Vine Thermostat vs HF Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vine Thermostat
Control your home's heating and cooling remotely. Set schedules, monitor energy usage, and receive smart alerts for efficient operation. Features presence detection for automatic adjustments.
- Operating mode control (Auto, Heat, Cool)
- Fan control (On, Auto, Circulation)
- Geo-fencing presence detection
- Energy reports
- Daily scheduling (8 periods)
- Smart alerts
- User account management
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1. Setting the operating mode (Auto, Heat, Cool) Fan Control(On, Auto, Circulation). 2. Presence detection via geo-fencing for energy-e cient operation. 3. Engergy Report, Know more, save more. 4. Individual schedule for each day of the week can be programmed via mobile app(max. 8 periods per day) . 5. User account management . Smart Alert.
HF Smart
Control your smart lighting fixtures with this intelligent lighting control application. Easily manage your lights for enhanced ambiance and convenience.
- Intelligent lighting control
- Control smart lighting fixtures
- Ambiance enhancement
- Convenient light management
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This app is an intelligent lighting control app that allows you to control smart lighting fixtures.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Vine Thermostat at every 3 weeks against HF Smart's every 2 months. Vine Thermostat also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). HF Smart's advantage is ratings volume (200 vs 40). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.8 for Vine Thermostat against 1.7 for HF Smart. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HF Smart has 200 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 16% of Vine Thermostat's written reviews are positive against 14% of HF Smart's.
Vine Thermostat ships an update every 3 weeks, HF Smart every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vine Thermostat | HF Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (40 ratings) — better | 1.7 (200 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.0% of reviews — better | 13.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 200 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZIBO (XING CONNECTED) INFOTECH INC. | 鉴深 徐 |
Customer experience
Vine Thermostat
HF Smart
Bugs and requests
Vine Thermostat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
HF Smart
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not responding after recent update
- Unable to change language settings
- Pairing process not working consistently
Requested features
3 requests- Improve pairing instructions
- Add dark mode option
- Provide better language support
In-app purchases
Vine Thermostat
No in-app purchases
HF Smart
No in-app purchases
