NEMR Smart Home vs Aurora
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NEMR Smart Home
Secure and manage your home Wi-Fi network with advanced tools. Features include network security, password management, parental controls, and device monitoring. Perform speed tests and optimize your internet connection.
- Network security
- Password and SSID management
- Parental controls
- Device management
- View connected devices
- Bandwidth speed tests
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NEMR Smart Home provides subscribers with the tools to secure and take control of their home Wi-Fi network. Protect your home with app features like network security, password and SSID management. Take control with app features such as parental controls, device management, view connected devices, and perform bandwidth speed tests.
Aurora
This app guides you through setting up and optimizing your broadband connection with specific devices. It offers step-by-step instructions for both Fixed Wireless and Home Broadband, including Wi-Fi 7 gateways. The app helps find optimal device placement and configure network settings for faster internet.
- Step-by-step setup guidance
- Fixed Wireless and Home Broadband support
- Wi-Fi 7 gateway setup
- QR code device pairing
- Signal strength analysis
- Wi-Fi network configuration
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The Aurora Device Assistant app is your all-in-one companion for setting up and optimising your broadband connection with NetComm devices. Whether you’re using Fixed Wireless or Home Broadband, Aurora helps ensure your home or office achieves the best possible broadband speeds. With intuitive, step-by-step guidance, Aurora simplifies the setup of both Fixed Wireless and Home Broadband gateways, including our latest Wi-Fi 7 gateway with WAN and VDSL support. Simply scan the QR code to pair your phone with the device and follow the guided setup flow. For Fixed Wireless devices, Aurora helps you find the ideal placement by analysing signal strength and obstructions for optimal connectivity. For Home Broadband users, Aurora supports setup for Ethernet (WAN) or VDSL connections, including configuring your Wi-Fi network, so you can set up your gateway with ease and get online faster.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Aurora at 5.0 against NEMR Smart Home's 4.5. Aurora also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%). NEMR Smart Home's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Aurora holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NEMR Smart Home has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of NEMR Smart Home's written reviews are positive against 33% of Aurora's.
NEMR Smart Home ships an update every 3 months, Aurora every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | NEMR Smart Home | Aurora |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company | NetComm Wireless Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
NEMR Smart Home
Aurora
In-app purchases
NEMR Smart Home
No in-app purchases
Aurora
No in-app purchases
