Comparison

elspet vs IotBase

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

IotBase

Features
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This is a B-end application that controls IoT devices, making it convenient for users to manage IoT devices

Screenshots

elspet4 screens
IotBase3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: IotBase at every 4 weeks against elspet's every 16 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

elspet ships an update every 16 months, IotBase every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
elspet versus IotBase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterelspetIotBase
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size204 MB66 MB
Age rating17+17+
Developer慧 丁ABDULLAH AHMED MOEEDH ALJUBAIR ALGHAMDI CO. FOR WHOLESALE & RETAIL

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

IotBase

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

elspet

No in-app purchases

None

IotBase

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is elspet free?
elspet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IotBase free?
IotBase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do elspet or IotBase have ads?
Neither elspet nor IotBase shows ads.
Which is updated more often, elspet or IotBase?
elspet ships an update every 16 months, and IotBase every 4 weeks. Most recently, elspet was updated on November 3, 2026 and IotBase on October 31, 2026.

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