Comparison

SkylinkNet vs Fluent Home

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

Head to head
About

SkylinkNet

Monitor your home remotely with your smartphone. Arm or disarm your alarm system, control smart home devices, and receive instant notifications for any activity. View live camera feeds and manage up to 100 sensors and controllers.

Highlights
  • Remote alarm arming/disarming
  • Push notifications for activity
  • Smart home device control
  • Live camera surveillance
  • Customizable alarm settings
  • Low battery alerts
  • Event logging
Features
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SkylinkNet allows you to monitor your home with your smartphone. With the built-in alarm features, you can remotely arm, disarm, and monitor various activities with this app. Create a smarthome by adding home control modules to control lights, electrical appliances and other household devices. The Internet Hub sends you push notification when sensor is activated, allowing you to monitor your home remotely. With the surveillance camera, you can see live action of the area you want to monitor. •Wireless Alarm System – Remote Arming / Disarming, Arm Home, Arm Away, Instant Alarm, Sensor Bypass, Remote •Receive Push Notifications anytime a new activity takes place •Customized alarm settings such as alarm duration, entry / exit delay duration etc. •Home Automation with all Skylink Modules, including Wall Switch, Wall Dimmer, Plug-in dimmer, Outdoor Module etc. •Add up to 100 sensors and controllers (lighting or appliances controllers) •Receives low battery alert on all devices thru push notification •Event log stores all recent 100 activities •Add up to 10 cameras for video monitoring •Add outdoor solar siren for additional security, which is completely wireless •Connect to external phone dialer (Telephone Line or Cellular) as a backup solution when Internet fails •No monthly fees and no contract You must have the Skylink Internet Hub and other necessary hardware to achieve these features.

About

Fluent Home

Monitor and control your home or business remotely in real-time. Manage security, view live video, automate lights and temperature, and receive instant notifications for important events.

Highlights
  • Real-time remote monitoring
  • Arm/disarm security panel
  • Live and recorded video streaming
  • Home automation (lights, temperature)
  • Door lock/unlock
  • Event history search
  • Customizable real-time notifications
Features
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With Fluent Home security system, you can monitor and control your home or business in real-time and from anywhere - from your iPhone or iPad device. Fluent’s interactive security, video monitoring, energy management, and home automation solutions give you instant awareness and remote control for the places you care about most. Remote features: • See what’s happening at your property • Arm or disarm your security panel • Watch live video and recorded clips from your security cameras • Turn your lights on or off • Set the ideal temperature • Lock or unlock your doors • View images of important activity captured by Fluent image sensors • Search your complete system event history • And much more! With Fluent Home, you can also receive real-time email, text message, and push notifications for the specific events that matter to you. Beyond important emergency related events, you can also immediately know when: • Your kids get home from school • You left for work or vacation and forgot to arm your system • The housekeeper arrives or leaves • The garage door is left open • The dog walker or cat sitter arrives • There's flooding or a water leak in your basement • Your children open your medicine or liquor cabinets • Someone changes your thermostat settings • Your security system is disarmed (and who disarmed it) • Someone attempts to log into your account • And much more!

Screenshots

SkylinkNet4 screens
Fluent Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fluent Home at 4.4 against SkylinkNet's 2.5. Fluent Home also leads on ratings volume (817 vs 30) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). SkylinkNet's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fluent Home holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fluent Home has 817 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of SkylinkNet's written reviews are positive against 32% of Fluent Home's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SkylinkNet ships an update every 4 months, Fluent Home every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SkylinkNet versus Fluent Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkylinkNetFluent Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (30 ratings)4.4 (817 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.3% of reviews32.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30817 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB382 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSkylink GroupFluent Home

Customer experience

SkylinkNet

All ratings30 ratings
Positive36.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive25.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative69.6%

Fluent Home

All ratings817 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive32.0%
Neutral2.3%
Negative65.6%

Bugs and requests

SkylinkNet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Fluent Home

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cameras often fail to record or detect activity
  • Alarm system triggers false alarms
  • Billing and account management problems

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add option to delete all recordings at once
  • Improve two-factor authentication prompt
  • Enhance app responsiveness and stability

In-app purchases

None

SkylinkNet

No in-app purchases

None

Fluent Home

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SkylinkNet free?
SkylinkNet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fluent Home free?
Fluent Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SkylinkNet or Fluent Home?
Fluent Home is rated higher. SkylinkNet averages 2.5 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Fluent Home averages 4.4 from 817 ratings.
Do SkylinkNet or Fluent Home have ads?
Neither SkylinkNet nor Fluent Home shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SkylinkNet or Fluent Home?
SkylinkNet ships an update every 4 months, and Fluent Home every 2 months. Most recently, SkylinkNet was updated on October 17, 2026 and Fluent Home on October 18, 2026.

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