Comparison

bOS Client vs COCO Home

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

Head to head
About

bOS Client

Control all devices in your smart home, office, or hotel from a single application. Integrate and automate major technical systems, visualize building status, and manage devices remotely. Offers advanced features like logical operations, scheduling, and presence simulation.

Highlights
  • Integrates diverse devices and protocols
  • Remote control of lights, climate, security, and multimedia
  • Powerful configuration environment
  • Logical operations and scheduling
  • Scene creation for different occasions
  • Energy consumption monitoring
  • Presence simulation
Features
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bOS Client is a part of ComfortClick bOS, the first building operating system for your home, office or hotel. bOS enables you to control all devices in your smart home from a single app on your favorite mobile device. ComfortClick bOS is designed to integrate and automate all major technical systems and devices in any building. It enables smart building visualization, control and automation. ComfortClick bOS, the first building operating system supports the following devices: • KNX world standard for building automation • Z-Wave wireless home automation system • DSC alarm system • Global Caché IR and other devices • IR Trans IR transciever devices • KODI (XBMC) media center • IP video cameras • Philips Hue • SMA Solar Technologies • Modbus • S-Bus • GSM modem for SMS messaging One universal platform where all devices are working together offers a limitless number of different features. Below is the list of just a fraction of ComfortClick bOS features: • Integration of different devices, protocols and systems and data exchange between them. • Remote control of your lights, heating/cooling/air-conditioning, shades, alarm, home theater, multimedia, energy consumption, etc. • Configuration with a powerful configuration environment. • Logical operations - if this happens, do that (e.g. when you leave home ComfortClick bOS will turn off the lights, lower the shades, reduce heating, turn off electrical sockets and activate presence simulation). • Schedules – do something (e.g. raise shades) at 7’o clock every day from Monday to Friday. • Scenes – design different scenes (lighting, shades) for different occasions (romantic dinner, Friday party, etc.). • Data logging – monitor your energy consumption (electricity, water and gas) • Presence simulation – make it look like you are at home even when the house is empty. • Operating time – measure how long a device was turned on • Text-to-speech – the system can read you your emails • Support for multiple users with different access privileges and unlimited number of client devices. For more information please visit www.comfortclick.com or email us at info@comfortclick.com IMPORTANT: bOS Client requires ComfortClick bOS software platform. You can get ComfortClick bOS for FREE from www.comfortclick.com. On our web site you can also find all the necessary documentation including demo projects which will help you to get started with your own projects in the shortest possible time.

About

COCO Home

Control your smart home devices privately and securely without relying on the cloud. This app enables local network operation, even during internet outages, offering convenience and conservation.

Highlights
  • Cloudless smart home control
  • Local network operation
  • Data privacy and security
  • Supports Zigbee and Z-Wave devices
  • User and resource management
  • Customizable zones and dashboards
  • Automated rules and scenes
Features
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COCO provides you with Comfort, Convenience, Conservation and Control of your home, over the internet, from anywhere in the world. COCO self-organizes its P2P networks and works without the Cloud, in your local area network (LAN), even when your internet connection is down. The COCO Home App is built using the COCO Platform's Client SDK, the COCO Smart Home App is created on the tenets of: Data Privacy, Data Security, Interoperability, and Ease of Use. The COCO Home App works with all devices that are Buzzed on COCO, i.e. built using the COCO Platform's Device SDK. To get started: Purchase a supported COCO Device from https://getcoco.buzz/devices OR Sign Up for a Developer account from https://getcoco.buzz/ and simulate a Device using the COCO Device SDK SUPPORTED DEVICES: COCO IoT Gateway: Work with 2000+ Zigbee and Z-Wave devices from various brands. As long as it is certified Zigbee HA1.2 or Z-Wave Plus, it works with the COCO gateway. Zigbee Clusters Supported in the current release: On/Off Level Colour Door Lock Metering IAS WD IAS ACE IAS Zone Temperature Illuminance Relative Humidity Occupancy Thermostat Power Configuration Alarm Z-Wave Command Classes Supported in the current release: Binary Switch Multilevel Switch Colour Switch Door Lock Meter Central Scene Multilevel Sensor Notification Binary Sensor Thermostat Mode Set point Fan Battery Additional Devices Coming Soon: 1. Indoor Camera 2. Outdoor Camera 3. Car OBD Dongle COCONET - YOUR OWN PRIVATE NETWORK Create your own COCO networks of Devices, Apps, Users and Services, aka COCONets. Determine the level of smart home data access Users, Apps and Services get when they join your COCONet. Additionally, all PII (Personally Identifiable Information) is removed while sharing data with 3rd party apps and services. You can create COCONets to be geographically distributed, so your smart home and business could both be part of the same COCONet, or you could also configure them to be independent COCONets. Adding more networks and devices, apps and users has pricing implications. For more details on pricing plans, see here: https://getcoco.buzz/coco-pricing-plans-for-developers/ USER MANAGEMENT Manage your COCONet and resource access membership; e.g. grant access to just your front door lock to a particular user. ZONES Categorize your network resources into zones like Pantry, CEO's Office Cabin, Living Room, Master Bed Room, etc. ZONE DASHBOARD Set up a dashboard to monitor the zone health in a glance. SCENES Shortcuts to quick actions on multiple resources in your network like Good Morning, Good Night, etc. RULES Automations in your network that allow you to combine resource conditions and schedules, including recurrence. Additionally also add a hysteresis OR delay in some actions. E.g. "10 mins after no motion is detected, turn off the air conditioner", "Switch on by water heater every morning at 6:30am". COCO GROVE A smart home app store with Value-Added-Services that can be installed by you to enhance your connected experiences. Examples: 1. Bridges to Voice Assistants OR Other device ecosystems 2. AI Services like Energy Optimiser 3. Storage Services like Camera Cloud storage 4. Analytics Services with PII (Personally Identifiable Information) data removed 5. Chat Bot Service to text and control your home over a text interface 6. AI based Learning Rules so that no manual steps are required to set up a rule COCO provides its smart home services by utilizing local storage of the devices rather than the COCO cloud to provide you with 100% transparency and control over the data generated in your COCONet. Now you can truly CONNECT EVERY 'THING' - Your way!

Screenshots

bOS Client3 screens
COCO Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: COCO Home at 5.0 against bOS Client's 3.7. COCO Home also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

COCO Home holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

bOS Client ships an update monthly, COCO Home every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
bOS Client versus COCO Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbOS ClientCOCO Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperComfortClick d.o.o.Elear Solutions Tech Private Limited

Customer experience

bOS Client

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%

COCO Home

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

bOS Client

No in-app purchases

None

COCO Home

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is bOS Client free?
bOS Client is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is COCO Home free?
COCO Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, bOS Client or COCO Home?
COCO Home is rated higher. bOS Client averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while COCO Home averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do bOS Client or COCO Home have ads?
Neither bOS Client nor COCO Home shows ads.
Which is updated more often, bOS Client or COCO Home?
bOS Client ships an update monthly, and COCO Home every 3 weeks. Most recently, bOS Client was updated on November 6, 2026 and COCO Home on November 3, 2026.

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