Comparison

SmartAI vs Bentral

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

Head to head
About

SmartAI

This app connects and controls various smart home devices, including robot vacuums, cameras, and pet feeders. It allows for remote management, scheduling, and real-time monitoring of your connected IoT products from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Control multiple SmartAI IoT devices
  • Remote control from anywhere
  • Schedule robot vacuum cleaning
  • Real-time mapping and obstacle tracking
  • Monitor pets via smart camera and feeder
  • Personalized app control
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SmartAI, founded in 2016, is focused on creating high-quality and beautifully designed the internet of things products that intelligently work together to provide your more easily controlled, connected, enjoyable, wonderful life from wherever or whenever you might be. The SmartAI app is a simple and powerful app which design for all SmartAI IOT products, which include robot vacuum cleaner, smart camera, pet feeder, smart lamp, etc. Follow the simple onscreen instructions to add your SmartAI IOT products: 1. Intelligent app of SmartAI robot vacuum cleaner, pet feeder, smart camera and other IoT products; 2. Control multiple devices, one app to manage multiple SmartAI IoT devices. 3. Personalised app control, just a click, you can remote control your SmartAI IOT products anywhere. 4. The app can schedule robot cleaner recurring cleaning at anytime, schedule cleaning, review history and get notification in this app. 5. The app can do real-time mapping, track robot cleaner exactly movements and obstacles it meets. 6. Connect to smart camera and pet feeder, watch your pet on smart camera and feed it by smart feeder at same time. SmartAI app tries to make it all amazingly simple for everyone. “Simply smarter, reliably intelligent” is our passion.

About

Bentral

Features
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Bentral is powerful reservation software and Channel Manager made for all accommodation providers — simple, smart, and occasionally magical.

Screenshots

SmartAI4 screens
Bentral4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bentral at every 2 months against SmartAI's every 20 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartAI ships an update every 20 months, Bentral every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SmartAI versus Bentral: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartAIBentral
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (71 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings71 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size181 MB18 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDongguan Dipusi Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.INTERSPLET d.o.o.

In-app purchases

None

SmartAI

No in-app purchases

None

Bentral

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartAI free?
SmartAI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bentral free?
Bentral is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SmartAI or Bentral have ads?
Neither SmartAI nor Bentral shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartAI or Bentral?
SmartAI ships an update every 20 months, and Bentral every 2 months. Most recently, SmartAI was updated on September 25, 2026 and Bentral on September 15, 2026.

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