U vs USmart Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
U
Control and manage your smart home devices from a single application. Easily share access with household members and monitor various UMAX U-Smart devices like cameras, sensors, and lighting.
- Remote device control
- Household member sharing
- Energy measurement sockets
- Security camera monitoring
- Sensor integration (motion, smoke, gas)
- Smart lighting control
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The U-Smart application manages and controls your smart home built with UMAX U-Smart devices. You can easily control and share your smart home devices with other members of your household. Among the UMAX U-Smart devices you can find smart sockets with energy measurement, LED RGB Bulbs, night lamps, security IP cameras, door sensors, motion sensors, smoke and gas sensors, and others. What are you waiting for? Your smart home is here!
USmart Go
Control all your home appliances, both infrared and Wi-Fi connected, from a single app. Remotely manage devices like TVs, air conditioners, lights, and cameras, and receive important notifications like door lock alerts.
- Control infrared appliances (TV, AC)
- Control Wi-Fi connected devices (lights, curtains)
- Remote appliance management
- Door lock notifications
- Remote door unlocking
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Coordinated with the hardware we developed, this APP can control all our home appliances. Not only infrared controlled electric machine such as TV, Air conditioner are under control. Internet device connected by Wi-Fi such as Lights, Curtain, Air Purifier, Camera can all be controlled remotely. -- Push notification service is used for receive the messages of the door locks; And it plays an important role on remote unlocking the door.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: U at 4.5 against USmart Go's 2.7. U also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (33% vs 0%). USmart Go's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (59 vs 10). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
U holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: USmart Go has 59 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of U's written reviews are positive against 0% of USmart Go's.
U ships an update every 2 months, USmart Go every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | U | USmart Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) — better | 2.7 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 59 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 200 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Umax Czech a.s. | 龙武 许 |
Customer experience
U
USmart Go
In-app purchases
U
No in-app purchases
USmart Go
No in-app purchases
