Comparison

TechLife Pro vs Amongst Friends

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

Head to head
About

TechLife Pro

Control multiple Wi-Fi devices remotely and through voice commands. Share access with family members for a seamless smart home experience.

Highlights
  • Remote Wi-Fi device control
  • Control multiple devices
  • Voice control integration
  • Family device sharing
Features
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TechLife Pro TechLife Pro makes you easy to enjoy profession technology Life: • Can remote control the Wi-Fi device; • Multiple Wi-Fi devices can be controlled; • Support for voice control smart devices such as Amazon Echo, Google Home, Mi AI, iFLYOS, Tmall Genie and DuerOs audio; • Can sharing devices for family.

About

Amongst Friends

A private space to rate and discuss albums, restaurants, books, and more with your closest friends. Share recommendations and keep personal notes without public impact or algorithms.

Highlights
  • Private friend groups
  • Rate albums, restaurants, books, and more
  • Personal notes and memory keeping
  • Direct recommendations to friends
  • Group discussion threads
  • Discover highly-rated items within your group
Features
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AmongstFriends is a private space to rate things without concern for public impact or algorithms or anything outside of yourself and maybe friends if you want. Rate albums, restaurants, books, and more with your closest friends. No public profiles, no follower counts, no strangers reading your reviews. Everything you post stays within your private friend group, so you can be as candid as you want. Keep your own notes Use reviews to remember what you thought of something, for yourself as much as for your friends. Your ratings won't influence any public score or algorithm. It's just yours. Share recommendations that mean something Send a recommendation to a friend with a personal message and a link. Not a broadcast to followers — a direct note to someone you actually know. Discuss with your group Every catalog item has a discussion thread where your group can talk about it. Think of it as a group chat, but organized around the things you're all rating. Find something good Not sure what to watch, listen to, or eat? Let AmongstFriends surface something your group has already rated highly. AmongstFriends is built for people who want a private, low-pressure way to share tastes with people they trust, not perform for an audience.

Screenshots

TechLife Pro4 screens
Amongst Friends3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Amongst Friends at 100% against TechLife Pro's 16%. Amongst Friends also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.2). TechLife Pro's advantage is ratings volume (595 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Amongst Friends holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TechLife Pro has 595 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of TechLife Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Amongst Friends's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TechLife Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Amongst Friends every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TechLife Pro versus Amongst Friends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTechLife ProAmongst Friends
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (595 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings595 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB18 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer兴魁 胡WYATT WILLIAM PIERSON

Customer experience

TechLife Pro

All ratings582 ratings
Positive24.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative71.1%
Written reviews552 reviews
Positive16.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative77.0%

Amongst Friends

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

TechLife Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes after updates
  • Unable to log in or register account
  • Lights randomly stop working
  • Inconsistent color representation

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow custom music integration
  • Add fade in/out functionality
  • Improve Alexa/Google Home integration
  • Provide more granular control over lights

Amongst Friends

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TechLife Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Amongst Friends

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TechLife Pro free?
TechLife Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Amongst Friends free?
Amongst Friends is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TechLife Pro or Amongst Friends?
Amongst Friends is rated higher. TechLife Pro averages 2.2 out of 5 from 595 ratings, while Amongst Friends averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TechLife Pro or Amongst Friends have ads?
Neither TechLife Pro nor Amongst Friends shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TechLife Pro or Amongst Friends?
TechLife Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Amongst Friends every 2 months. Most recently, TechLife Pro was updated on November 6, 2026 and Amongst Friends on November 5, 2026.

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