Google Home vs Magic Home Pro
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.
Magic Home Pro
Control your smart LED lighting with this Wi-Fi controller app. Easily set up lights to your router, group devices, and manage them locally or remotely. View light status and color at a glance with a refreshed user interface.
- Faster start without scanning
- Easier router setup
- Group different device types
- Add devices to multiple groups
- Local and remote control
- Light status and color display
- New UI design
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Magic Home Pro is a wifi controller APP for smart led lighting. New feature: 1. Faster Start without scanning 2. Easier to set light to router 3. Different type of device can be added to same group 4. One device can be added to multi-group 5. Local and remote control can be displayed automatically 6. List shows the light status and color 7. New UI design
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Google Home at 4.6 against Magic Home Pro's 2.8. Google Home also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Magic Home Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (26% vs 16%). On price 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. Magic Home Pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Google Home asks for nothing beyond the download.
Google Home holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Home has 1.4M ratings behind it against 932, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 16% of Google Home's written reviews are positive against 26% of Magic Home Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Google Home ships an update weekly, Magic Home Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Home | Magic Home Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.4M ratings) — better | 2.8 (932 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 15.7% of reviews | 26.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4M — better | 932 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #12 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 633 MB | 274 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 明长 周 | |
Customer experience
Google Home
Magic Home Pro
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
Magic Home Pro
From 932 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Works great
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🎨 Lots of customization options
- ⏱️ Timers and schedules work well
- 🤖 Compatible with Alexa and other smart home platforms
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent disconnections and reconnection issues
- 🤔 Confusing setup process
- 🔌 Unreliable WiFi connectivity
- 🤯 Lights behaving erratically or turning on/off randomly
- 🤖 Poor integration with smart home platforms
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
Magic Home Pro
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes or freezes frequently
- Lights won't connect to WiFi
- Timers and schedules not working as expected
- Incorrect color representation in the app
- Lights randomly changing colors or turning on/off
Requested features
5 requests- Add sunrise/sunset timer functionality
- Allow custom programming of lighting effects
- Improve Alexa and Google Home integration
- Add Spotify music sync support
- Provide better troubleshooting and support
In-app purchases
Google Home
No in-app purchases
Magic Home Pro
- Subscribe IFTTT for one month$1.99
- Subscribe IFTTT for one year$9.99
Questions
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