BG Home vs Status Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BG Home
Control and automate your smart home devices with custom timers, scenes, and delays. Secure your settings with a parental lock and share access with household members. Integrate with voice assistants for hands-free operation.
- Device automation with timers and scenes
- Parental lock for settings
- Household member sharing
- Voice control via Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri
- Geolocation and weather-based automation
- IFTTT integration
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Automate your devices with timers, scenes, delays and random operation, and protect your settings with the parental lock function whilst sharing control with others in your household. The smart home integrations with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, IFTTT and Siri Shortcuts allow you to operate your BG Smart devices using your voice, and set up automated actions based on geolocation, weather and more for a truly smart solution.
Status Smart
Control your home appliances remotely from anywhere. Manage multiple devices simultaneously, set timers for automated functions, and easily share device access with family members. Quick and simple connection to your smart devices.
- Remote appliance control
- Simultaneous device management
- Automated timers
- Family device sharing
- Easy device connection
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Status Smart 1. Remote control: control your home appliances anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one app 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: one tap to share devices with family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect app to devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BG Home at every 2 months against Status Smart's every 6 months. BG Home also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 32%) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, 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.
Status Smart holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of BG Home's written reviews are positive against 32% of Status Smart's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BG Home ships an update every 2 months, Status Smart every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BG Home | Status Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews — better | 31.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 228 MB | 208 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Luceco plc | Status International (UK) Limited |
Customer experience
BG Home
Status Smart
User reviews
BG Home
From 6 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great features
- 👍 Excellent product
- 👍 Fantastic
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connection issues
- 🐛 Unreliable app
- 🐛 Difficult to set up
- 🐛 Buggy
- 🐛 Clunky interface
Status Smart
From 2 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 💡 Good for basic control
- 🏠 Works well with Alexa
- 💰 Good value for money
- 🚀 Straightforward setup (for some)
Room to improve
- ❌ Difficult pairing process
- 🐛 App frequently crashes/freezes
- ❌ Connectivity issues
- ⚠️ Privacy concerns (data collection)
- ❌ Poor usability in app
Bugs and requests
BG Home
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to change timer settings
- App crashes
- Connectivity issues
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Sunrise/sunset timer option
- Power metering
- Improved timer functionality
- Matter protocol support
- Modernized GUI
Status Smart
Reported bugs
15 issues- App keeps not working or huge delay
- Cannot get it to pair
- App freezes when trying to use it
- App doesn't log in anymore
- Network error
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- Bulbs keep saying 'connection failed'
- Cannot connect to Alexa
- Bulb doesn't flash to get connected
- Fails to connect at 10% search
- App freezes
- Connection failed
- Device unresponsive
- App doesn't refresh data
- Does not register low power devices
- Does not register intermittent high power usage
Requested features
10 requests- Allow minute adjustment for cost periods
- Implement swiping for graph/date navigation
- Add calendar view for specific date selection
- Add confirmation for switching off plugs
- Allow floating point numbers for usage/cost reminders
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- More granular data, including hourly stats
- More granular data, including hourly stats
- Change breath feature to completely off then on
- Dark mode option
- Siri/Shortcuts integration
In-app purchases
BG Home
No in-app purchases
Status Smart
No in-app purchases
