Mi vs UniFi Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mi
Control your smart lights with your phone. Adjust colors, brightness, and dynamic modes. Schedule lighting changes and sync with music for an immersive experience.
- Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity
- Color ring and gravity ball control
- Adjustable color temperature
- Dynamic lighting modes
- Musical color changing
- Timer function
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1. Bluetooth 4.0 2. Color Ring, Gravity Ball, Color Temperature Adjustable 3. Dynamic Modes 4. Musical Color Changing 5. Timer Function 6. Youtube Link: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XOTIwMjgyNzQ4.html
UniFi Connect
Manage and automate your organization's IT infrastructure, from lighting to EV chargers. Discover, configure, and monitor devices remotely, applying custom settings to groups with ease.
- Remote device discovery, adoption, configuration, and monitoring
- Automate IT solutions like lighting and EV chargers
- Apply custom settings to multiple devices simultaneously
- Enterprise-grade network management
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Build an enterprise-grade network that allows you to connect and automate your organization’s IT solutions - from conference room lighting to multimedia displays, EV chargers, and more! With UniFi Connect, you can: - Discover, adopt, configure, and monitor devices from anywhere. - Apply custom settings to multiple devices and groups with a single tap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: UniFi Connect at 67% against Mi's 11%. UniFi Connect also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.8). Mi's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
UniFi Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Mi's written reviews are positive against 67% of UniFi Connect's.
Mi ships an update every 9 days, UniFi Connect monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mi | UniFi Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (6 ratings) | 4.4 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Xincaiyi Technology Co., Ltd. | Ubiquiti Inc. |
Customer experience
Mi
UniFi Connect
In-app purchases
Mi
No in-app purchases
UniFi Connect
No in-app purchases
