Comparison

Sengled Boost vs Controller for HomeKit

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

Head to head
About

Sengled Boost

Extend your home's Wi-Fi coverage with smart LED bulbs that also provide illumination. Each connected bulb boosts your internet signal, eliminating dead zones and allowing for seamless streaming and browsing throughout your house. Control your Wi-Fi setup and lighting through a dedicated mobile app.

Highlights
  • Wi-Fi range extension
  • High-efficiency LED lighting
  • Dimmable light control
  • Eliminates internet dead zones
  • Mobile app for setup and control
  • Available in multiple bulb types
Features
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Sengled Boost: LED + Wi-Fi Repeater Say goodbye to internet black zones in your home with the ingenious Sengled Boost. With each bulb you connect, the range of your Wi-Fi is increased. More bulbs means more places to enjoy your content without worrying about slower speeds. And don‘t forget, they are great at illumination too. Boost gives you Wi-Fi where you want it, combined with high-efficiency, dimmable LED light. End Internet dead zones for good, as each bulb you connect increases the range of your Wi-Fi. Enjoy your shows, movies and music from almost anywhere in your home — along with an iOS app for Wi-Fi setup and lighting control to keep your spaces bright. Available in A60/19, BR30, and PAR38 bulb types.

About

Controller for HomeKit

Enhance your smart home experience with advanced control and automation. Visualize your home with floor plans, track device performance with charts, and create complex automations tailored to your needs. Organize devices, store setup codes, and monitor your entire smart home ecosystem.

Highlights
  • Floor plan visualization with LiDAR
  • Device performance charts
  • Complex automations and workflows
  • Custom notifications
  • Smart folders and filters
  • Setup code storage
  • Device maintenance and logs
Features
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Get more out of your smart home. Your HomeKit and Matter devices can do more than on and off: Controller for HomeKit gives you dashboards you build yourself, workflows that run over several steps, months of history, and a floor plan you control directly. YOUR OWN DASHBOARD Your devices sit where you need them, instead of in a list. - Views you compose yourself from tiles: per home, per person, and if you want, per device. One for the iPad on the wall, one for the iPhone in your pocket. - More than 25 tile variants: devices, scenes, workflows, time, weather, calendar, charts, battery warnings. - Five standard sizes, or drag your own size on the grid. - Visibility conditions: a tile or a whole section appears only when you need it. - Plus widgets for your Home Screen and a view of your own on Apple Watch. CONTROLLER AI Describe what you need in plain language: a dashboard, a scene, an automation or a workflow. Controller builds it, and you adjust it however you like afterwards. MORE THAN A SCHEDULE Two devices become a sequence that thinks along. - Workflows: multiple steps, conditions and branches for sequences a single automation cannot express. - Automations with advanced triggers and conditions. - States: virtual switches that capture how your home currently stands and drive your workflows accordingly. - Custom notifications for anything you want to know about. - NFC tags: one tap and the workflow runs. YOUR SENSORS ARE ALREADY MEASURING Controller remembers the values and makes them readable. - Charts: see how temperature, humidity or battery level develop over weeks and months, across every device and brand. - Maintenance: which battery is empty, which device is unreachable, which automation is broken. - Logs: every activity and every change, traceable. - Smart folders: devices and automations grouped by filters you define. - Floor Plan: scan your home with the LiDAR sensor of your iPhone or iPad and control your devices right on the plan. - Controller Hub: a dedicated iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac runs your workflows automatically. Charts and States require Controller Hub. SHARE THE WORK, NOT JUST THE SWITCHES - Home Sharing: pass your entire setup to the people you live with. For each person you choose between the whole app or only the dashboards you share with them. - Setup codes: your HomeKit and Matter codes stay safe in the app and never get lost. - Backups: save your setup and restore it whenever you need to. TRY IT FREE FOR 7 DAYS A week in your own home tells you more than any screenshot. Choose a yearly subscription to Controller Essentials or Controller Plus: the first 7 days are free, so you can see what Controller gets out of your devices. Rather pay once? Controller Lifetime gives you everything in Controller Plus, forever, with no subscription. Controller for HomeKit runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. You already own the devices. Controller for HomeKit brings out what is in them. More on our website: https://www.controllerforhomekit.com Privacy Policy: https://controllerforhomekit.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sengled Boost4 screens
Controller for HomeKit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Controller for HomeKit at 4.1 against Sengled Boost's 3.2. Controller for HomeKit also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 9) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Sengled Boost's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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

Both are free to download. Controller for HomeKit sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Sengled Boost asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Controller for HomeKit holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Controller for HomeKit has 2.8K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Sengled Boost's written reviews are positive against 28% of Controller for HomeKit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sengled Boost ships an update every 2 months, Controller for HomeKit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Sengled Boost versus Controller for HomeKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSengled BoostController for HomeKit
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (9 ratings)4.1 (2.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.2% of reviews28.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings92.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB219 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSengled Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.acasa Software GmbH

Customer experience

Sengled Boost

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive15.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative78.3%

Controller for HomeKit

All ratings2,765 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral4.7%
Negative19.1%
Written reviews486 reviews
Positive28.4%
Neutral9.7%
Negative61.9%

Bugs and requests

Sengled Boost

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Controller for HomeKit

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Backup and restore issues
  • Disappearing automations and accessories
  • Compatibility problems with iOS 16.2
  • Slow performance and unresponsiveness

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved documentation and tutorials
  • Better integration with Apple Home app
  • Support for more HomeKit device types
  • Ability to customize automation triggers

In-app purchases

None

Sengled Boost

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Controller for HomeKit

Subscriptions4
  • Controller Essentials2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Controller Plus$8.991 Month
  • Controller Essentials7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
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  • Controller Plus7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Controller Plus Lifetime2 variants$179.99

Questions

Is Sengled Boost free?
Sengled Boost is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Controller for HomeKit free?
Controller for HomeKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sengled Boost or Controller for HomeKit?
Controller for HomeKit is rated higher. Sengled Boost averages 3.2 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Controller for HomeKit averages 4.1 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Sengled Boost or Controller for HomeKit have ads?
Neither Sengled Boost nor Controller for HomeKit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sengled Boost or Controller for HomeKit?
Sengled Boost ships an update every 2 months, and Controller for HomeKit every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sengled Boost was updated on November 1, 2026 and Controller for HomeKit on November 2, 2026.

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