BRlight vs BroadLink Magic Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BRlight
Control Bluetooth LED lights for daily or atmospheric lighting without needing a network or registration. Manage individual lights, groups, or all lights with shortcut keys. Set custom on/off times and create personalized lighting scenes for various occasions.
- Bluetooth LED light control
- No network or registration required
- Area and individual light control
- Customizable scenes
- Built-in timing chips for automatic on/off
- Control up to 64 lights
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Bluetooth LED light with APP control, No network, No registration. Can be used for daily lighting and atmosphere lighting. Concise and practical control page: the lights can be divided into areas, the whole, individual or selective control of the light can be achieved through shortcut keys, which is very convenient and quick. Can control up to 64 lights. Built-in Newly Developed Timing Chips: You can set your favorite color to turn on and off on time everyday automatically. Scene: You can individually set the color or mode for each light, combine it into your favorite scene and save it, and one key to start when you need. Scenes can be renamed, such as party, barbecue, yoga, dinner, game, theater, etc.
BroadLink Magic Home
Effortlessly build and manage your smart home with a user-friendly interface. Control lighting, appliances, security, and more with ultra-fast setup and batch device management. Enjoy seamless integration with voice assistants.
- FastCon enabled devices
- No account required for basic use
- Ultra-fast flash setup
- Super batch device setup (up to 250)
- Enhanced mesh networking
- Room-based scene presets
- Alexa & Google voice control linking
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THE FASTEST AND EASIEST SMART HOME APP BroadLink Magic Home brings you a real innovative and user-friendly way to build your smart home with new FastCon enabled devices for lighting automation, energy management, appliance control, shading control, security and surveillance monitoring and access control. * No Account Required No need to create account before use. No privacy concerns at all. Account is optional just on demand for data backup and restoration. * Ultra-Fast Flash Setup Device automatically appears on app after power up. Easiest for everyone! * Super Batch Setup Add up to 250 devices in a few seconds while other brands may just get 1 ready. * Enhanced Mesh Networking Manage up to 250 devices in a single network (need only 1 hub) with robust and repeated single coverage. * New Design for Device Management Now you can just move devices in room list by simple clicks without entering each device for settings. * Preset & Room-Based Scenes Various scenes are ready to use for each default room after devices are assigned. The new scene switch is also out-of-box for use matching preset scenes. * Save Current Status for Scene Unlike traditional "if...then..." settings, if you like any small tuning on specific device, just click "Save current status" to save the setting. * Alexa & Google Smart Linking World's first Alexa & Google service linking without need of your account. Just click once and enjoy voice control. For any helps or more information, please get support from https://www.ibroadlink.com/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BRlight at 42% against BroadLink Magic Home's 13%. BRlight also leads on rating (2.3 vs 2.0) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
BRlight holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of BRlight's written reviews are positive against 13% of BroadLink Magic Home's.
BRlight ships an update fortnightly, BroadLink Magic Home every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BRlight | BroadLink Magic Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (22 ratings) — better | 2.0 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 311 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 壁珠 田 | Broadlink Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
BRlight
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In-app purchases
BRlight
No in-app purchases
BroadLink Magic Home
No in-app purchases
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