BroadLink Magic Home vs TP
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
TP
This client app enables iOS devices to connect to TP-LINK enterprise routers with SSL VPN 2.0 functionality. It supports multiple authentication methods and allows for server resource display and custom resource additions.
- SSL VPN 2.0 client for iOS
- Supports TP-LINK enterprise routers (NR series)
- Multiple authentication methods
- Server resource display
- Custom resource addition
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1、SSL VPN的IOS客户端发布，适用于带SSL VPN 2.0功能的TP-LINK企业路由器如TL-NR6300等NR系列机型； 2、增加了多种认证方式，增加了服务器分配资源显示、自定义添加资源、应用组件等功能。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BroadLink Magic Home at every 2 weeks against TP's every 3 months. BroadLink Magic Home also leads on review sentiment (13% vs 0%) and ratings volume (20 vs 4). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.0 for BroadLink Magic Home against 2.0 for TP. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BroadLink Magic Home has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 13% of BroadLink Magic Home's written reviews are positive against 0% of TP's.
BroadLink Magic Home ships an update every 2 weeks, TP every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BroadLink Magic Home | TP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (20 ratings) | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 311 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Broadlink Co.,Ltd | TP-LINK |
Customer experience
BroadLink Magic Home
TP
In-app purchases
BroadLink Magic Home
No in-app purchases
TP
No in-app purchases
