SmartPoint Home vs Brookstone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartPoint Home
Manage your smart home devices remotely from anywhere. Consolidate control of all your connected gadgets into a single application. Automate actions with timers and easily share device access with family members.
- Remote home control
- All smart devices in one app
- Timer-based automation
- Family device sharing
- Easy device pairing
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1. Control Your Home from Anywhere in the world 2. Control all your Smart Devices with one app. 3. Set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Share all your devices with your whole family with a push of a button. 5. Easy Pairing
Brookstone
Manage all your smart home devices from a single application. Group devices for simultaneous control, set automated timers and alarms, and easily share access with family members for a simplified smart living experience.
- Remote device control
- Device grouping
- Timers and alarms
- Family sharing
- Simplified setup
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The Brookstone Smart Home App is here to Simplify your Home. 1. Control all your smart devices remotely. 2. Easily set up groups to control multiple devices. 3. Set timers and alarms to automate functions at certain times. 4. Share devices with other family members.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartPoint Home at 4.8 against Brookstone's 3.3. SmartPoint Home also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 25%) and ratings volume (669 vs 21). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SmartPoint Home holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartPoint Home has 669 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of SmartPoint Home's written reviews are positive against 25% of Brookstone's.
SmartPoint Home ships an update every 5 months, Brookstone every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartPoint Home | Brookstone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (669 ratings) — better | 3.3 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.4% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 669 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 201 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SMARTPOINT LLC | BYTECH NY, INC. |
Customer experience
SmartPoint Home
Brookstone
Bugs and requests
SmartPoint Home
Reported bugs
8 issues- Card validation error preventing app download/reinstall
- Smartpoint device incompatibility with latest app update
- Network connection failure when adding multiple devices
- Camera occasionally goes offline
- Pairing process timeout after reaching 100%
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- Blank white screen when syncing DIY devices
- App storage not accessible despite saving recordings
- Scenes feature not functioning properly
Requested features
8 requests- Full video clips instead of just pictures (5+ seconds)
- Warm white LED light option in addition to cold white
- Restock of WiFi remote controllers
- Manual device addition capability for unsupported devices
- Fine-tuned volume control increments
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- Support for additional smart home devices (Apple TV, Honeywell fan)
- Improved landscape mode functionality
- Working scene functionality
Brookstone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SmartPoint Home
No in-app purchases
Brookstone
No in-app purchases
