Comparison

Flame Detector vs Shelly Smart Control

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

Head to head
About

Flame Detector

This app offers advanced flame detection for your home, alerting you to fires hundreds of times faster than traditional smoke alarms. It's designed for spaces where flames should never be, providing instant notifications to your smart device.

Highlights
  • Detects flame hundreds of times faster than smoke alarms
  • Instant alerts to smart devices
  • Monitors spaces where flames should not exist
  • Designed for bedrooms, playrooms, and garages
  • Provides real-time fire notifications
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Welcome to a whole new level of fire protection like you’ve never seen before. Developed by a leading-edge team of scientists and fire detection engineers, The Flame Detector is the only product of its kind on the market today. Designed to detect flame, it can detect many home fires hundreds of times faster than traditional smoke alarms. Detect flame in seconds, alerting you to fire much faster and helping prevent fire from ever getting out of hand in the first place. How does a Flame Detector compare to a smoke alarm? Smoke alarms work by detecting small particles of combustion (smoke) that must travel into the smoke alarm’s sensing chamber before ever alarming. Depending on the location of the fire to the proximity of the smoke alarm, it can take tens of minutes before a smoke alarm is activated. The Flame Detector, on the other hand, constantly monitors for the presence of flame in your home, and the moment it detects unwanted fire, you’re notified. It’s that simple! The Flame Detector is beautifully designed to monitor spaces where a flame should never exist, like a child’s bedroom, playroom or even your garage. Thousands of home fires are started by children every year, and more than half of those fires originate in the bedroom. With a Flame Detector, the moment a child lights a match a loud alarm is produced and a push notification is sent to your smart device telling you exactly where the fire started. When dealing with fire, seconds truly count! With the Flame Detector, you can be made aware of flame instantaneously, preventing dangerous home fires from ever occurring.

About

Shelly Smart Control

Remotely monitor and control smart home devices from anywhere, either through the cloud or your local network. Manage lights, appliances, and sensors, and create custom automation scenes. Supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and LAN connectivity for seamless integration.

Highlights
  • Remote device control
  • Local network control
  • Device monitoring
  • Custom scheduling
  • Scene creation
  • Energy consumption monitoring
  • Real-time alerts
Features
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This app offers the possibility to control all Shelly devices remotely. You can monitor and control your devices from anywhere (by using the cloud option) or, if you do not want the Cloud option, you will still be able to monitor and control your devices from within your local network. Shelly devices do not need to be connected to the cloud or to send data there. The Shelly Home Automation portfolio includes a variety of relay switches, sensors, plugs, bulbs, and other controllers, all connected and controlled through your Wi-Fi network. The new Shelly Plus and Shelly Pro lines of products additionally support Bluetooth connectivity for faster device inclusion and communication, and the new Shelly Pro line offers LAN and Wi-Fi usage simultaneously. The entire Shelly portfolio is available at https://shelly.cloud/ Shelly devices are suitable to control lights, garage doors, curtains, window blinds, or other appliances, trigger actions based on certain parameters from sensor devices. Devices provide near real time notification on changes of the parameters they are measuring - energy consumption, temperature other environment values. All Shelly devices have: - Embedded Web server - Wi-Fi control and connectivity - APIs for observation and control A user account is required to access, include, and control Shelly devices through the application. Once Shelly account is registered, you can: - Connect the devices to an existing W-Fi network or use their Access Point mode locally to control other Shelly devices; - Include, manage, and operate as many Shelly devices as you need; - Configure devices and manage individual settings on every device; - Configure custom scheduling for automatic actions; - Create personalized rooms for more convenient organising and control of the devices; - Define custom Groups of devices to control multiple devices with one command within the app; - Build simple and complex scenes by combining Shelly devices to trigger certain actions in your home automation; - Monitor current and past electrical power consumption of the electrical circuit(s) and loads (for Shelly devices equipped with Power-measuring capabilities); - Build complex automation solutions for improved energy and operational efficiency; - Receive real time alerts and notifications based on your preference. Shelly devices are compatible with other widely used both local and cloud-based home automation platforms like Google Home or Alexa.

Screenshots

Flame Detector4 screens
Shelly Smart Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flame Detector at 100% against Shelly Smart Control's 48%. Flame Detector also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Shelly Smart Control's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (82 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flame Detector holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shelly Smart Control has 82 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Flame Detector's written reviews are positive against 48% of Shelly Smart Control's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flame Detector ships an update every 3 months, Shelly Smart Control every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Flame Detector versus Shelly Smart Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlame DetectorShelly Smart Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better3.2 (82 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better47.6% of reviews
Number of ratings482 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB233 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperForge Technologies, Inc (NC)SHELLY EUROPE EOOD

Customer experience

Flame Detector

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shelly Smart Control

All ratings82 ratings
Positive53.7%
Neutral8.5%
Negative37.8%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive47.6%
Neutral12.6%
Negative39.9%

In-app purchases

None

Flame Detector

No in-app purchases

None

Shelly Smart Control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flame Detector free?
Flame Detector is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shelly Smart Control free?
Shelly Smart Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flame Detector or Shelly Smart Control?
Flame Detector is rated higher. Flame Detector averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Shelly Smart Control averages 3.2 from 82 ratings.
Do Flame Detector or Shelly Smart Control have ads?
Neither Flame Detector nor Shelly Smart Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flame Detector or Shelly Smart Control?
Flame Detector ships an update every 3 months, and Shelly Smart Control every 2 weeks. Most recently, Flame Detector was updated on September 10, 2026 and Shelly Smart Control on September 29, 2026.

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