Cocoon Connect vs SmartPoint Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cocoon Connect
Control your smart home devices remotely. Manage lights, cameras, and security sensors from anywhere with this app. Stay connected to your home's security and comfort.
- Remote device control
- Manage lights
- Monitor cameras
- Control security sensors
- Global access
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The ultimate companion app for Cocoon Connect smart home devices. Control your compatible lights, cameras, security sensors and more from anywhere in the world (data charges may apply).
SmartPoint Home
Manage your smart home devices remotely from anywhere. Consolidate control of all your connected gadgets into a single application. Automate actions with timers and easily share device access with family members.
- Remote home control
- All smart devices in one app
- Timer-based automation
- Family device sharing
- Easy device pairing
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1. Control Your Home from Anywhere in the world 2. Control all your Smart Devices with one app. 3. Set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Share all your devices with your whole family with a push of a button. 5. Easy Pairing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: SmartPoint Home at 669 against Cocoon Connect's 19. SmartPoint Home also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 47%). Cocoon Connect's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Cocoon Connect against 4.8 for SmartPoint Home. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartPoint Home has 669 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Cocoon Connect's written reviews are positive against 65% of SmartPoint Home's.
Cocoon Connect ships an update every 2 months, SmartPoint Home every 5 months. Both last shipped on September 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Cocoon Connect | SmartPoint Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better | 4.8 (669 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.5% of reviews | 65.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 669 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 191 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Balco Brands PTY LTD | SMARTPOINT LLC |
Customer experience
Cocoon Connect
SmartPoint Home
User reviews
Cocoon Connect
From 19 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works perfectly for some users
- 📱 Remote viewing from phone
- 💡 Good for monitoring pets
- 💡 Good for monitoring babies
- 💡 Good for monitoring garage
Room to improve
- 🐛 Terrible setup process
- 🐛 QR code won't scan
- 🐛 Useless product
- 🐛 Poor instructions
- 🐛 Cannot speak to human support
SmartPoint Home
From 669 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
- 📷 High-quality camera with excellent video resolution
- 🚀 Simple setup and installation process
- 💰 Great value for price
- 🔔 Reliable notifications and alerts
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing
- 🔌 Device connectivity issues and disconnections
- ❌ Limited device compatibility
- 💾 Poor cloud storage and recording functionality
- 🔧 Inadequate customer support
Bugs and requests
Cocoon Connect
Reported bugs
19 issues- QR code will not scan
- Schedule keeps turning off
- Camera goes offline often
- App doesn't connect to doorbell
- App freezes often
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- Update has disabled camera connection
- Problem with network connection after update
- Devices keep losing connection
- Unable to establish encrypted channels
- App only connects to pet feeder intermittently
- Camera keeps going offline
- Low battery warning keeps popping on incorrectly
- Photos for movement repeated at wrong timeline
- Camera has lost connection
- Pull down to refresh not working
- Cannot connect to home network
- Door sensors take about 30 seconds to register
- Motion sensors are useless
- App is slow and glitches
Requested features
23 requests- Ability to change notification sound within the app
- Update to fix pet feeder schedule turning off
- Reset camera online instead of physically
- Timer function to set cameras on/off
- Snooze notification for a set time
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- Scroll photos in message center
- Notification with image on Apple Watch
- Snapshot at time of movement and link to prior seconds
- Built-in alarm for home security
- Mute Notifications feature
- Power/reset/reconnect button on the app
- Update app for smoother performance and bug fixes
- Customizable themes for lights
- Fix Google Assistant integration issues
- Simplify programming for alarm system
- Improve motion sensor reliability
- Fix repeated low battery warnings
- Fix photo timeline issues
- Improve connection stability for pet feeder
- Fix landscape view issue on iPhone 14
- Fix app freezing issue
- Fix 'wake up device' and 'failed to establish encrypted channel' errors
- Improve detection distance for cameras
SmartPoint Home
Reported bugs
8 issues- Card validation error preventing app download/reinstall
- Smartpoint device incompatibility with latest app update
- Network connection failure when adding multiple devices
- Camera occasionally goes offline
- Pairing process timeout after reaching 100%
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- Blank white screen when syncing DIY devices
- App storage not accessible despite saving recordings
- Scenes feature not functioning properly
Requested features
8 requests- Full video clips instead of just pictures (5+ seconds)
- Warm white LED light option in addition to cold white
- Restock of WiFi remote controllers
- Manual device addition capability for unsupported devices
- Fine-tuned volume control increments
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- Support for additional smart home devices (Apple TV, Honeywell fan)
- Improved landscape mode functionality
- Working scene functionality
In-app purchases
Cocoon Connect
No in-app purchases
SmartPoint Home
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cocoon Connect free?
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