Smart Home Widgets vs Dimmly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Home Widgets
This app allows you to create custom widgets for your iOS devices to control and monitor your HomeKit accessories. Easily manage scenes, switch devices on/off, and view accessory status directly from your lock screen or home screen.
- Custom lock screen widgets for iOS 16
- Glanceable accessory status widgets
- Medium widgets with multiple attributes
- Customizable icons and colors
- Activate accessory identify function
- Access and control HomeKit scenes
- Switch accessories on/off via widgets
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Smart Home Widgets for HomeKit allows you to access to all your HomeKit compatible accessories and: * Create custom Lock screen Widgets for iOS 16 * Create custom small Widgets which will allow you to glance the status of your favourite accessories * Create custom medium Widgets which take advantage of the extra space and show glanceable information about pair of attributes from your accessories * Customisable icons for widgets and complications * Customisable colours for widgets * Locate your accessories by activating their identify function * Get access to HomeKit scenes * Create configurable Widgets to execute your favourite HomeKit scene * Create configurable Widgets to switch on or off your HomeKit accessories * Watch complications are available only for Small Info widgets. Complications preview are only available on iPhone
Dimmly
Organize your life with a task and habit tracker designed for long-term use. Build lists, set recurring tasks, and track daily progress. Seamlessly syncs across iPhone and Mac, offering a clean interface with essential features.
- iCloud sync across iPhone and Mac
- Scoreboard for game tracking
- Streaks for multi-completion tasks
- Add full notes and sub-steps to tasks
- CSV import & export
- Daily repeating tasks
- Native Mac app
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Dimmly is the task and habit tracker you'll actually stick with — now on iPhone and Mac with iCloud sync. Build your lists, set alarms, repeat tasks automatically, and track how many times you complete them each day with Streaks. Track your subscriptions, count down to the days that matter, add up expenses, and keep score on game night. Every feature you need — nothing you don't. 7 list types: • List — a simple checklist. Swipe to complete. • Ranked — your items numbered 1, 2, 3… • Grocery — shopping mode with quantities on every item • Sum — add amounts and watch the running total. Great for expenses. • Subs — track subscriptions: price, renewal date, and your monthly total • Countdown — count the days to trips, birthdays, deadlines • Score — a scoreboard for board and card games: rounds, totals, rankings Features: • iCloud sync — your lists stay in sync across iPhone and Mac • Reminders hub — everything with an alarm, from any list, in one place • Streaks — complete a task multiple times per day and track your progress • Big Notes — add full notes to any task • Checklists — break any task into sub-steps • Alarms with quick options — 1 hour, 3 hours, tomorrow • Repeats — daily, weekly on the days you pick, monthly, yearly • Siri — add items with your voice • Pull down to add tasks instantly • Swipe to complete, swipe to delete • Undo anything within 4 seconds • CSV import & export • 25 handpicked color palettes — or create your own • Home screen widgets • Native Mac app with full keyboard and mouse support • Available in 8 languages • No subscription — unlock unlimited lists once, yours forever
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Verdict
Smart Home Widgets and Dimmly both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Dimmly's written reviews are positive against 0% of Smart Home Widgets's. Dimmly also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, 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. Smart Home Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dimmly sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Smart Home Widgets against 5.0 for Dimmly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Smart Home Widgets's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dimmly's.
Smart Home Widgets ships an update every 2 months, Dimmly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Home Widgets | Dimmly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pablo Caif | Eduardo Pinillos |
Customer experience
Smart Home Widgets
Dimmly
In-app purchases
Smart Home Widgets
- Premium Access$4.99
Dimmly
- Dimmly Pro — Welcome Offer$6.99
- Dimmly Pro$9.99









