Three vs BG Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Three
Easily manage your mobile and broadband plans. Track usage, view bills, top up accounts, and access exclusive offers. Set up and manage your broadband with helpful tools.
- View plan allowances and usage
- Manage additional products
- Access past bills and cost breakdowns
- Top up Pay As You Go accounts
- Set up and manage broadband
- Access Three+ rewards
- Live chat support
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The Three app makes managing your phone and broadband plans easy. The app helps you: - view plan allowances and usage - add, change or cancel additional products - access past bills and see a breakdown of costs - top up your Pay As You Go account - see offers you won’t find anywhere else - set up and manage your broadband - position your hub with the real-time signal strength indicator - quickly launch Three+ rewards - discover Three Community - live chat with Three - manage payments easily and securely with Apple Pay.
BG Home
Control and automate your smart home devices with custom timers, scenes, and delays. Secure your settings with a parental lock and share access with household members. Integrate with voice assistants for hands-free operation.
- Device automation with timers and scenes
- Parental lock for settings
- Household member sharing
- Voice control via Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri
- Geolocation and weather-based automation
- IFTTT integration
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Automate your devices with timers, scenes, delays and random operation, and protect your settings with the parental lock function whilst sharing control with others in your household. The smart home integrations with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, IFTTT and Siri Shortcuts allow you to operate your BG Smart devices using your voice, and set up automated actions based on geolocation, weather and more for a truly smart solution.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BG Home at 5.0 against Three's 4.4. BG Home also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (43% vs 18%). Three's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BG Home holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Three has 1.1K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Three's written reviews are positive against 43% of BG Home's.
Three ships an update every 2 weeks, BG Home every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Three | BG Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.0% of reviews | 43.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 228 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hutchison 3G UK Ltd | Luceco plc |
Customer experience
Three
BG Home
User reviews
Three
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- ✨ Reliable service
- 💰 Good value
- 🌍 Excellent roaming coverage
Room to improve
- 🔧 Buggy app
- 📶 Poor network coverage
- 🤖 Unhelpful customer service
- 💸 Overcharging issues
- 🔒 Security concerns
BG Home
From 5 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great features
- 👍 Excellent product
- 👍 Fantastic
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connection issues
- 🐛 Unreliable app
- 🐛 Difficult to set up
- 🐛 Buggy
- 🐛 Clunky interface
Bugs and requests
Three
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues
- App crashes frequently
- Inaccurate data usage tracking
- Inability to cancel add-ons
Requested features
4 requests- Add Apple Pay support
- Improve app stability and performance
- Provide better network coverage information
- Streamline account management features
BG Home
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to change timer settings
- App crashes
- Connectivity issues
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Sunrise/sunset timer option
- Power metering
- Improved timer functionality
- Matter protocol support
- Modernized GUI
In-app purchases
Three
No in-app purchases
BG Home
No in-app purchases
