Surplife vs Ailofy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Surplife
Control your smart lighting devices with ease. Add and manage multiple lights from a single application, allowing you to adjust settings remotely from any location.
- Add multiple devices
- Control multiple devices
- Remote device control
- Easy device management
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Surplife is a smart lighting control APP. Add and control multiple devices to the App so easy. Remotely control devices from anywhere.
Ailofy
Control your smart home devices with this app. Manage lighting, create custom scenes, and group devices by room for an enhanced smart living experience. Enjoy voice control integration for effortless operation.
- Smart device management
- Remote lighting control
- Smart grouping by room
- Customizable room scenes
- Voice control integration
- Personalized automation settings
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Users can use the Ailofy APP to control your smart Devices. Ailofy APP is a smart device management tool, through the Ailofy APP you can control the smart device hardware in home and enjoy your smart life. —Manage your smart luminaires at will, and with just an internet connection,Ailofy can change your device's brightness, temperature, color adjustment, and other controls anytime, anywhere —Smart grouping, where you can manage your Ailofy devices by room or area, which completely replicates the luminaire layout of your room in your home —Extraordinary lighting experience, can be a key to change the room scene, giving you a better home atmosphere —Voice control, using Amozon Alexa and Google home's voice function to control the device, using simple voice commands to control without manual operation —Personalized settings, you can customize the automatic operation in the Ailofy APP around the easy and fun settings of your daily life
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Surplife at 4.5 against Ailofy's 2.3. Surplife also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 28%) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 8). 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.
Surplife holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Surplife has 1.2K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Surplife's written reviews are positive against 28% of Ailofy's.
Surplife ships an update fortnightly, Ailofy every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Surplife | Ailofy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) — better | 2.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better | 27.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #96 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 479 MB | 230 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 明长 周 | Huzhou Hualai Technology Co.Ltd |
Customer experience
Surplife
Ailofy
Bugs and requests
Surplife
Reported bugs
5 issues- Lights turning on/off randomly
- Inability to save custom settings
- App crashing or not opening
- Lights not responding to app commands
- Scheduling feature not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- More holiday and theme options
- Ability to save custom scenes
- Improved app UI and navigation
- Multi-device syncing and control
- Integration with smart home platforms
Ailofy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Surplife
No in-app purchases
Ailofy
No in-app purchases
