Comparison

Smart Home Light Pro vs Kumihimo Braid

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

Head to head
About

Smart Home Light Pro

Control smart lights with ease, adjusting brightness, color temperature, and color. Organize lights by room and set schedules for automatic shut-off. Ensure successful pairing by pressing the button within 5 seconds of powering on the device.

Highlights
  • Adjust brightness, color temperature, and color
  • Set timed light shut-off
  • Manage lights by room
  • Pair devices quickly
Features
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为确保应用程序成功控制设备,请在设备上电后5S内点击配对按钮。 • 基本功能:调节灯的亮度、色温、颜色。 • 定时管理:设置定时关灯。 • 房间管理:将灯具放在一个房间统一管理。

About

Kumihimo Braid

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Keep your colors, your cut lengths, and your current move together while you make the common eight-strand round Kumihimo disk braid. The disk on screen follows your braid. It tracks where every cord actually is, so the diagram always matches the disk in front of you — including the halfway position with three cords at the top, the one braiders use to hold their place by hand. FOLLOW THE MOVES • Each move names the cord by color: "move the Teal cord", not "the lower-left cord" • See where the mark on your own disk should be pointing right now • Lower-left up, upper-right down, then a quarter turn • A checkpoint saves after every move; undo one, or reset • The screen stays awake while your hands are busy PLAN YOUR COLORS • Choose from twelve named cord colors, or start from the Sunset, Tide or Checker presets • See what your arrangement makes, and the order the cords lay into the braid • Save separate projects and duplicate one to try another setup CUT ONCE • Work in inches or centimeters and switch without changing the stored plan • Adjust the cord multiplier and the finishing allowance • Get the cut length for each cord, and totals grouped by color The same eight-strand disk braid is used for satin cord bracelets, paracord keychains and lanyards. MADE FOR THE WORKBENCH • Notes for cord, findings and tension • iPhone and iPad • No account, ads, analytics, tracking, or internet connection. Your projects never leave the device. This app covers the common round eight-strand disk workflow. It is not a bead-pattern designer, a photo-realistic finished-braid preview, a marudai guide, or a universal Kumihimo pattern generator. It names the resulting pattern only for the color layouts with a documented result, and tells you to braid a sample for anything else. Material use varies with cord, beads, tension, and structure. The estimate is a starting point, not a guarantee. Make a short sample and adjust the multiplier before cutting valuable material.

Screenshots

Smart Home Light Pro3 screens
Kumihimo Braid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smart Home Light Pro at Free against Kumihimo Braid's $3.99. Smart Home Light Pro also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On 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

Smart Home Light Pro is free to download; Kumihimo Braid costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Home Light Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Kumihimo Braid every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Smart Home Light Pro versus Kumihimo Braid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Home Light ProKumihimo Braid
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating1.8 (60 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews15.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer岭 王文琪 王

In-app purchases

None

Smart Home Light Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Kumihimo Braid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Home Light Pro free?
Smart Home Light Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kumihimo Braid free?
Kumihimo Braid costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smart Home Light Pro or Kumihimo Braid have ads?
Neither Smart Home Light Pro nor Kumihimo Braid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Home Light Pro or Kumihimo Braid?
Smart Home Light Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, and Kumihimo Braid every 2 months. Most recently, Smart Home Light Pro was updated on November 8, 2026 and Kumihimo Braid on November 5, 2026.

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