SUPLA vs Sinum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SUPLA
Control home automation devices like gates, garage doors, and lighting. Monitor sensors for temperature, humidity, and consumption, with customizable charts. This open-source system offers a free and simple way to manage your smart home.
- Control gates, garage doors, and doors
- Manage roller shutters and lighting
- Monitor temperature and humidity sensors
- Track electricity, gas, and water consumption
- Generate consumption and sensor charts
- Control dimmers and heaters
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SUPLA for iOS is part of a project developed based on an open software and open hardware. Control modules for Raspberry Pl and ESP8266/ESP32/Arduino platforms can be built to operate building automatics. The system allows to: - Open and close the gate - Open and close garage doors - Open the door - Open the gateway - Open and close roller shutters - Control RGB lighting - Control light brightness level - Turn the power on and off - Turn the lighting on and off - Monitor status of roller shutters, the gate, garage doors, the door and the gateway - Monitor liquid sensor - Monitor distance sensor - Monitor depth sensor - Present temperature and humidity from a connected sensors - Monitoring of electricity, gas and water consumption - Generating charts of temperature, humidity and consumption of electricity, gas and water - Varilight dimmer control (V-Pro Smart) - Control of Heatpol Home+ heaters Supla is open, simple and free! For details, please go to www.supla.org
Sinum
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Sinum mobile application gives you access to your home command center. Control you smart home in the most suitable way designer for you! Manage home automation straight from your phone. Features of the app: In the application you can communicate with your Sinum Hub using local network or remote network with Sinum Cloud account, Manage all devices in your home, Run scenes, Activate or deactivate the automations.
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Verdict
SUPLA and Sinum are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SUPLA | Sinum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (18 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 69.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AC SOFTWARE | TECH Sterowniki |
In-app purchases
SUPLA
No in-app purchases
Sinum
No in-app purchases
