BRmesh vs Sifely Smart Lock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Sifely Smart Lock
Manage access to your property remotely. Create temporary passcodes, grant fingerprint access, and send digital keys to guests or residents. Control all access methods from a single, intuitive interface.
- Create passcodes
- Add gateways
- Add fingerprints
- Send eKeys
- Manage all access methods in one app
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Sifely Smart Lock is a great solution for rental property management, Airbnb short-term rental hosts, and self-housing resident. One can easily create passcodes, add gateways, add fingerprints and send eKeys with Sifely Smart Lock. It manages all codes, gateways, fingerprints and eKeys in one app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sifely Smart Lock at 2.7 against BRmesh's 2.4. BRmesh's advantage is ratings volume (296 vs 85). 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.
Sifely Smart Lock holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 296 and 85 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of BRmesh's written reviews are positive against 22% of Sifely Smart Lock'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. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BRmesh | Sifely Smart Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (296 ratings) | 2.7 (85 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.9% of reviews — better | 21.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 296 — better | 85 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 坤明 杨 | Sifely |
Customer experience
BRmesh
Sifely Smart Lock
Bugs and requests
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
Sifely Smart Lock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BRmesh
No in-app purchases
Sifely Smart Lock
No in-app purchases
