Venta Home vs Shelly Smart Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Venta Home
Control and monitor your Wi-Fi enabled Venta appliances remotely. Optimize indoor air quality, manage settings, and receive alerts for maintenance or air quality issues. Offers predefined modes for convenience and detailed air data insights.
- Remote appliance control
- Indoor air quality monitoring
- Room-specific configuration
- Predefined operational modes
- Air data insights (CO2, VOCs, humidity)
- Maintenance and error alerts
- Manual control options
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SIMPLY ENJOY GOOD INDOOR AIR IN JUST A FEW CLICKS With Venta Home, it’s easy to control all of your Venta appliances that have Wi-Fi functions using your smartphone. This allows you to easily ensure optimal air quality in your home at any time – from wherever you are. CONVENIENTLY OPERATE YOUR VENTA SMART APPLIANCE FROM ANYWHERE Venta Home helps get you started and takes you step-by-step through the initial setup process, making it easy for you to begin using your appliance. If you own several appliances, you can allocate and configure each appliance to a specific room. SET UP YOUR VENTA PRODUCT ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS AND PREFERENCES Treat yourself and your guests to optimal air quality at home. Once the unit is set up and in operation, you can easily check the most important information at a glance and control the product based on your needs. Choose the room and unit from the overview and monitor room air quality through measured values like humidity and temperature. The Venta home also informs you if an error occurs and gives you first-hand guidance to immediately eliminate the issue, by reminding you to fill the water tank or change hygiene disk, for example. SIMPLE SETTINGS WITH PREDEFINED MODES Predefined modes like Sleep, TV/Relax, Summer/Allergy, Automatic, and Turbo make operation even easier. For instance, you can activate the TV mode with one click to enable quiet operation or enable the AeroStyle to generate a warm LED color tone. Of course, you also have the option of manually controlling your appliance according to your needs. For example, you can set the power level of your appliance and manage and control your indoor air data, activate or deactivate the child lock, or with the AeroStyle you can even change the LED strip light to the color of your choice. The Venta Home App also supports you as an advisor, because the Air Connect compatible Venta devices specialy the AirSense transmit relevant measured values to the app, so that you can keep an eye on the air data (e.g. carbon dioxide (CO2), formaldehyde, VOC gases, humidity and temperature ) anytime and anywhere. In case of critical values, the app supports you with recommendations for action as well as information on possible causes. Via the up to 6-level color code (according to AQI), it is quickly clear, for example, whether the fine dust content in the air is elevated - then it is time to ventilate vigorously. Available for the following Venta appliances: ● AH510/515 Original Connect Air Humidifier ● AH530/535 Original Connect Air Humidifier ● AH550/555 Original Connect Air Humidifier ● Venta AS100 AirSense ECO ● Venta AS150 AirSense PRO ● LW73 AeroStyle Air Humidifier (optional) ● LW74 AeroStyle Air Humidifier (optional) ● AW902 Professional Air Humidifier ● AP902 Professional Air Purifier ● AH902 Professional Airwasher ● LW60T WiFi App Control Air Humidifier ● LW62T WiFi App Control Air Humidifier ● LW62 WiFi App Control Air Humidifier ● LP60 WiFi App Control Air Purifier ● LPH60 WiFi App Control Airwasher
Shelly Smart Control
Remotely monitor and control smart home devices from anywhere, either through the cloud or your local network. Manage lights, appliances, and sensors, and create custom automation scenes. Supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and LAN connectivity for seamless integration.
- Remote device control
- Local network control
- Device monitoring
- Custom scheduling
- Scene creation
- Energy consumption monitoring
- Real-time alerts
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This app offers the possibility to control all Shelly devices remotely. You can monitor and control your devices from anywhere (by using the cloud option) or, if you do not want the Cloud option, you will still be able to monitor and control your devices from within your local network. Shelly devices do not need to be connected to the cloud or to send data there. The Shelly Home Automation portfolio includes a variety of relay switches, sensors, plugs, bulbs, and other controllers, all connected and controlled through your Wi-Fi network. The new Shelly Plus and Shelly Pro lines of products additionally support Bluetooth connectivity for faster device inclusion and communication, and the new Shelly Pro line offers LAN and Wi-Fi usage simultaneously. The entire Shelly portfolio is available at https://shelly.cloud/ Shelly devices are suitable to control lights, garage doors, curtains, window blinds, or other appliances, trigger actions based on certain parameters from sensor devices. Devices provide near real time notification on changes of the parameters they are measuring - energy consumption, temperature other environment values. All Shelly devices have: - Embedded Web server - Wi-Fi control and connectivity - APIs for observation and control A user account is required to access, include, and control Shelly devices through the application. Once Shelly account is registered, you can: - Connect the devices to an existing W-Fi network or use their Access Point mode locally to control other Shelly devices; - Include, manage, and operate as many Shelly devices as you need; - Configure devices and manage individual settings on every device; - Configure custom scheduling for automatic actions; - Create personalized rooms for more convenient organising and control of the devices; - Define custom Groups of devices to control multiple devices with one command within the app; - Build simple and complex scenes by combining Shelly devices to trigger certain actions in your home automation; - Monitor current and past electrical power consumption of the electrical circuit(s) and loads (for Shelly devices equipped with Power-measuring capabilities); - Build complex automation solutions for improved energy and operational efficiency; - Receive real time alerts and notifications based on your preference. Shelly devices are compatible with other widely used both local and cloud-based home automation platforms like Google Home or Alexa.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shelly Smart Control at 3.1 against Venta Home's 1.0. Shelly Smart Control also leads on review sentiment (47% vs 11%) and ratings volume (88 vs 11). Venta Home's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Shelly Smart Control holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shelly Smart Control has 88 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Venta Home's written reviews are positive against 47% of Shelly Smart Control's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Venta Home | Shelly Smart Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (11 ratings) | 3.1 (88 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.4% of reviews | 47.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 88 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 255 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Venta Luftwaescher GmbH | SHELLY EUROPE EOOD |
Customer experience
Venta Home
Shelly Smart Control
In-app purchases
Venta Home
No in-app purchases
Shelly Smart Control
No in-app purchases
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