Modern Forms vs Bond Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Modern Forms
Control your smart fan remotely with advanced features like sleep timers and scheduling. Enjoy adaptive learning and seamless smart home integration for effortless convenience.
- Remote fan control
- Sleep timer
- Scheduling
- Adaptive learning
- Smart home integration
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Modern Forms smart fans make life simpler every day, that’s what modern luxury is all about. Control your Modern Forms smart fan from anywhere with features such as sleep timer, scheduler, adaptive learning, smart home integration and much more.
Bond Home
Control your Smart By Bond ceiling fans, motorized shades, and fireplaces remotely. Seamlessly integrate with popular voice assistants and home automation platforms for a connected smart home experience.
- Control Smart By Bond ceiling fans
- Operate motorized shades
- Manage remote-controlled fireplaces
- No hub required for fans
- Integrates with Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri
- Works with home automation platforms
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Bond Home is a leading platform for Smart By Bond ceiling fans (no hub required), remote-controlled motorized shades, ceiling fans and fireplaces (Bond Bridge is required). Bond Home connects your devices with Amazon Alexa, Google assistant, Siri and other popular home automation platforms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bond Home at 94% against Modern Forms's 13%. Bond Home also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Bond Home holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4K and 3.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Modern Forms's written reviews are positive against 94% of Bond Home's.
Modern Forms ships an update every 3 weeks, Bond Home monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Modern Forms | Bond Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (4K ratings) | 4.8 (3.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.6% of reviews | 94.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 3.9K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 206 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WAC Lighting | Olibra, LLC |
Customer experience
Modern Forms
Bond Home
User reviews
Modern Forms
From 4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use app
- 🔒 Convenient remote control
- 👍 Powerful and quiet fans
- 💡 Scheduling and automation features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent connectivity issues
- 🐛 Unreliable app performance
- 🐛 Inconsistent integration with smart home platforms
- 🐛 Buggy firmware updates
Bond Home
From 3.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Responsive app
- 🔒 Reliable and stable
- 🚀 Seamless integration with devices
- 👍 Intuitive controls
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional connectivity issues
- 🐛 Inconsistent device state tracking
- 🐛 Firmware update problems
- 🔒 Lack of HomeKit support
- 🐛 Difficulty adding/removing devices
Bugs and requests
Modern Forms
Reported bugs
4 issues- App frequently loses connection to fans
- Scheduling features are inconsistent and unreliable
- Difficulty adding and managing multiple fans
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Landscape mode support for tablets
- Improved scheduling and automation features
- Better integration with popular smart home platforms
- More reliable firmware updates
Bond Home
Reported bugs
3 issues- Remotes going out of sync
- Alexa integration issues
- Unreliable device control
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to rearrange device tiles
- Real-time device status updates
- Improved group/scene management
- Expanded device type compatibility
- Enhanced scheduling and automation options
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- Customizable button/command mapping
In-app purchases
Modern Forms
No in-app purchases
Bond Home
No in-app purchases
