Comparison

SwitchBee vs ELOCK Smart

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

ELOCK Smart

Features
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Give you keyless convenience and the ability to configure and access your smart lock via Bluetooth

Screenshots

SwitchBee1 screens
ELOCK Smart3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SwitchBee at 11.0 against ELOCK Smart's 13.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SwitchBee versus ELOCK Smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwitchBeeELOCK Smart
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB399 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSwitchBeeAmit Keren

In-app purchases

None

SwitchBee

No in-app purchases

None

ELOCK Smart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SwitchBee free?
SwitchBee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ELOCK Smart free?
ELOCK Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SwitchBee or ELOCK Smart have ads?
Neither SwitchBee nor ELOCK Smart shows ads.

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