AiDot vs NEWMEN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AiDot
Effortlessly manage your smart home devices with an intuitive interface. Automate routines, customize lighting, and enhance your home's atmosphere and security. Receive alerts for environmental changes and optimize energy usage.
- Intuitive smart home device control
- One-tap automation setup
- Customizable smart lighting scenes
- Environmental monitoring (air quality, pollen)
- Device grouping for simultaneous control
- Home screen customization
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1. Simplicity Smart Homes Should be Easy Intuitive and easy to use right from the start, just download and start using. Automatically detects new devices, and connects in just one touch. 2. Convenience An Automated Home Is a Smarter Home Set up recommended automations with one tap. Bring your own automation ideas to life. Set schedules for your devices to power on devices or change modes. All in just moments with the frictionless interface. 3.Atmosphere Feel Your Home Come to Life Create immersive spaces and the perfect vibe with smart lighting throughout your home. Sync with sound to enhance parties or moments of meditation. Link with your TV to bring another dimension to movie nights. 4. Customization Control Your Home, Your Way Create groups to be controlled as one for speed and convenience. Design your home screen for easy access to your most commonly used devices, appliances, groups, and scenes. 5. Protection Your Home Is Your Sanctuary Keeps an eye on what’s happening outside to keep you safe and healthy inside. Makes you aware of, and reacts to, motion, wildfires, high pollen counts, and poor air quality, all while maximizing energy efficiency. Service Agreement: * End-User License Agreement : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ * Terms & Conditions : https://www.aidot.com/page/terms * Privacy Policy : https://www.aidot.com/page/privacy * Supplemental-terms : https://www.aidot.com/page/supplemental-terms For more information, please visit https://www.aidot.com/ If you need help, feel free to contact us support@aidot.com
NEWMEN
Manage your smart home devices remotely from anywhere. Control multiple appliances with a single button for a truly intelligent living experience. Enjoy the convenience of a connected home.
- Remote smart home control
- Control multiple devices with one button
- Intelligent device linkage
- Remote access from outside the home
- Simplified smart life management
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Smart home control terminal, remote control; Feel free to control the home applicant even you are not at home, intelligent linkage; Control multiple devices with 1 button, free your hands and enjoy the real smart life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AiDot at 43% against NEWMEN's 0%. AiDot also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (8.1K vs 2). NEWMEN's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price 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. AiDot sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. NEWMEN asks for nothing beyond the download.
AiDot holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AiDot has 8.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of AiDot's written reviews are positive against 0% of NEWMEN's.
AiDot ships an update fortnightly, NEWMEN every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AiDot | NEWMEN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (8.1K ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.1K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #102 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 267 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AiDot Inc | Dongguan Kona Technology Development Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
AiDot
NEWMEN
Bugs and requests
AiDot
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on launch
- Unresponsive device controls
- Incorrect device status reporting
- Syncing issues after power outages
- Inability to reset forgotten passwords
Requested features
5 requests- Siri/HomeKit integration
- Landscape mode support
- Favorites/presets management
- Improved automation and scheduling options
- Enhanced multi-device control
NEWMEN
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AiDot
- AI Protection (1 Camera)$1.991 Month
- AI Protection (1 Camera)$2.991 Month
- AI Protection (1 Camera)1 Month trial$2.991 Month
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- AI Protection (2 Cameras)$3.991 Month
- AI Protection (3 Cameras)$5.991 Month
- AI Protection (2 Cameras)$5.991 Month
- AI Protection(Unlimited Cam)$6.991 Month
- AI Protection(Unlimited Cam)$8.991 Month
- AI Protection Annual 1 Camera$19.991 Year
- AI Protection Annual Unlimited$69.991 Year
NEWMEN
No in-app purchases









