Google Home vs Home + Control
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.
Home + Control
Control your home's lights and power remotely. Schedule devices to turn on/off automatically for comfort, safety, and convenience. Monitor energy usage to reduce waste and costs.
- Remote control of lights and power
- Scheduling for automation
- Energy usage monitoring
- Smart alerts for power outages
- Compatibility with voice assistants
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Legrand Home + Control is designed for: LEGRAND RADIANT WITH NETATMO AND ADORNE WITH NETATMO SMART SWITCHES & OUTLETS Manage lights and power, from anywhere, with the Legrand Home + Control app. Start with a Smart Gateway, then replace existing switches, dimmers and outlets with adorne and radiant with Netatmo Smart Switches and Outlets for full control of your lights and power. COMFORT Turn on lights from wherever you go, giving you the comfort needed to enjoy life. SAFETY Schedule lights for your arrival, or dim lights to safely navigate the house at night. CONVENIENCE Conveniently schedule lights or appliances to go on/off automatically. MORE CONTROL, LESS WASTE The Home + Control app provides incredible visibility to a home’s energy usage, helping reduce energy cost and waste. Monitor, manage, and more. Set Smart Alerts to be notified in the event of a power outage or lights left on. Legrand Home + Control is compatible with: Amazon Alexa, Google Home or Apple HomeKit
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Home + Control at none against Google Home's shown. Home + Control also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 15%). Google Home's advantage is ratings volume (1.4M vs 138) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Google Home holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Home has 1.4M ratings behind it against 138, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 15% of Google Home's written reviews are positive against 43% of Home + Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Google Home ships an update weekly, Home + Control monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Home | Home + Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.4M ratings) — better | 4.3 (138 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | 43.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4M — better | 138 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #11 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 606 MB | 237 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Legrand - Netatmo – Bticino | |
Customer experience
Google Home
Home + Control
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
Home + Control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Home
No in-app purchases
Home + Control
No in-app purchases
