Comparison

A3 Smart Home vs MossLight

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

Head to head
About

A3 Smart Home

Monitor and control your home or business in real-time from your mobile devices. Manage security, video surveillance, energy usage, and home automation with instant awareness and remote control.

Highlights
  • Energy management
  • System control
  • Customizable scheduling
  • Mobile notifications
  • Video surveillance
  • Event history logging
Features
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From automation to home security, we’re the smart choice. With an A3 Smart Home system you can monitor and control your home or business in real-time from your iPhone, iPad, or your Apple Watch. Our interactive security, video monitoring, energy management and home automation solutions give you instant awareness and remote control for the places you care about the most. A3 Smart Home offers: ● Energy Management. Lower bills by controlling your thermostat, lights and appliances from your phone. ● System Control. Activate your system, close your garage door and monitor your home's surveillance cameras. ● Custom Settings. Schedule your system, lights and thermostat to adjust automatically. ● Mobile Notifications. Get alerts on any mobile device that let you know when your system is armed/disarmed, your garage door is open, your front door is unlocked and when your cameras see someone. ● Video Surveillance. Check HD cameras from anywhere, store video clips and get real-time alerts right to your phone. ● History At A Glance Search your complete system event history Notifications Tailored To Your Needs. With A3 Smart Home you can receive real-time alerts via email, text and push notifications for specific events that matter to you. In addition to emergency related events you can be alerted when: ● Your children get home from school ● You left the house and forgot to arm the system ● The cleaner or housekeeper arrives and leaves ● The garage door is left open ● The pet sitter arrives ● Your thermostat setting is adjusted ● Your system is disarmed ● Someone attempts to log into your account ● And more! With a legacy of legendary service and protection, A3 Smart Home is the trusted automation and security solution that is reliable, affordable and connected with: Always-on connection- our dedicated cellular connection keeps your home or business secure - even if your internet, power or phone line is down Total, smart control - from our simple app that allows you to control every aspect from any device, anywhere Trusted solutions - our 24/7 professional monitoring is backed by a legacy of service and protection Built-in safeguards - Set notifications and rules for the things that matter most.

About

MossLight

This app helps you manage your plant collection with a detailed journal, care tracker, and an illustrated encyclopedia of plant species. It offers a calm, ad-free experience designed for both new and experienced plant enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Garden journal for logging notes and care history
  • Care tracker for watering, fertilizing, and repotting
  • Species encyclopedia with science-based care guides
  • Cloud sync across devices
  • Ad-free experience
  • Illustrated botanical companions
Features
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MossLight is a quiet plant care companion, built to help you actually notice your plants, not just manage them... all with ZERO ads, ZERO exceptions to my rules on AI use, and ZERO requirements to pay for the knowledge within. Track watering and fertilizing with a real, ongoing care history for every plant, not just a single date that gets overwritten. Keep a garden journal. Explore a growing catalogue of real, hand-researched species with honest care guidance instead of generic advice. Identify a plant you’re unsure about. Set reminders that fit how your plants actually grow, not a rigid schedule. MossLight also includes a small, cozy ambient scene that shifts with real weather and time of day, along with companion critters who keep you company as your garden grows. EVERYTHING YOU NEED, INCLUDED MossLight’s core plant-care tools work completely on their own. You can track your plants, log care, keep a journal, explore botanical information, and tend your garden without paying for features you need just to use the app for its actual purpose. OPTIONAL WAYS TO GROW YOUR GARDEN FURTHER If you’d like to expand how many plants your garden can hold or unlock additional cosmetic companions and themes, MossLight offers optional Greenhouse tiers. There’s no pressure to subscribe. Plenty of people use MossLight fully and happily without adding one. If you want more room to grow or a few extra ways to make your garden feel like yours, that option is there when you want it, not before. A NOTE ON ACCESSIBILITY MossLight includes several built-in themes designed around real accessibility needs, including high-contrast options and color-vision-friendly palettes, because a plant app should work for as many people as possible. PRIVACY AND YOUR DATA You can use MossLight as a guest, with your garden data kept on your device, or sign in to sync your garden across devices. Your guest garden is not uploaded unless you choose to create an account and back it up. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION MossLight offers optional, auto-renewing subscription tiers. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, will be forfeited when a paid subscription is purchased. Privacy Policy: https://quietgrovebotania.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://quietgrovebotania.com/policies Cultivate wonder, then keep going.

Screenshots

A3 Smart Home4 screens
MossLight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: A3 Smart Home at Free against MossLight's $0.99. A3 Smart Home also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 2). MossLight's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On 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

A3 Smart Home is free to download; MossLight costs $0.99 up front. MossLight sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. A3 Smart Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MossLight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: A3 Smart Home has 1.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A3 Smart Home ships an update every 2 months, MossLight every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
A3 Smart Home versus MossLight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA3 Smart HomeMossLight
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (1.8K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size387 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA3 Smart Home LPMichaela Walcott

Customer experience

A3 Smart Home

All ratings1,761 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive28.8%
Neutral17.1%
Negative54.1%

MossLight

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

A3 Smart Home

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

MossLight

Subscriptions4
  • Bloom$2.991 Month
  • Garden$4.991 Month
  • Estate$6.991 Month
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  • Utopia$8.991 Month
One-time4
  • Sakura Mantis$1.99
  • Atlas Moth$1.99
  • Scarab Beetle$1.99
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  • Calico Cat$1.99

Questions

Is A3 Smart Home free?
A3 Smart Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MossLight free?
MossLight costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, A3 Smart Home or MossLight?
MossLight is rated higher. A3 Smart Home averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while MossLight averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do A3 Smart Home or MossLight have ads?
Neither A3 Smart Home nor MossLight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, A3 Smart Home or MossLight?
A3 Smart Home ships an update every 2 months, and MossLight every 3 weeks. Most recently, A3 Smart Home was updated on November 7, 2026 and MossLight on October 31, 2026.

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