Comparison

Loxone vs tedee

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

Head to head
About

Loxone

Control your smart building's lighting, music, energy, and security from a single, intuitive app. Customize automations, create scenes, and receive real-time push notifications for alarms and reminders. Manage your home or office remotely with ease.

Highlights
  • Smart building control
  • Lighting management
  • Music control
  • Energy management
  • Security monitoring
  • Customizable automations
  • Real-time push notifications
Features
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With LOXONE, you get all the features for your smart building at a glance in a single app – clearly laid out and easy to use. Control lighting, music, energy management, security and much more anytime, anywhere. Your app. Your style: Make the LOXONE App truly yours. Choose between two Themes – our signature Highlight Theme with the bold green header, or the subtle Neutral Theme with a dark header. With the new Light Mode, the app adapts to your preference: light, dark, or automatically matched to your system settings. Tailored precisely to your needs: Set up the LOXONE App exactly how you want it: set your favourites, create your own automations and design practical scenes for your building. Push notifications: Whether critical alarms such as burglary or practical reminders such as an open window when leaving the house – the LOXONE App notifies you in real time on all devices where you want it. Automatic Designer: Easily create your own logic – no programming knowledge required. Example: "When the sun rises AND it is a weekday, THEN turn on the coffee machine." Important information: The LOXONE App is used in conjunction with a LOXONE Miniserver. We recommend having the LOXONE Miniserver installed and configured and the LOXONE App set up by a certified LOXONE Partner. To ensure external access to the LOXONE App, the relevant settings must be made by a LOXONE Partner.

About

tedee

Control your home's main door lock remotely using your smartphone. Automate locking and unlocking based on your proximity, share access with others, and monitor activity logs. Enjoy enhanced security and convenience with a sleek, rechargeable smart lock.

Highlights
  • Remote lock and unlock
  • Share access with others
  • Automatic unlocking upon arrival
  • Automatic locking when leaving
  • Real-time activity logs
  • Rechargeable battery
Features
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How many times have you wondered: "Did I lock the door?", or tried to take the keys out of your pocket with hands full of shopping bags? With tedee smart lock you can forget about it. The app will lock the door when you leave and can unlock it automatically when you get back home! tedee is much more than a key: • unlock and lock your door from anywhere using just your smartphone and tedee bridge • share access to the lock with your family and friends • enjoy auto-unlock feature: the door can be unlocked automatically when you come back home • do not worry about leaving the door unlocked: the app will detect you’re out and lock it for you • browse the logs anytime on your smartphone • get notifications in real time when somebody unlocks the door using the app or a standard key • finally, it looks great! ****************** Why tedee? Convenience Control your door with a smartphone... wherever you are. Expecting visitors? Share access or unlock the door remotely. Hands full of shopping bags after a shopping spree? The lock will let you in... hands free! Efficiency You don't have to buy and replace the batteries! Thanks to an ultra-low energy consumption and a powerfull rechargeable battery you can operate your lock for months... and you can charge it overnight. Design The lock is eye catching. We break up with brick-shaped devices! Enjoy the sleek design that suits your apartment and office. It's small yet powerful. Strong cryptography The communication with tedee lock is based on the latest TLS 1.3 protocol with a 256-bit security key. The only people who can access the lock are the ones of your choice. Events log The log privides you with detailed information about all events, like charging, locking and unlocking (both manually and using the app). Auto-locking tedee lock detects if the mechanical lock was left in a semi-locked position and can finish the turn automatically. You may also want to keep it locked and it will do after a predefined time. ****************** Twitter: https://twitter.com/tedee_smartlock Questions? Suggestions? We'd love to hear them! Contact us at support@tedee.com or visit www.tedee.com

Screenshots

Loxone4 screens
tedee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: tedee at 4.8 against Loxone's 4.0. tedee also leads on ratings volume (391 vs 31) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Loxone's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid). On price, review sentiment, 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

tedee holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: tedee has 391 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Loxone's written reviews are positive against 53% of tedee's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loxone ships an update monthly, tedee every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Loxone versus tedee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoxonetedee
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (31 ratings)4.8 (391 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.3% of reviews52.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31391 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoxone Electronics GmbHTEDEE SP. Z O.O.

Customer experience

Loxone

All ratings31 ratings
Positive67.7%
Neutral9.7%
Negative22.6%
Written reviews298 reviews
Positive49.3%
Neutral14.1%
Negative36.6%

tedee

All ratings386 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral0.8%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive52.6%
Neutral21.1%
Negative26.3%

In-app purchases

None

Loxone

No in-app purchases

None

tedee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loxone free?
Loxone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is tedee free?
tedee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loxone or tedee?
tedee is rated higher. Loxone averages 4.0 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while tedee averages 4.8 from 391 ratings.
Do Loxone or tedee have ads?
Neither Loxone nor tedee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loxone or tedee?
Loxone ships an update monthly, and tedee every 3 weeks. Most recently, Loxone was updated on September 22, 2026 and tedee on September 24, 2026.

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