ESP Home vs LoRa Tracking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ESP Home
Control your IoT devices using custom JavaScript interfaces. Design your device controls on a web platform and sync them to your mobile device for seamless interaction.
- IoT device control
- Custom JavaScript interfaces
- Web-based design tool
- Data and file synchronization
- API command execution
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ESP Home is a general framework for controlling an IoT (internet of things) device from mobile. ESP Home App uses your JavaScript files to connect and control the interface. You design sections and rows and then control them from JavaScript. All design tasks can be done on www.esphome.app in user area. ESP Home hosts your data and JavaScript files. Once you logged into the App, your files will be synchronized with the server and when you select a device on the list in app, JavaScript of that device will be run and starts working. You connect to the real device for API commands from within JavaScript files.
LoRa Tracking
This application allows users to connect and configure LoRaWAN devices via Bluetooth. It facilitates reading device information, setting parameters, and connecting to LoRaWAN servers. Additionally, it supports scanning for nearby Bluetooth beacons and updating device firmware.
- Bluetooth device connection
- Read LoRaWAN device information
- Configure device parameters
- Connect to LoRaWAN server
- Scan for Bluetooth beacons
- Update LoRaWAN device firmware
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1. Connect the device by the bluetooth of phone. 2. Read Moko LoRaWAN device information by APP. 3. Configuration the parameter of Moko LoRaWAN device. 4. Connect the device to LoRaWAN server. 5. Scan for nearby Bluetooth beacon devices. 6. Update firmware of LoRaWAN Device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LoRa Tracking at none against ESP Home's 4. LoRa Tracking also leads on rating (2.3 vs 2.1). ESP Home's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (25% vs 0%). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. ESP Home sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. LoRa Tracking asks for nothing beyond the download.
LoRa Tracking holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of ESP Home's written reviews are positive against 0% of LoRa Tracking's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ESP Home ships an update every 2 weeks, LoRa Tracking every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ESP Home | LoRa Tracking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (12 ratings) | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dayana Networks Ltd | Moko Technology Ltd |
Customer experience
ESP Home
LoRa Tracking
In-app purchases
ESP Home
- Donate 5 USD$4.99
- Donate 10 USD$9.99
- Donate 20 USD$19.99
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- Donate 50 USD$49.99
LoRa Tracking
No in-app purchases
