Comparison

homee (old) vs tint Smart Light

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

Head to head
About

homee (old)

Control smart home devices from various manufacturers and radio technologies. This app turns your iPhone or iPad into a remote for your entire home, allowing you to manage Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, EnOcean, and ZigBee devices.

Highlights
  • Control Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, EnOcean, ZigBee devices
  • Expandable with colored cubes
  • Connects to local wireless network
  • iPhone and iPad remote control
  • Monitor your home remotely
Features
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See how homee makes your home smarter ... The homee principle: 1. Product(s) With homee you can control products of different radio technologies and manufacturers. At the moment homee supports Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, EnOcean and ZigBee. 2. homee The white Brain Cube of your homee connects to your local wireless network and lots of Wi-Fi devices. The colored cubes expands homee by Z-Wave, EnOcean and ZigBee radio. 3. App You just need this app to always keep an eye on your home. Your iPhone and iPad becomes a remote for your home.

About

tint Smart Light

Features
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READY. TINT. GO! Control your light without additional devices simply with your smartphone. The "tint Smart Light App" is intuitive to use and offers a wide range of functions - making it even easier to get started with smart lighting control! With the tint app you can easily control the tint Bluetooth lamps. Choose between different shades of white or one of up to 16 million colors, dim the brightness of the light or set up different light groups that you can name individually, for example according to your rooms. In addition, preset tint light scenes are available to you via the app - from "Romantic" to "Party". You decide which light suits you best. Connect up to 20 compatible tint Bluetooth products to the app and control them comfortably within Bluetooth range. Look for the Bluetooth logo on the tint packaging or in the product descriptions.

Screenshots

homee (old)4 screens
tint Smart Light3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: tint Smart Light at 5.0 against homee (old)'s 3.4. tint Smart Light also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). homee (old)'s advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

tint Smart Light holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: homee (old) has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

homee (old) ships an update every 2 months, tint Smart Light every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
homee (old) versus tint Smart Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterhomee (old)tint Smart Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhomee GmbHMueller-Licht International GmbH

In-app purchases

None

homee (old)

No in-app purchases

None

tint Smart Light

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is homee (old) free?
homee (old) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is tint Smart Light free?
tint Smart Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, homee (old) or tint Smart Light?
tint Smart Light is rated higher. homee (old) averages 3.4 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while tint Smart Light averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do homee (old) or tint Smart Light have ads?
Neither homee (old) nor tint Smart Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, homee (old) or tint Smart Light?
homee (old) ships an update every 2 months, and tint Smart Light every 5 months. Most recently, homee (old) was updated on October 26, 2026 and tint Smart Light on October 24, 2026.

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