaning progress in real-time and customize cleaning schedules and areas for a consistently clean home.
- Remote functional control
- Real-time cleaning dynamics
- Automatic environmental detection
- Dynamic route planning
- Customized area planning
- Personalized cleaning modes
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Lydsto App is a mobile phone application that connects to the Lydsto robot cleaner. Through the App, you can complete the functional control of the sweeping robot, and you can also obtain the cleaning dynamic information of the sweeping robot in real time. You can enjoy a warm and clean home environment while lying down. Connect to Lydsto App and unlock your new smart life experience with one click! Linkage control, easy to use It can quickly grasp the addition and operation of equipment to realize the interconnection and intercommunication between smart devices; it can issue instructions on the palm to allow the sweeping robot to automatically detect the surrounding environment and dynamically plan the cleaning route. Personalized customization, as you like According to your own practical habits, you can implement customized area planning and cleaning programs, and support the personalized customization of multiple cleaning modes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Home at 5.0 against Lydsto's 2.0. Home also leads on review sentiment (23% vs 11%). Lydsto's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (50 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Home holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lydsto has 50 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Home's written reviews are positive against 11% of Lydsto's.
Home ships an update every 17 months, Lydsto every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home | Lydsto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 2.0 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews — better | 10.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 182 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eduardo Gonzalez Trotter | Wuhan Smartda Electronic Technology Co Ltd. |
Customer experience
Home
Lydsto
In-app purchases
Home
No in-app purchases
Lydsto
No in-app purchases
