Yoolax Home vs Whenora
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yoolax Home
Control your smart home devices remotely for convenience and energy savings. Set schedules, manage multiple devices from one app, and easily share access with family members.
- Timing settings
- Remote home control
- Multi-scene settings
- Control multiple devices
- Device sharing
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Yoolax smart home, make your life more relax 1.Timing setting,worry-free and energy-saving 2.Leave home contro,relax and convenient 3.Multi-scene, multi-mode settings, make smart life full of fun 4.One APP can control multiple smart devices 5.One-click device sharing, easy to share with family
Whenora
Track important upcoming events or past milestones with a visually appealing countdown. Personalize your events with photos and choose between card or list views. Access key countdowns directly from your home screen.
- Create countdowns with exact dates/times
- Track time until or time since events
- Yearly repeat for recurring events
- Add personal photos to events
- Card or list view options
- Home Screen widgets
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Whenora is a beautifully focused countdown app for the days that matter most. Use it to count down to birthdays, holidays, vacations, anniversaries, and big life moments, or switch to since mode to track how long it has been since something important happened. Whenora keeps the experience simple: - Create countdowns with exact dates and times - Track time until or time since - Repeat yearly for birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries - Add photos to make each countdown feel personal - View countdowns in cards or list mode - Add Home Screen widgets for the countdowns you care about most The app includes one free countdown so you can try the full experience. When you're ready for more, unlock Whenora Pro with a one-time lifetime purchase to create unlimited countdowns. No account required. No subscription required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Whenora at 5.0 against Yoolax Home's 1.7. Whenora also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). Yoolax Home's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (61 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Whenora sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Yoolax Home asks for nothing beyond the download.
Whenora holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yoolax Home has 61 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Yoolax Home ships an update every 5 months, Whenora every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yoolax Home | Whenora |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (61 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Changzhou TM Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. | Justin Wampler |
Customer experience
Yoolax Home
Whenora
Bugs and requests
Yoolax Home
Reported bugs
30 issues- App does not support second rail for top-down/bottom-up shades
- No setting for curtain openness percentage
- App logs scheduled activities in notifications for debugging
- Automation does not activate unless weather perfectly matches app's basic conditions
- Pairing issues with app/hub
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- Blinds frequently disconnected from Alexa/app
- App no longer recognizes devices after a period
- No scheduling functionality
- App will not discover blinds
- Unable to pair blinds with app
- Schedule and scenes not working
- Lost Bluetooth pairing with update, settings cleared
- No more Bluetooth option after update
- Simple functions don't work
- Batteries die quickly
- Network is unavailable error
- App stops working after reinstallation
- Integration with Google/Alexa has flaws in setup
- On/Off buttons reversed
- App detecting blinds as flood light
- Motors are defective, low quality
- App is inaccessible from login screen for voiceover
- App makes no sense and doesn't work
- Cannot connect to Bond bridge
- Blinds don't show up when connecting
- Manual pairing to blinds unsuccessful
- Blinds don't show up on Bluetooth or Wi-Fi
- Directions unclear and poorly translated
- Randomly stopped working with Alexa
- Cannot add device to list
Requested features
8 requests- Control second rail for top-down/bottom-up shades
- Allow control of curtain position along the track
- Add Wind Gust option for weather automation
- Add more weather condition options (Partly Cloudy, Mostly Sunny, etc.)
- Improve integration with smart home platforms
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- Provide clear instructions for pairing with hubs/gateways
- Add dark mode
- Improve accessibility for voiceover users
Whenora
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yoolax Home
No in-app purchases
Whenora
- Whenora Pro$3.99
