Comparison

BroadLink Magic Home vs Saffron SPICE

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 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.

Highlights
  • 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
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

Saffron SPICE

Features
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Saffron is a fast, native SPICE client for your virtual machines. Connect to Proxmox, QEMU/KVM, libvirt, or oVirt hosts and control your VMs with a touch experience actually designed for a phone. TOUCH CONTROLS THAT MAKE SENSE • Tap to left-click, exactly where you touch • Press and hold for right-click — a ring fills around your finger so you always know when it fires • One-finger drag pans the screen, pinch to zoom, two fingers to scroll • A dedicated drag mode for moving windows and selecting text A REAL KEYBOARD, DONE RIGHT • Full on-screen typing with a modifier bar above the keyboard • Ctrl, Alt and Shift latch for shortcuts like Ctrl+C • Esc, Tab, arrows and Delete one tap away BUILT FOR SPEED • Native Metal rendering — smooth, sharp, and battery-friendly • Instant reconnects and saved connections with passwords stored securely in the iOS Keychain • Works with SPICE servers from Proxmox VE, QEMU, libvirt, virt-manager and oVirt Saffron talks the SPICE protocol directly — no middleman services, no accounts, no tracking. Your connection goes straight from your phone to your server.

Screenshots

BroadLink Magic Home4 screens
Saffron SPICE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BroadLink Magic Home at Free against Saffron SPICE's $7.99. BroadLink Magic Home also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

BroadLink Magic Home is free to download; Saffron SPICE costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BroadLink Magic Home ships an update every 3 weeks, Saffron SPICE every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BroadLink Magic Home versus Saffron SPICE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBroadLink Magic HomeSaffron SPICE
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating2.0 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size357 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBroadlink Co.,LtdUpcastr Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

BroadLink Magic Home

No in-app purchases

None

Saffron SPICE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BroadLink Magic Home free?
BroadLink Magic Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Saffron SPICE free?
Saffron SPICE costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do BroadLink Magic Home or Saffron SPICE have ads?
Neither BroadLink Magic Home nor Saffron SPICE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BroadLink Magic Home or Saffron SPICE?
BroadLink Magic Home ships an update every 3 weeks, and Saffron SPICE every 2 weeks. Most recently, BroadLink Magic Home was updated on November 9, 2026 and Saffron SPICE on October 31, 2026.

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