HYPNOTEK vs Lumive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HYPNOTEK
Control all your smart home devices that support the Tuya chip from a single application. Automate your preferred scenes for tasks like opening the TV or locking doors, simplifying your daily life.
- Control smart products
- Supports Tuya chip
- Create custom scenes
- Automate home tasks
- Unified device management
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with life being crowded, and the need for technology only increasing day by day we bring to you one app to control all your smart product's that support Tuya chip make your life easier by making your preferred scene when ever u need from opining the tv to locking or unlocking your door , the sky is the limit with HYPNOTEK welcome to our universe
Lumive
Effortlessly manage and automate your household devices from any location. Set schedules and create custom scenarios to streamline daily tasks and conserve energy. Share device control with family members for seamless household management.
- Remote device control
- Home automation
- Customizable schedules
- Scenario creation
- Family device sharing
- Energy saving
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Automate your home to save time and energy. Easily control your devices from anywhere in the world with one simple App. Multiple devices? No problem. With just one app, you can control all the things in your household. Automate your home appliances with predefined schedules. Automate your day-to-day tasks by setting a variety of scenarios for different times of the day. One tap to share devices among family members. No more fighting over who gets control!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lumive at 5.0 against HYPNOTEK's 4.4. Lumive also leads on update cadence (every 8 months vs every 16 months). HYPNOTEK's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 2). 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.
Lumive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HYPNOTEK has 33 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HYPNOTEK ships an update every 16 months, Lumive every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HYPNOTEK | Lumive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (33 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 249 MB | 202 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marketing Home Group for Trading L.L.C. | Novu Systems LLP |
Customer experience
HYPNOTEK
Lumive
In-app purchases
HYPNOTEK
No in-app purchases
Lumive
No in-app purchases
