INKBIRD vs BRmesh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
INKBIRD
Transform your home into a smart environment with intuitive controls for appliances and automated adjustments of temperature and humidity. Remotely monitor food temperatures and set custom alarms for optimal cooking, creating a more connected and enjoyable life.
- Smart home appliance control
- Automated temperature and humidity adjustment
- Remote food temperature monitoring
- Customizable temperature alarms
- Family network setup
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INKBIRD helps you create a smart home, smart life. We make hard things simple by convenient and fast operation, clear and intuitive interface, considerate and practical functions. Here, you can smartly make home appliances intelligent and automated adjustment of temperature and humidity so as create an optimal environment for your family. Here, you can remotely monitor the food temperature and customize temperature alarms to always cook delicious meals for your family. Here, you can set up a family network of things of your own and experience a more wonderful, more enjoyable life.
BRmesh
Control your Bluetooth smart lights with an intuitive app. Manage individual lights, groups, or all lights simultaneously. Create custom lighting scenes and schedule automatic on/off times for daily use or ambiance.
- Area-based light control
- Individual and group control
- Customizable scenes
- Scheduled on/off timers
- Control up to 240 lights
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Bluetooth smart light with APP control. 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 240 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: INKBIRD at 3.7 against BRmesh's 2.4. INKBIRD also leads on ratings volume (6.8K vs 286) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, 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.
INKBIRD holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: INKBIRD has 6.8K ratings behind it against 286, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of INKBIRD's written reviews are positive against 25% of BRmesh's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.
| Parameter | INKBIRD | BRmesh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6.8K ratings) — better | 2.4 (286 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.9% of reviews | 25.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.8K — better | 286 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 398 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Inkbird Technology Co. Ltd | 坤明 杨 |
Customer experience
INKBIRD
BRmesh
User reviews
INKBIRD
From 6.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to set up and use
- 🔒 Reliable connection
- 👍 Useful features
- 🚀 Accurate temperature monitoring
- 👍 Great customer support
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and connectivity issues
- 👎 Unintuitive app interface
- 🔋 Battery life concerns
- 👎 Difficult to configure
- 🔒 Privacy concerns with mandatory account
BRmesh
From 286 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy setup and connection
- 👍 Good range of color options
- 💡 Sharing and grouping features
- 🎨 Decent lighting effects and modes
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes when changing colors
- 🔌 Unreliable connection and disconnection issues
- 📱 Limited app functionality and customization
- 🕰️ Lack of timer and scheduling options
Bugs and requests
INKBIRD
Reported bugs
5 issues- Custom menu names reset after exiting app
- Widgets not working as expected
- Frequent app crashes and disconnections
- Sensor temperature readings inconsistent
- Unable to remove/delete connected devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve temperature graph functionality
- Allow custom alarm sounds
- Implement low temperature alerts
- Add support for more devices
BRmesh
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when selecting individual lights
- Sharing and QR code functionality not working as expected
- Inconsistent performance after app updates
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to set custom colors for DIY modes
- More granular control over lighting effects and speed
- Integration with smart home platforms like Alexa and Google Home
- Improved music sync and rhythm modes
In-app purchases
INKBIRD
No in-app purchases
BRmesh
No in-app purchases
