dS Smart Home vs switchButler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
dS Smart Home
Control your smart home devices, including lighting, shading, and music, with this intuitive application. Monitor energy consumption, weather, and alarms. Easily manage rooms, create custom scenarios, and adjust settings for a more comfortable living environment.
- Device control (light, shading, music)
- Energy consumption monitoring
- Weather and climate readings
- Custom scenario creation
- Room and device management
- SONOS speaker control
- Heating control
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• Simple and convenient The new dS Smart Home is the perfect app for the perfect smart home. Setting up and operating your digitalSTROM Smart Home has never been easier and more convenient. Whether light, shading or music - the app offers everything you need to make your life easier and more comfortable. • Clear structure The app has four tabs (Favorites, Cockpit, Rooms, Settings) that help you to quickly switch between different features: • Favorites: In the Favorites the most important scenarios of the whole flat are displayed. And you can add your personal favorites. These can be scenarios from the rooms, individual devices or user-defined actions. • Cockpit: the cockpit shows the current energy consumption and that of the last 7 days, weather and climate readings, current alarms and warnings, and user-defined states. In the detailed view of energy consumption, the individual circuits are displayed to the second. The climate data details show the temperature and humidity readings from the past days and weeks.. • Room overview: All rooms (including scenarios, devices and buttons) of your digitalSTROM Smart Home are displayed in the room overview and can be operated directly. • Settings: In the settings you can add further installations (for example your holiday home) and have direct access to the tutorials or the help page. • Custom actions Add custom actions to your favorites and retrieve them at any time. • Create and edit scenarios New scenarios can be easily and conveniently created and existing scenarios can be adjusted or deleted as needed. • Control of the SONOS speakers All SONOS speakers integrated into your digitalSTROM Smart Home can be operated via scenarios or the Play-Pause-function and the volume can be adjusted. • Overview of rooms, scenarios and devices Check the different measured values (e.g. temperature or humidity) and the current state of scenarios and all devices for "light" and "shading" for every room of your digitalSTROM Smart Home. Any changes made are displayed in the app immediately. • Make temporary settings Adjust the current brightness or color of lights and the position of shutters, blinds or awnings at any time easily. With a long click (3D-Touch) on a scenario or device you can open the temporary settings and make adjustments. • Control your heating Check the current temperature in the rooms, choose between Comfort and Eco mode in each room and set the desired temperature for each mode and room. • Assignment of buttons Try out how the various clicks on your light and shading buttons work and adapt the displayed scenarios to suit your requirements. • The home at a glance In the cockpit you will find information on current alarms and weather warnings, the user-defined states as well as the current energy consumption in your home.
switchButler
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switchButler is the official ELBRO AG app that allows you to configure, manage and control Butler devices easily and quickly. With just a few taps, you turn a module into a reliable remote monitoring and control system: receive alerts via SMS or email, trigger functions remotely even with a call, and always keep track of your installations wherever you are. The app is designed for quick on-site configuration via Bluetooth Low Energy. Once paired with the device, you can set up inputs and outputs, define thresholds and conditions, customize message texts, manage authorized numbers and choose notification methods. Relays can be controlled remotely by SMS or call, while event logs and periodic status messages provide a clear overview at all times. switchButler adapts to many scenarios: electrical panels, water systems, greenhouses, pumps, gates, technical rooms, server rooms or industrial machines. It is the ideal solution for installers, maintenance staff and facility managers who need to reduce response times, increase safety and keep control of unattended installations. Combining ease of use with advanced functions, the app takes only minutes to set up. The interface is intuitive and straightforward, commands are clear and require no specific training. switchButler works with both small installations and more complex systems, offering flexibility and security with controlled access through authorized numbers, event tracking and customizable parameters. To use it, a compatible ELBRO device with a SIM card enabled for SMS is required (voice needed if you want call activation). With switchButler you keep full control of your systems: get alerts when needed, act remotely and manage everything directly from your smartphone with a practical, fast and professional app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: switchButler at weekly against dS Smart Home's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
dS Smart Home ships an update every 2 months, switchButler weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | dS Smart Home | switchButler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | digitalSTROM AG | ELBRO AG |
In-app purchases
dS Smart Home
No in-app purchases
switchButler
No in-app purchases







