Comparison

BroadLink Magic Home vs Zesam

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

Zesam

Features
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Zesam keeps your two-factor authentication codes (the ones a service asks for after your password) on your Apple devices, and nowhere else. EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS, FREE Unlimited accounts, recovery codes, Face ID or Touch ID locking, travel mode, iCloud sync, encrypted export, and revoking a lost device. No counter, no trial period. YOUR SECRETS NEVER LEAVE They live in the iCloud Keychain, end-to-end encrypted by Apple. Zesam has no server and asks for no account, so there is nothing for it to know about you. No ads, no analytics, no tracking. FOUR WAYS TO ADD AN ACCOUNT Scan the QR code, read it from an image or a screenshot, type the key by hand, or import from the app you use today: Aegis, 2FAS, Bitwarden, Raivo, 1Password, or a plain list of links. THE NEXT CODE, BEFORE IT TURNS In the final seconds, Zesam already shows the code for the next window. No more starting over because the code changed under your fingers. RECOVERY CODES, SOMEWHERE AT LAST Every service hands them out and nobody knows where to put them. Zesam keeps them encrypted, including for services that offer no two-factor authentication at all and only give you a recovery code. IN YOUR BROWSER An extension for Safari, Chrome and Firefox recognises the site you are on and gives you the code without leaving the page. It never holds a secret: it asks the app for a code already computed, valid for a few dozen seconds. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Widgets put an account's code within glancing distance, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. THREE WAYS TO READ Grid to take in many accounts at once, cards to read without leaning in, full screen to read a code out loud to someone on the phone. WHEN YOU TRAVEL Travel mode hides the accounts you choose. No visible trace: not in search, not in a count. THE RIGHT TIME A rejected code almost always comes from a drifting clock. Zesam compares yours to a reference and tells you, instead of letting you believe the service turned you away. ON IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC One app, at home on every screen. What you add on one arrives on the other. THE ONE-TIME PURCHASE It adds comfort (folders to file accounts, the browser extensions, drag and drop) and takes nothing away from the above. No subscription, nothing to cancel.

Screenshots

BroadLink Magic Home4 screens
Zesam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BroadLink Magic Home at none against Zesam's 1. BroadLink Magic Home also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Zesam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BroadLink Magic Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BroadLink Magic Home versus Zesam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBroadLink Magic HomeZesam
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size356 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBroadlink Co.,LtdDaniel-Romain BLANC

In-app purchases

None

BroadLink Magic Home

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Zesam

One-time1
  • Zesam unlocked$3.99

Questions

Is BroadLink Magic Home free?
BroadLink Magic Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zesam free?
Zesam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BroadLink Magic Home or Zesam have ads?
Neither BroadLink Magic Home nor Zesam shows ads.

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