Orphek iCon vs VSON
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orphek iCon
This app allows users to remotely program, control, and monitor smart lights via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Access your lighting settings from anywhere with an internet connection using your smartphone or tablet.
- Bluetooth + Wifi control
- Remote programming
- Remote monitoring
- Control from phone or tablet
- Anytime, anywhere access
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The Orphek iCon technology brings built-in Bluetooth + Wifi control allowing you to easily program, control, and monitor your light(s) from your Cell Phone or Tablet, any time and any place you are in the world, where internet access is available.
VSON
This app connects your mobile device to smart home hardware for convenient management and monitoring. It allows for fast interaction with smart devices and provides real-time insights into your home environment.
- Smart hardware management
- Mobile phone and smart device interaction
- Interconnection between smart devices
- Real-time device monitoring
- Home environment monitoring
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VSON APP is the smart hardware management platform in your home. Through VSON APP, you can complete the convenient and fast interaction between mobile phones and smart hardware, and realize the interconnection between smart devices.The App can monitor multiple devices at the same time, so you can know your current home environment like the back of your hand!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Orphek iCon at 4.2 against VSON's 1.0. Orphek iCon also leads on ratings volume (51 vs 2). VSON's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Orphek iCon holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orphek iCon has 51 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Orphek iCon ships an update every 12 months, VSON every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orphek iCon | VSON |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (51 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ORPHEK LIMITED | Vson Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Orphek iCon
VSON
In-app purchases
Orphek iCon
No in-app purchases
VSON
No in-app purchases
