BroadLink Magic Home vs ZigBeeDirect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BroadLink Magic Home
Effortlessly build and manage your smart home with a user-friendly interface. Control lighting, appliances, security, and more with ultra-fast setup and batch device management. Enjoy seamless integration with voice assistants.
- FastCon enabled devices
- No account required for basic use
- Ultra-fast flash setup
- Super batch device setup (up to 250)
- Enhanced mesh networking
- Room-based scene presets
- Alexa & Google voice control linking
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THE FASTEST AND EASIEST SMART HOME APP BroadLink Magic Home brings you a real innovative and user-friendly way to build your smart home with new FastCon enabled devices for lighting automation, energy management, appliance control, shading control, security and surveillance monitoring and access control. * No Account Required No need to create account before use. No privacy concerns at all. Account is optional just on demand for data backup and restoration. * Ultra-Fast Flash Setup Device automatically appears on app after power up. Easiest for everyone! * Super Batch Setup Add up to 250 devices in a few seconds while other brands may just get 1 ready. * Enhanced Mesh Networking Manage up to 250 devices in a single network (need only 1 hub) with robust and repeated single coverage. * New Design for Device Management Now you can just move devices in room list by simple clicks without entering each device for settings. * Preset & Room-Based Scenes Various scenes are ready to use for each default room after devices are assigned. The new scene switch is also out-of-box for use matching preset scenes. * Save Current Status for Scene Unlike traditional "if...then..." settings, if you like any small tuning on specific device, just click "Save current status" to save the setting. * Alexa & Google Smart Linking World's first Alexa & Google service linking without need of your account. Just click once and enjoy voice control. For any helps or more information, please get support from https://www.ibroadlink.com/support
ZigBeeDirect
This app facilitates the setup and management of ZigBee Direct devices. It supports secure pairing, network configuration, and data encryption. Users can control devices and save network settings.
- Scan and pair unconfigured ZigBee Direct devices
- Establish secure sessions via Security Service
- Configure ZigBee Direct device networks
- Encrypt/decrypt data and packet handling
- Create Tunnel connections for device control
- Save and restore network parameters and device info
- Display network information and channel configuration
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* 支持扫描未配网的ZigBee Direct设备. * 支持通过Security Service建立安全回话. * 支持对未配网的ZigBee Direct设备进行组网. * 支持对收发数据的加密/解密， 组包/拆包等操作. * 支持建立Tunnel连接， 并在连接成功后发送router request. * 支持在Tunnel服务上通道收发指令， 如开关设备， 剔除设备等. * 支持保存和恢复网络参数信息及已组网的设备信息. * 支持在UI上显示网络参数信息， 支持channel可输入配置. * 支持检测手机系统蓝牙状态是否打开及监听状态更新事件.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ZigBeeDirect at 3.0 against BroadLink Magic Home's 2.0. ZigBeeDirect also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). BroadLink Magic Home's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 34 months) and review sentiment (13% vs 0%). 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.
ZigBeeDirect holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BroadLink Magic Home has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of BroadLink Magic Home's written reviews are positive against 0% of ZigBeeDirect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BroadLink Magic Home ships an update every 3 weeks, ZigBeeDirect every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BroadLink Magic Home | ZigBeeDirect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (20 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 34 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 353 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Broadlink Co.,Ltd | Telink Micro LLC |
Customer experience
BroadLink Magic Home
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In-app purchases
BroadLink Magic Home
No in-app purchases
ZigBeeDirect
No in-app purchases
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