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 this intuitive application. It offers rapid setup for numerous devices, enhanced mesh networking, and seamless integration with voice assistants. Customize scenes and control appliances with ease.
- FastCon enabled device support
- No account required for setup
- Ultra-fast flash setup
- Super batch device addition
- Enhanced mesh networking
- Room-based scene presets
- Alexa & Google voice control
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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 3 weeks against TP's every 3 months. BroadLink Magic Home also leads on review sentiment (13% vs 0%) and ratings volume (20 vs 4). TP's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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 3 weeks, TP every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 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 3 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 | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 357 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
