elspet vs HGsmart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
elspet
Control and manage your smart home devices with this comprehensive platform. Organize devices by room, manage family members with different access levels, and create personalized control panels. Seamlessly link different products for unified operation.
- Room-based device classification and control
- Family administrator and member management
- Modular functional design
- Personalized control panel creation
- Device linkage control
- Quick device access
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Elspet application is a general version control client for our company's smart home hardware products in the whole house smart scene, and it is an operating platform for users to control and manage smart devices. It is convenient to classify and control the intelligent hardware devices in the home according to the room. Supports setting up family administrators and ordinary members to achieve family authority management. At the same time, it adopts modular functional design, which can flexibly add different devices and panels; you can choose common components in the template library provided by our company, quickly build personalized control panels, and easily implement device access. Different products are connected to the same client to achieve linkage control, which is convenient to operate; eliminating the need for client development investment by brand manufacturers to achieve product intelligence faster.
HGsmart
This app connects with smart pet products to offer comprehensive care solutions. It allows remote control of devices, customization of settings, and real-time monitoring of your pet's health and routine.
- Remote device operation
- Customizable working modes
- Real-time device monitoring
- Pet health data recording
- User-friendly interface
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HGsmart is the perfect companion for you and HONEYGUARDIAN pet smart products, let our smart products and smart app work together to provide you with a full range of pet care solutions, providing a peace of mind and more good times for your beloved pets. Please follow the product body prompts or user manual to download and use this app. 1. Remote operation of litter box, feeder and other smart devices; 2. Various customizable features to tailor the working mode to you and your furry friend; 3. Real-time device monitoring, recording and reporting the working status, allowing you to keep track of your pet's routine; 4. Recording pet health data to help you analyze your pet's well-being; 5. User-friendly experience with prompt feedback for your suggestions; 6. Unlock more features and join us now! For more information, please contact us at support@honeyguardian.com .
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HGsmart at every 6 weeks against elspet's every 16 months. elspet's advantage is review sentiment (39% vs 22%). 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.
elspet ships an update every 16 months, HGsmart every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | elspet | HGsmart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 38.8% of reviews — better | 22.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 204 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 慧 丁 | Shenzhen Tahao Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
elspet
HGsmart
User reviews
elspet
From 2.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Tracks very well
- 👍 Cats love the box
- 🚀 Saves time and litter
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constantly gets stuck
- 🐛 Difficult to clean
- 🐛 Unreliable connection
- 🐛 Poor customer support
- 🐛 Frequent issues and breakdowns
HGsmart
From App Store reviewsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and clean app interface
- 🚀 Loads quickly
- 💡 Ability to add a meal call for cats
- 👍 Works well once set up
- 👍 No subscription required
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent login issues
- 🐛 App stops working entirely
- 🐛 Chinese error messages
- 🐛 WiFi connection problems (password length)
- 🐛 Inability to register or create accounts
Bugs and requests
elspet
Reported bugs
5 issues- Litter getting stuck in the middle
- Litter spilling out of the box
- Inability to fully empty the litter
- Unreliable app connection
- Malfunctioning features
Requested features
5 requests- Notify when litter box is full
- Ability to track multiple cats
- Longer cleaning cycle option
- Easier cleaning process
- Improved app functionality
HGsmart
Reported bugs
22 issues- Cannot log in
- Account does not exist error
- Email not correct error during registration
- WiFi only accepts 5 character passwords
- No notifications for feed distribution
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- Cannot connect device
- No verification code sent to email
- Cannot log in from second phone
- App suddenly stopped working
- Error message in Chinese characters
- Service not found error
- Unable to retrieve states error
- Cannot delete device to re-register
- Password section has a glitch
- WiFi not responding
- App does not allow access
- Request timed out when changing feeding plan
- System internal error
- Feeding plan not displayed
- Cannot remove feeding time
- Litter box offline but it's not
- App reads full bin when empty
Requested features
12 requests- Notification when feed is distributed
- Fix login issues
- Fix registration issues
- Fix WiFi connection issues
- Fix Chinese error messages
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- Improve server stability
- Allow editing of feeding plans
- Fix low food warnings
- Allow conversion to standard time
- Adjustable font size
- Accurate food quantity display
- Fix offline status reporting
In-app purchases
elspet
No in-app purchases
HGsmart
No in-app purchases
