Comparison

Shelly Home vs io

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Set up smart home devices
  • Control devices locally
  • Connect to Shelly Cloud
  • Remote device access
  • Update devices via smartphone
  • User account management
Features
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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.

About

io

Features
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Mit io:drive wird Ihr Arbeitsumfeld flexibler und einfacher. Statt umständlich über den Computer mit VPN oder durch Mailanhänge auf Unternehmensdaten zugreifen zu müssen, können Sie dies direkt von Ihrem Smartphone oder Tablet aus erledigen. Behalten Sie auch von unterwegs Ihre Unternehmensdaten stets im Zugriff. Laden Sie Fotos, Präsentation oder Office-Dokumente zur Bearbeitung direkt auf das Mobilgerät herunter oder legen Sie Dateien bequem auf dem Fileserver ab. Durch eine sicherere Verbindung vom Mobilgerät zum Server sind Ihre Daten dabei stets geschützt. Da sich jeder Nutzer mit seinen Unternehmensanmeldedaten authentifizieren muss, werden die vorhandenen Zugriffsrechte verwendet. io:drive ist optional auch in jede Mobile Device Management (MDM) Strategie integrierbar.

Screenshots

Shelly Home4 screens
io4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: io at none against Shelly Home's 3. Shelly Home's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Shelly Home sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. io asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shelly Home ships an update every 2 weeks, io every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shelly Home versus io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShelly Homeio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIRK GAUSMANNbellmatec GmbH & Co. KG

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Shelly Home

One-time3
  • Donate 0.99 €$0.99
  • Donate 4.99 €$4.99
  • Donate 14.99 €$14.99
None

io

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shelly Home free?
Shelly Home is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is io free?
io is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shelly Home or io have ads?
Neither Shelly Home nor io shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shelly Home or io?
Shelly Home ships an update every 2 weeks, and io every 4 months. Most recently, Shelly Home was updated on October 24, 2026 and io on October 30, 2026.

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