Shelly Home vs CloudHawk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shelly Home
Control and manage your smart home devices with this app. It allows for local network control without internet and connects to the cloud via a user account for remote access. Easily update your devices directly from your smartphone.
- Set up smart home devices
- Control devices locally
- Connect to Shelly Cloud
- Remote device access
- Update devices via smartphone
- User account management
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With this application you can set up and control Shelly Smart Home devices. The application can connect to the Shelly Cloud via a Shelly user account. All existing functions, however, can also be used completely without an internet connection. If you are in the local network, the devices communicate directly. Outside the local network, this is done via a Shelly user account. Updates can be easily distributed to the Shelly devices via smartphone. For this, they don't even need an internet connection. This is a private project and will be developed and improved by me as much as possible. Since I don't own all Shelly devices, some are not supported here. I am very happy about constructive feedback and suggestions.
CloudHawk
Control and monitor your smart garden tools, including robotic mowers, directly from your smartphone. Access instruction videos, FAQs, and online shopping information. Manage settings, schedules, and receive real-time status updates.
- Control robotic mower
- Set garden tool configurations
- Receive mower status updates
- Watch instruction videos
- Access FAQ information
- Online shopping articles
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Via CloudHawk you can realize below functions: - Watch the instruction video - Get FAQ information - Command and set your smart garden tools via the application - Command and set your robotic mower via the application - Receive the status of your robotic lawnmower - Click Start, Stop, Home button to control your robotic lawnmower - Check and set the configuration of working time and date of your robotic lawnmower - Get the online shopping articles information via the app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shelly Home at 88% against CloudHawk's 12%. Shelly Home also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). CloudHawk's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Shelly Home sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CloudHawk asks for nothing beyond the download.
CloudHawk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shelly Home has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Shelly Home's written reviews are positive against 12% of CloudHawk's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shelly Home ships an update every 2 weeks, CloudHawk every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shelly Home | CloudHawk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.9% of reviews — better | 12.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | DIRK GAUSMANN | Sumec Hardware & Tools Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
Shelly Home
CloudHawk
In-app purchases
Shelly Home
- Donate 0.99 €$0.99
- Donate 4.99 €$4.99
- Donate 14.99 €$14.99
CloudHawk
No in-app purchases
