Comparison

BroadLink Magic Home vs Radical QR

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Radical QR

Features
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Elegant QR codes. Auto-detection. Zero tracking. No subscription. Radical QR generates every code — links, contacts, Wi-Fi, events — entirely on your device. Paste anything, the app recognizes what it is and produces the right QR. Nothing is sent to a server. Nothing is stored without your consent. Built for the people who use QR codes every day — freelancers, restaurants, associations, entrepreneurs — and who want something beautiful, fast, and respectful of their privacy. WHY RADICAL QR • Auto-detect: paste a URL, a phone number, an email, a vCard, an iCalendar event, a Wi-Fi network — the app understands and produces the right QR, with the right encoding. • Right-click on the Mac, in any app: select a link, an address or any text and choose Services › Generate QR Code. In Finder it works on contact cards (.vcf) and calendar events (.ics) too — no need to open Radical QR first. • Written the way people write: paste "Dinner Saturday 8pm", "Wi-Fi: CafeGuest / Password: …", an email signature or an address, and get a calendar event, a Wi-Fi code, a contact card or a Maps link — filled in, in a small form you can adjust. • Settings you can see: every option draws its own result. Pick the corner you want, the eye you want, the size you want — there is nothing to read and nothing to guess. • Duplicate a code: point the camera at an existing QR, or pick a photo of one, and make it yours. Nothing is recorded, nothing is sent. • Clean export: PNG, JPEG, WebP for free; PDF and SVG vector in Pro, up to 4096 px. • Drag & drop: drop a text file, a vCard, or an .ics directly into the app. • 10 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese. FREE Everything essential: auto-detection, duplicating an existing code, module and eye shapes, 6 preset colors and 3 preset gradients, PNG / JPEG / WebP export up to 512 px, system sharing. PRO (one-time purchase, lifetime) • Vector PDF and SVG export for print and large-scale use • Custom logo embedding with automatic quiet zone • Export size up to 4096 px • History with iCloud sync across your devices • Full color picker and custom gradients (linear, radial, angular, diamond) • Dot and leaf eye shapes • Up to four of your own styles, saved and brought back in one tap One purchase. Lifetime access. No subscription. OUR PRIVACY COMMITMENT • No analytics, no tracking • No logs, no telemetry • Your content never leaves your device • The camera reads a code live — no photo is taken, nothing is written • Pro history lives in your private iCloud container — never on our servers • We don't need to see what you encode — and we never will. Made by Radical Solution. Questions, feedback: contact@radicalsolution.com

Screenshots

BroadLink Magic Home4 screens
Radical QR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BroadLink Magic Home at none against Radical QR's 1. BroadLink Magic Home also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Radical QR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BroadLink Magic Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BroadLink Magic Home ships an update every 3 weeks, Radical QR fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BroadLink Magic Home versus Radical QR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBroadLink Magic HomeRadical QR
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size356 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBroadlink Co.,LtdRadicalSolution

In-app purchases

None

BroadLink Magic Home

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Radical QR

One-time1
  • Radical QR Pro$4.99

Questions

Is BroadLink Magic Home free?
BroadLink Magic Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Radical QR free?
Radical QR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BroadLink Magic Home or Radical QR have ads?
Neither BroadLink Magic Home nor Radical QR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BroadLink Magic Home or Radical QR?
BroadLink Magic Home ships an update every 3 weeks, and Radical QR fortnightly. Most recently, BroadLink Magic Home was updated on October 24, 2026 and Radical QR on October 25, 2026.

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