Google Home vs iRobot Home (Classic)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Google Home
Manage your smart home devices and stay updated on home activity. Easily control devices with voice commands and view live camera feeds. Organize your home into custom dashboards for quick access.
- Home status overview
- Device grouping into dashboards
- Live camera view and history
- Voice control with Gemini for Home
- Streamlined settings navigation
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The Google Home app helps you get the most out of Gemini for Home. See your home at a glance The Google Home app is designed to show you the status of your home and keep you up to date with what you may have missed. Keep up with what’s important Updated design and streamlined organization help you group your devices into dashboards and easily navigate your settings. Plus you can check in on your home anytime. Scan camera events quickly The camera live view and history interface makes it easier than ever to see what happened. Search or ask your home Control your home in a brand new way. Just say what you want your devices to do with Gemini for Home. * Some products and features may not be available in all regions. Compatible devices required.
iRobot Home (Classic)
Control older iRobot floor cleaning robots with this app. It offers features like enhanced maps, room-specific cleaning, custom schedules, and smart home integrations. Ensure your robot is compatible before downloading.
- Control older iRobot models
- Enhanced cleaning maps
- Room and zone-specific cleaning
- Customizable cleaning schedules
- Personalized cleaning suggestions
- Smart home integrations (Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant)
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The classic iRobot Home App is compatible with older Roomba®, Braava® and Klaara™ products, including Roomba® or Roomba Combo® e, i, s, m, j, Essential, Essential 2, and 10 Max series robots. For other Roomba® models, please download the Roomba® Home app. Take control of cleaning your home with the classic iRobot Home app. The easy-to-use app offers enhanced maps, room, zone and object-specific cleaning, customized scheduling, personalized cleaning suggestions, and simple smart home integrations with Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant-enabled devices*, all designed to make sure you get the most out of your iRobot floor cleaning robots. Feature availability varies by model. *Works with Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant-enabled devices. Alexa and all related logos are trademarks of Amazon.com or its affiliates. Google and Google Home are trademarks of Google LLC. Siri is a registered trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions.
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Verdict
Google Home and iRobot Home (Classic) both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 74% of iRobot Home (Classic)'s written reviews are positive against 16% of Google Home's. iRobot Home (Classic) also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). Google Home's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and chart position (#14 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Google Home against 4.6 for iRobot Home (Classic). That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Home has 1.4M ratings behind it against 172K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 16% of Google Home's written reviews are positive against 74% of iRobot Home (Classic)'s.
Google Home ships an update weekly, iRobot Home (Classic) every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Google Home | iRobot Home (Classic) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.4M ratings) | 4.6 (172K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews | 74.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4M — better | 172K |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #14 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 637 MB | 591 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iRobot Corporation | |
Customer experience
Google Home
iRobot Home (Classic)
User reviews
Google Home
From 1.4M App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent camera quality
- 👍 Secure home monitoring
- 🚀 Reliable notifications
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent disconnections
- 🐛 Buggy app performance
- 👎 Lacking advanced features
- 👎 Unintuitive user interface
iRobot Home (Classic)
From 172K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great robot
- 🚀 Excellent product
- 🚀 Impressive cleaning
- 🚀 Reliable and effective
- 🚀 Fantastic for pet owners
Room to improve
- 🐛 App issues (crashes, slow, glitches)
- 🐛 Mapping problems
- 🐛 Connectivity problems
- 🐛 Frequent maintenance required
- 🐛 Short battery life
Bugs and requests
Google Home
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to remove 'ghost' devices
- Inconsistent connectivity between app and devices
- Unreliable motion detection
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to customize notification settings
- Integration with more smart home devices
- Improved video history browsing
iRobot Home (Classic)
Reported bugs
4 issues- App unable to connect to robot
- Mapping issues leading to navigation problems
- Charging and docking issues
- Unexpected robot behavior and errors
Requested features
7 requests- Add Siri/voice control integration
- Improve app UI and usability
- Allow manual control/steering
- Provide live map tracking
- Add more scheduling options
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- Improve mapping and room detection
- Enhance error reporting and diagnostics
In-app purchases
Google Home
No in-app purchases
iRobot Home (Classic)
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Google Home free?
Is iRobot Home (Classic) free?
Which has better reviews, Google Home or iRobot Home (Classic)?
Do Google Home or iRobot Home (Classic) have ads?
Which is updated more often, Google Home or iRobot Home (Classic)?
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