fanSync WiFi vs Tiny Trail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
fanSync WiFi
Control your ceiling fan remotely with this app. It enables WiFi connectivity for your fan, allowing operation from anywhere and integration with voice assistants like Amazon Echo and Google Home. It also supports SmartThings and IFTTT for broader smart home automation.
- Remote fan control
- WiFi receiver compatibility
- Voice activation
- Smart home integration
- IFTTT support
- SmartThings integration
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fanSync WiFi by Fanimation. Control your ceiling fan from anywhere using our WiFi receiver accessory sold separately. Control using the fanSync WiFi app as well as via voice activation with compatible devices such as Amazon Echo and Google Home. Also includes IFTTT and SmartThings, which will allow you to integrate with other smart home devices.
Tiny Trail
This app offers a private and beautiful way to document your child's life milestones. Effortlessly record memories, quotes, and photos, and organize them into a chronological timeline. Enhance your experience with premium features like slideshows, PDF exports, and voice recordings.
- Private and secure memory storage
- Milestone tracker categories for inspiration
- Chronological timeline of memories
- Slideshow creation with music
- PDF export of child's timeline
- Voice recording for moments
- Customizable themes for timelines
- Support for multiple children and photos
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Tiny Trail is the private, ad-free way to hold onto your family's story. Built by a parent who wanted a faster, more beautiful way to save memories, Tiny Trail helps you preserve the magic of childhood, from baby's first steps, to your toddler's first words, to your grade-schooler's latest joke. Have too much going on to remember what to capture? Tiny Trail has your back with a library of milestone tracker categories for inspiration! Effortlessly record notes, quotes, dialogs, photos, dates, and special milestones in seconds. Everything captured flows into a beautiful, chronological timeline that grows with your child. All of these core features are completely free - no trials, no ads. Private and Secure Your memories stay safely on your device with optional automatic backup to your personal cloud. It's your family's story, completely under your control Want an even more magical experience? Try Tiny Trail Enchanted. Available as a monthly plan, yearly plan, or one-time lifetime purchase and enables the following features: Slideshow - Turn your timeline into a gentle, storybook-style slideshow with soft background music. Perfect for sharing with family or enjoying together. PDF Export - Create a beautifully formatted PDF of your child's timeline, ideal for printing or gifting as a treasured keepsake. Voice Recording - Attach a recording to any Said Today moment so you never forget exactly how it sounded. Themes - Dress up your timeline with 12 hand-crafted themes, from dreamy pastels to magical night skies. You can choose a different theme for each child that will be saved on their profile. Switch themes anytime, as often as you like. Multiple Photos - Add as many photos as you want to a single memory. Multiple Children - A separate timeline, themes, and memories for each of your little ones. Add, rename, or remove a child's profile anytime. Backup and Restore With one tap, create a complete backup of everything - all children, moments, photos, and settings - saved as a single file you control. Restore anytime to bring it all back exactly as it was. Perfect for switching phones, reinstalling, or simply keeping your child's story safe. Contact gknot.studios@gmail.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tiny Trail at 100% against fanSync WiFi's 10%. Tiny Trail also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). fanSync WiFi's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (58 vs 8). On price, ads 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. Tiny Trail sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. fanSync WiFi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tiny Trail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: fanSync WiFi has 58 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of fanSync WiFi's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tiny Trail's.
fanSync WiFi ships an update every 4 months, Tiny Trail every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | fanSync WiFi | Tiny Trail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (58 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fanimation, INC. | GKnot Studios LLC |
Customer experience
fanSync WiFi
Tiny Trail
Bugs and requests
fanSync WiFi
Reported bugs
64 issues- Unable to connect to fans
- App refuses to find fans
- Unable to re-pair or share from old phone
- Sync to WiFi goes offline
- Unable to dim bulbs
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- Won't log in
- Keeps de-syncing with Alexa
- App regularly doesn't work well
- App doesn't work with specific fan models (Hugh fan)
- Controls won't work when app is not working
- Slider goes back to original position
- Button click doesn't turn on fan
- Doesn't work with Apple HomeKit
- Can't log in
- App gives incorrect password/login message
- Installation process antiquated and error-prone
- App just sits there after entering credentials
- No reason to lock behind a login
- App takes longer than expected
- Fan stopped connecting to WiFi
- App not connecting
- App says connecting forever
- App is super laggy
- App doesn't show actual fan status
- App depends on remote service which goes down
- Fan stops connecting to WiFi
- App just says 'Connecting...'
- App takes 3-4+ attempts to connect
- Takes 5 minutes to turn off fan
- Fan doesn't turn off when app says it did
- Fan doesn't connect to WiFi
- App crashes the second it opens
- App won't load or open
- Fan dropped off WiFi
- Fan disabled from Alexa
- App won't open
- Loses sync after power outage
- Bedroom fan randomly turns off
- App gets confused by daylight saving time
- App won't launch
- App asks to login monthly
- App only works with 2GHz WiFi
- App is buggy
- App doesn't work at all
- App rarely finds fan
- Controls and commands don't register
- App repeatedly errors out
- App loses control of fan
- App won't reconnect
- App displays quick black banners about connection
- Connection timeout error
- App is out of date but no update available
- Requires internet to work
- No local device control
- Loses sync with fan often
- No WiFi hotspot to connect to
- Phone can't find fan
- No instructions on pairing mode
- Family sharing feature doesn't work
- Error message when sharing link
- App is too bulky
- Group mode still shows individual fans
- App doesn't let you change fan order
- To sync with Alexa, need to remove and re-add skill
Requested features
7 requests- Add winter/summer button for fan direction
- Remember last fan direction setting
- Add sunrise/sunset times for scheduling
- Add HomeKit support
- Create custom preset settings
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- Improve app interface
- Add widget for iOS
Tiny Trail
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
fanSync WiFi
No in-app purchases
Tiny Trail
- Enchanted Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Enchanted Yearly$24.991 Year
- Tiny Trail Enchanted — Lifetime$49.99
