Comparison

Smart@Home vs Eight Smart

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

Head to head

About

Smart@Home

Features

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Great features to make your everyday living cozy with a lot of fun and cost saving: - Fully compatible with Home App and Siri. - Add, management, remote monitoring and control paired Frontier Aura BLE Light Switches. - Supports custom HOMEs and ROOMs creating. - Supports implementation of scenes. - Supports renaming of all services. - Supports device sharing.

About

Eight Smart

Features

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Smart Lifestyle with Eight Smart 1. Remote control: Control home devices from anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: Control multiple devices with single App 3. Timer: Schedule desire funtions to perfom on time 4. Device sharing: Share devices usage among multiple users 5. Easy connection: Easy pairing devices to App

Screenshots

Smart@Home4 screens

Eight Smart4 screens

Verdict

The call

Smart@Home and Eight Smart are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Smart@Home ships an update every 9 months, Eight Smart every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and March 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences

Smart@Home versus Eight Smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Smart@Home	Eight Smart
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Every 9 months — better	Every 10 months
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Devices	iPhone, iPod	iPhone, iPod
Requires iOS	13.0	13.0
Further details — not scored
Size	6 MB	191 MB
Age rating	4+	17+
Developer	King I Electronics Co., Ltd.	EIGHT DESIGN PTE. LTD.

In-app purchases

None

Smart@Home

No in-app purchases

None

Eight Smart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart@Home free?

Smart@Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Eight Smart free?

Eight Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do Smart@Home or Eight Smart have ads?

Neither Smart@Home nor Eight Smart shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Smart@Home or Eight Smart?

Smart@Home ships an update every 9 months, and Eight Smart every 10 months. Most recently, Smart@Home was updated on September 28, 2026 and Eight Smart on March 24, 2026.