Joinin Home vs ParrotUncle Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Joinin Home
Easily control your smart home appliances remotely. Turn devices on or off, adjust settings like brightness and color, and set timers directly from your smartphone. Setup is simple, connecting your smart devices to the app in a few quick steps.
- Remote appliance control
- Turn devices on/off
- Adjust brightness and color
- Set device timers
- Simple device configuration
- Rename smart devices
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Joinin Home products help you control home appliance.You can simply turn on or turn off your smart device. There’s no need to go to the switch to adjust your smart device - just use our app. After connecting Joinin Home to your smart device products in a few simple steps: (1). Download our "Joinin Home" app in App Store; (2). Register an account in our "Joinin Home" app; (3). You need to have some Joinin Home smart devices in hand; (4). Configure these devices in our "Joinin Home" app and change appropriate name for your devices which will be used in "Joinin Home Smart" skills; (5). Control the work of smart devices through the Joinin Home app, such as: brightness, color, timing (6). Now all setup is finished.
ParrotUncle Smart
This utility app allows you to remotely control smart lights and ceiling fans from any location. It enables simultaneous control of multiple devices and features a timer function for automated operations.
- Remote control for smart lights
- Remote control for ceiling fans
- Simultaneous multi-device control
- Timer function for automation
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1.Remote control: Control your Smart Lights and Ceiling Fan from anytime,anywhere. 2.Simultaneously control: One App control multiple devices 3.Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Joinin Home at 3.3 against ParrotUncle Smart's 1.0. Joinin Home also leads on ratings volume (67 vs 2) and review sentiment (13% vs 0%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Joinin Home holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Joinin Home has 67 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Joinin Home's written reviews are positive against 0% of ParrotUncle Smart's.
Joinin Home ships an update every 8 months, ParrotUncle Smart every 16 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Joinin Home | ParrotUncle Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (67 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 182 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Juxing Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. | Eileen Grays LLC |
Customer experience
Joinin Home
ParrotUncle Smart
In-app purchases
Joinin Home
No in-app purchases
ParrotUncle Smart
No in-app purchases
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