Comparison

essentials Smart Home vs Tasmotrol

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

essentials Smart Home

Control your smart home devices from your smartphone. Easily add new devices and create custom scenes with just a few taps.

Highlights
  • Smartphone control
  • Add new devices
  • Create smart home scenes
  • Comfortable device management
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The essentials smart home app allows you to control all your essentials smart home devices comfortably with your smartphone. Teach in new devices quickly and create whole smart home sceneries with only a few clicks.

About

Tasmotrol

Control Tasmota and Shelly smart devices locally without relying on the cloud. Manage devices, monitor energy usage, and customize dashboards for a private and efficient smart home experience.

Highlights
  • Local device control
  • Customizable dashboards
  • Device grouping
  • Automatic device discovery
  • Real-time energy monitoring
  • Sensor data display
Features
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Every Tasmota and Shelly device on one screen: Switch, dim, set colors, watch how much energy they draw. Tasmotrol talks to your devices directly, over your own Wi-Fi network. No account, no server, no ads — and it keeps working when the internet does not. FINDS YOUR DEVICES FOR YOU Tasmotrol scans your network and picks up compatible devices on its own. No IP addresses to type, no MQTT, no extra server to run. YOUR DASHBOARD, YOUR ORDER Build your own views — by room, by device type, however you think — and swipe between them. Groups switch several devices with a single tap. SCHEDULES THAT NEED NO CLOUD Up to 16 switching times per device, by clock or by sunrise and sunset, optionally only on certain weekdays. SEE WHAT POWER COSTS Live consumption, plus the figures for today, yesterday and total. Temperature, humidity and other sensor readings sit right on the dashboard if you want them there. AND THE SMALL THINGS An encrypted backup of your setup, so a new phone is not an afternoon's work. A device lock against accidental switching. Dark mode. Help and FAQ inside the app. Runs on iPhone and iPad. PRICING WITHOUT SURPRISES Two devices and one group are free, permanently. Need more? Try Pro at no cost first, then decide for yourself: Buy it once, or subscribe monthly or yearly. QUESTIONS? Write to support@tasmotrol.com. A person answers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

essentials Smart Home4 screens
Tasmotrol4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: essentials Smart Home at none against Tasmotrol's 4. essentials Smart Home also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Tasmotrol's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tasmotrol sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. essentials Smart Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for essentials Smart Home against 3.9 for Tasmotrol. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tasmotrol has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

essentials Smart Home ships an update every 9 months, Tasmotrol every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
essentials Smart Home versus Tasmotrol: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteressentials Smart HomeTasmotrol
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better3.9 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews—61.5% of reviews
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB25 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMoehlenhoff GmbHYvonne Joh-Reifhofer

Customer experience

essentials Smart Home

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tasmotrol

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral10.8%
Negative27.7%

In-app purchases

None

essentials Smart Home

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Tasmotrol

Subscriptions2
  • Tasmotrol Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Tasmotrol Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • Tasmotrol Pro trial versionFree
  • Tasmotrol Pro$7.99

Questions

Is essentials Smart Home free?
essentials Smart Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tasmotrol free?
Tasmotrol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, essentials Smart Home or Tasmotrol?
essentials Smart Home is rated higher. essentials Smart Home averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tasmotrol averages 3.9 from 13 ratings.
Do essentials Smart Home or Tasmotrol have ads?
Neither essentials Smart Home nor Tasmotrol shows ads.
Which is updated more often, essentials Smart Home or Tasmotrol?
essentials Smart Home ships an update every 9 months, and Tasmotrol every 4 weeks. Most recently, essentials Smart Home was updated on June 24, 2026 and Tasmotrol on September 14, 2026.

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