SwitchBee vs SEMICOM SMART
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwitchBee
Control and monitor your smart home devices remotely. Set up lighting and temperature scenarios, define timers, and manage your entire home from your mobile device, even while on vacation.
- Remote control of smart home devices
- Monitor lights and temperature
- Create lighting and switch scenarios
- Define timer configurations
- Manage portable switches
- Intuitive user interface
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An application to a unique game changer in the Automated Home domain providing revolutionary technology by “SwitchBee”. Use your iPhone, iPod or iPad as an extension to control and monitor the full line of “SwitchBee” products. In less than two hours, with no infrastructure changes you will have your Smart Home up and running controlled by the “SwitchBee” application. Control your entire house from the comfort of your bed, your couch, your car, your office and even from the sea-shore during your vacation. You will have the ability to monitor your lights, temperature, blinds/shutters all from a single, highly intuitive application. Create numerous lighting and switch scenarios for the entire set of “SwitchBee” switches and sensors existing in your house, define timer configurations to any light bulb or load and if you change your mind – no problem – the “SwitchBee” switches can be modified in seconds at any time. This application will also control “SwitchBee’s” revolutionary portable switches which can be placed in any room. Increase your power to control your affordable Smart Home anytime anywhere in the most simple and intuitive manner.
SEMICOM SMART
Control and monitor your smart home devices from one place. Schedule automatic on/off times and create custom scenarios for convenience. This easy-to-use application supports multiple users.
- Remote control of smart home products
- Real-time monitoring
- Automatic shut-off/on scheduling
- Scenario creation
- Multi-user support
- Easy operation
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Remote control and monitoring of the smart products in your home using a single app Option to set automatic shut-Off and ON by setting schedules and scenarios. Convenient and easy-to-operate application that allows for multiple users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SEMICOM SMART at 4.8 against SwitchBee's 4.0. SEMICOM SMART also leads on ratings volume (19 vs 5). SwitchBee's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, 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.
SEMICOM SMART holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 19 respectively.
SwitchBee ships an update every 2 weeks, SEMICOM SMART every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwitchBee | SEMICOM SMART |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SwitchBee | Semicom Lexis Ltd. |
Customer experience
SwitchBee
SEMICOM SMART
In-app purchases
SwitchBee
No in-app purchases
SEMICOM SMART
No in-app purchases
