Frontier Aura vs SwitchBee Next Gen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Frontier Aura
Enhance your home with smart lighting control. Manage your devices, create custom rooms and scenes, and share access with others. Enjoy a cozy and convenient living space.
- Home App and Siri compatibility
- Remote monitoring and control
- Customizable homes and rooms
- Scene implementation
- Device sharing
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Great features to make your everyday living cozy with a lot of fun and cost saving: - Fully compatible with Home App and Siri. - Add, management, remote monitoring and control paired Frontier Aura BLE Light Switches. - Supports custom HOMEs and ROOMs creating. - Supports implementation of scenes. - Supports renaming of all services. - Supports device sharing.
SwitchBee Next Gen
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An application to a unique game changer in the Automated Home domain providing revolutionary technology by “SwitchBee”. Use your iPhone, iPod or iPad as an extension to control and monitor the full line of “SwitchBee” products. In less than two hours, with no infrastructure changes you will have your Smart Home up and running controlled by the “SwitchBee” application. Control your entire house from the comfort of your bed, your couch, your car, your office and even from the sea-shore during your vacation. You will have the ability to monitor your lights, temperature, blinds/shutters all from a single, highly intuitive application. Create numerous lighting and switch scenarios for the entire set of “SwitchBee” switches and sensors existing in your house, define timer configurations to any light bulb or load and if you change your mind – no problem – the “SwitchBee” switches can be modified in seconds at any time. This application will also control “SwitchBee’s” revolutionary portable switches which can be placed in any room. Increase your power to control your affordable Smart Home anytime anywhere in the most simple and intuitive manner.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Frontier Aura at none against SwitchBee Next Gen's 6. Frontier Aura also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). SwitchBee Next Gen's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 21 months). 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. SwitchBee Next Gen sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Frontier Aura asks for nothing beyond the download.
Frontier Aura ships an update every 21 months, SwitchBee Next Gen every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Frontier Aura | SwitchBee Next Gen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | King I Electronics Co., Ltd. | SwitchBee |
In-app purchases
Frontier Aura
No in-app purchases
SwitchBee Next Gen
- SB purchases$59.99
- Home Kit$59.99
- Home Assistant$59.99
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Questions
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