FreeControl vs ORVIBO Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FreeControl
Remotely monitor and control your security system from your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Receive intruder alarms with event images for visual verification, view live streaming video from IP cameras, and arm/disarm your system on demand.
- Remote arm/disarm
- Intruder alarm notifications
- Event image verification
- Live IP camera streaming
- On-demand video viewing
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FreeControl enables you to remotely monitor and control your security System from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. With FreeControl you can arm/disarm your system, receive intruder alarms together with event images for visual verification of alarms, view streaming video from IP cameras on demand and more. Pricing is subject to change without prior notice.
ORVIBO Home
Easily control, monitor, and secure your home from anywhere with this smart home platform. Manage various devices, create custom scenes, and set up automated scenarios to personalize your living space.
- Remote home control
- Device monitoring
- Home security
- Scene creation
- Automated scenarios
- Manage lights, curtains, AC, TV
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ORVIBO Home is a brand new smart home platform, lets you easily control, monitor, and secure your home from anywhere in the world. Start with connected ORVIBO Home Hub and add as many connected switches, sockets, locks, sensors and more to create a smart home that matches your unique personality. With smart home platform ORVIBO Home, you can many controls as follow. Control and manage all kinds of devices like curtains, air conditioners, TV, lights, switches, sockets and etc in one APP. Create different scenes to control multiple devices. Make ‘If this then that’ synchronizations scenario. Particular attention: ORVIBO Home support these products: Smart Socket, Magic Cube, Smart Camera, Smart in-wall Switch, Sensors ect. Our Smart Socket S20 is not supported by ORVIBO Home. You can operate S20 with WiWo APP. We feel sincerely sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ORVIBO Home at 53% against FreeControl's 13%. ORVIBO Home also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). 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
Both are free to download. FreeControl sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $21.49 per year. ORVIBO Home asks for nothing beyond the download.
FreeControl ships an update every 3 months, ORVIBO Home fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | FreeControl | ORVIBO Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.7% of reviews | 53.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 385 MB | 433 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RISCO Group | Shenzhen HomeMate 365 Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
FreeControl
ORVIBO Home
Bugs and requests
FreeControl
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ORVIBO Home
Reported bugs
5 issues- Devices randomly going offline
- App crashes on login
- Inability to add new devices
- Timers not working as expected
- Scenes not triggering properly
Requested features
5 requests- Sunrise/sunset automation
- More customization options
- Expanded device compatibility
- Better integration with voice assistants
- Improved app UI/UX
In-app purchases
FreeControl
- Plus 11 Month trial$21.491 Year
- Plus 1 Connect$39.991 Year
- Plus 21 Month trial$42.991 Year
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- Plus 1 Audio Connect$48.901 Year
- Plus 31 Month trial$64.991 Year
- Plus 6$85.991 Year
- Plus 101 Month trial$149.991 Year
- Plus 10+1 Month trial$234.991 Year
ORVIBO Home
No in-app purchases
