INKBIRD vs BF Home
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.
BF Home
This utility app connects to specific BF devices to display real-time temperature readings and provide alarm reminders. It offers a straightforward interface for monitoring environmental conditions from your iPhone or iPod.
- Real-time temperature display
- Alarm reminders
- Connects to BF-5/BF-6/BF-20/BF-30/BF-40
- iPhone and iPod support
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BF Home connect to BF-5/BF-6/BF-20/BF-30/BF-40 to realize real-time temperature display and alarm reminder.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: INKBIRD at 3.7 against BF Home's 2.6. INKBIRD also leads on ratings volume (6.8K vs 9) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). BF Home's advantage is review sentiment (38% vs 23%). 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.
INKBIRD holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: INKBIRD has 6.8K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of INKBIRD's written reviews are positive against 38% of BF Home's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
INKBIRD ships an update fortnightly, BF Home every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | INKBIRD | BF Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6.8K ratings) — better | 2.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.0% of reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.8K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 396 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Inkbird Technology Co. Ltd | 标 何 |
Customer experience
INKBIRD
BF Home
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
BF Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
INKBIRD
No in-app purchases
BF Home
No in-app purchases
