Shelly Home vs io
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.
io
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Shelly Home sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. io asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Shelly Home | io |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DIRK GAUSMANN | bellmatec GmbH & Co. KG |
In-app purchases
Shelly Home
- Donate 0.99 €$0.99
- Donate 4.99 €$4.99
- Donate 14.99 €$14.99
io
No in-app purchases









