Smart Home Gate vs HTML Sandbox 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Home Gate
Control electronic switches, sockets, and other smart devices remotely. Integrate with smart audio assistants like Tmall Elf and Amazon Echo for voice control of various connected devices.
- Remote device control
- Smart socket management
- Voice control integration
- Smart audio assistant compatibility
- Control partner products
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Smart Home Gate APP is a smart home control application that allows you to remotely control our company's electronic switches, sockets and other smart devices, as well as control partners' products such as Tmall Elf, Amazon echo and other smart audio to voice control various devices of this.
HTML Sandbox 2
Create custom lock and home screens using HTML and various data sources like weather, battery, and calendar events. Download themes from a large community and receive support.
- Custom lock screen design
- Custom home screen design
- Integrate weather data
- Integrate battery status
- Integrate calendar events
- Integrate RSS feeds
- Community theme downloads
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The HTML Sandbox app is a productivity tool for the HTML Sandbox shortcut. With the shortcut you can create your own lockscreen and/or homescreen using e.g. weather data, battery status, calendar events, RSS-feeds and much more. Download the HTML Sandbox shortcut from the app. Join our iNNOVATION community with 18k+ members and download your favourite themes. Get 24/7 support from iNNOVATION community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HTML Sandbox 2 at 85% against Smart Home Gate's 5%. HTML Sandbox 2 also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.7) and ratings volume (51 vs 3). Smart Home Gate's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
HTML Sandbox 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HTML Sandbox 2 has 51 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of Smart Home Gate's written reviews are positive against 85% of HTML Sandbox 2's.
Smart Home Gate ships an update every 9 days, HTML Sandbox 2 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Home Gate | HTML Sandbox 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.8% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LIVOLO | Eric Roembach |
Customer experience
Smart Home Gate
HTML Sandbox 2
In-app purchases
Smart Home Gate
No in-app purchases
HTML Sandbox 2
No in-app purchases
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